Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

[Darin Steffl]

I've never had static on a volte call yet. Works very well in our area.

We did have a verizon contractor accidentally cut and remove a few of our
sectors on a shared grain leg site. They were removing their gear and going
to a nearby monopole. Anyway, contractor thought our small sectors were
verizon gear and started removal. I saw network alerts and called grain
elevator and they said verizon was there. Told them to get foreman to stop
ha.

We get there and cables to 3 sectors are cut and 2 sectors are lowered down
already. Me and a tech then spent 4 hours in freezing rain to get things
back to normal.

Sent an invoice to the contractor directly for about $6400 and they paid it
within days. I'm assuming they want to avoid an insurance claim or hit on
their record with verizon if we went above them.

So if a contractor messed with your stuff, be sure you send an invoice to
contractor. More than likely they will pay up.
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 9:45 PM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote:

> That was already happening, so not much of a threat.
>
> ;-)
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> *From: *"George Skorup" <geo...@cbcast.com>
> *To: *af@afmug.com
> *Sent: *Monday, January 9, 2017 9:42:56 PM
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> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE
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> No SFP 4 u!
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> On 1/9/2017 9:40 PM, Mike Hammett
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> *From: *"George
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> Skorup" <geo...@cbcast.com> <geo...@cbcast.com>
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> *To: *af@afmug.com
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> *Sent: *Monday, January 9, 2017 9:38:54 PM
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> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE
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> Yes! That's a feature I forgot. Turbo charging is freakin
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> awesome. My
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> phone was at 30% by the time I finally had everything set up.
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> Plugged it
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> in and it was at 100% in about 30-35 minutes.
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> On 1/9/2017 9:22 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
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> > Only reason I got the Nexus was because the battery on my
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> "DROID RAZR
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>
> > Maxx HD" decided to self-destruct one night while on the
>
> charger. It
>
>
> > didn't catch fire, but got very, very hot, and grew about
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> 3X normal
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>
> > thickness. The chassis was ruined, and I decided it was
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> time to upgrade.
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> >
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> > The Nexus 6P I have now is really nice, and it gets
>
> monthly security
>
>
> > updates. Charging from almost empty to full takes less
>
> than a couple
>
>
> > hours, and the battery lasts (typically) 2 days, and
>
> occasionally 3
>
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> > days. I also got it because the design was "almost" a
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> year old, and so
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> > I got it at about 1/2 the MSRP.
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> > bp
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> > On 1/9/2017 7:04 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
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Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

[Mike Hammett]

That was already happening, so not much of a threat. 

;-) 




- 
Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 




- Original Message -

From: "George Skorup" <geo...@cbcast.com> 
To: af@afmug.com 
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 9:42:56 PM 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE 

No SFP 4 u! 


On 1/9/2017 9:40 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: 



I'll take a slow wireless charger over turbo charging. 




- 
Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 




- Original Message -

From: "George Skorup" <geo...@cbcast.com> 
To: af@afmug.com 
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 9:38:54 PM 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE 

Yes! That's a feature I forgot. Turbo charging is freakin awesome. My 
phone was at 30% by the time I finally had everything set up. Plugged it 
in and it was at 100% in about 30-35 minutes. 

On 1/9/2017 9:22 PM, Bill Prince wrote: 
> Only reason I got the Nexus was because the battery on my "DROID RAZR 
> Maxx HD" decided to self-destruct one night while on the charger. It 
> didn't catch fire, but got very, very hot, and grew about 3X normal 
> thickness. The chassis was ruined, and I decided it was time to upgrade. 
> 
> The Nexus 6P I have now is really nice, and it gets monthly security 
> updates. Charging from almost empty to full takes less than a couple 
> hours, and the battery lasts (typically) 2 days, and occasionally 3 
> days. I also got it because the design was "almost" a year old, and so 
> I got it at about 1/2 the MSRP. 
> 
> 
> bp 
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> 
> 
> On 1/9/2017 7:04 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: 
>> My "Droid Razr Maxx HD" from VZ is running 4.4.2 KitKat which dates 
>> from mid 2014, I bought the phone in 2013. The aging FW may explain 
>> why it acts up so much now. Phones are too expensive, I don't really 
>> want to buy a new one, but I'm probably stuck. 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message- 
>> From: Af [ mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com ] On Behalf Of Bill Prince 
>> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 8:50 PM 
>> To: af@afmug.com 
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE 
>> 
>> I've got a pretty new phone (Nexus 6P) running 7.0 Nougat, and am on 
>> Verizon. It should be updated to 7.1.1 by the end of the month. Where 
>> do you turn this on? 
>> 
>> BTW - if we have an internet connection (WiFi or cellular), calling 
>> on WhatsApp works pretty darn good too. 
>> 
>> bp 
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> 
>> 
>> On 1/9/2017 2:14 PM, George Skorup wrote: 
>>> Got a new phone. Turned on Vz "HD Voice" calling. First experience 
>>> with it today. Totally awesome, sounds great. 
>> 
>> 
> 

Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

[George Skorup]

No SFP 4 u!

On 1/9/2017 9:40 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:

I'll take a slow wireless charger over turbo charging.



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<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg>

*From: *"George Skorup" <geo...@cbcast.com>
*To: *af@afmug.com
*Sent: *Monday, January 9, 2017 9:38:54 PM
*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

Yes! That's a feature I forgot. Turbo charging is freakin awesome. My
phone was at 30% by the time I finally had everything set up. Plugged it
in and it was at 100% in about 30-35 minutes.

On 1/9/2017 9:22 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
> Only reason I got the Nexus was because the battery on my "DROID RAZR
> Maxx HD" decided to self-destruct one night while on the charger. It
> didn't catch fire, but got very, very hot, and grew about 3X normal
> thickness. The chassis was ruined, and I decided it was time to upgrade.
>
> The Nexus 6P I have now is really nice, and it gets monthly security
> updates. Charging from almost empty to full takes less than a couple
> hours, and the battery lasts (typically) 2 days, and occasionally 3
> days. I also got it because the design was "almost" a year old, and so
> I got it at about 1/2 the MSRP.
>
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
> On 1/9/2017 7:04 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>> My "Droid Razr Maxx HD" from VZ is running 4.4.2 KitKat which dates
>> from mid 2014, I bought the phone in 2013.  The aging FW may explain
>> why it acts up so much now. Phones are too expensive, I don't really
>> want to buy a new one, but I'm probably stuck.
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince
>> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 8:50 PM
>> To: af@afmug.com
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE
>>
>> I've got a pretty new phone (Nexus 6P) running 7.0 Nougat, and am on
>> Verizon. It should be updated to 7.1.1 by the end of the month. Where
>> do you turn this on?
>>
>> BTW - if we have an internet connection (WiFi or cellular), calling
>> on WhatsApp works pretty darn good too.
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 1/9/2017 2:14 PM, George Skorup wrote:
>>> Got a new phone. Turned on Vz "HD Voice" calling. First experience
>>> with it today. Totally awesome, sounds great.
>>
>>
>

Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

[George Skorup]

Log into your Vzw account. It's in there. HD Voice and Advanced Calling 
I believe are the two options you want. Both have to be enabled and are 
free. Reboot your phone and then go to Wireless & Networks > More > 
Cellular Networks > Enhanced 4G LTE Mode. Mine was already on after the 
reboot.


NOTE, after you turn these on, your voice mail gets nuked and has to be 
set up again. I was using Basic Visual Voicemail. Just had to log in 
prior to changing to HD and make sure I "saved" my messages (which saves 
them on the local phone storage). You still get Basic Visual VM after 
turning on HD. Everything ends up being free. Well, we're on a business 
account with unlimited voice/text and 25GB of shared data, so maybe it's 
different for other account types. I don't know.


On 1/9/2017 8:50 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
I've got a pretty new phone (Nexus 6P) running 7.0 Nougat, and am on 
Verizon. It should be updated to 7.1.1 by the end of the month. Where 
do you turn this on?


BTW - if we have an internet connection (WiFi or cellular), calling on 
WhatsApp works pretty darn good too.


bp


On 1/9/2017 2:14 PM, George Skorup wrote:
Got a new phone. Turned on Vz "HD Voice" calling. First experience 
with it today. Totally awesome, sounds great.

Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

[Mike Hammett]

I'll take a slow wireless charger over turbo charging. 




- 
Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 




- Original Message -

From: "George Skorup" <geo...@cbcast.com> 
To: af@afmug.com 
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 9:38:54 PM 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE 

Yes! That's a feature I forgot. Turbo charging is freakin awesome. My 
phone was at 30% by the time I finally had everything set up. Plugged it 
in and it was at 100% in about 30-35 minutes. 

On 1/9/2017 9:22 PM, Bill Prince wrote: 
> Only reason I got the Nexus was because the battery on my "DROID RAZR 
> Maxx HD" decided to self-destruct one night while on the charger. It 
> didn't catch fire, but got very, very hot, and grew about 3X normal 
> thickness. The chassis was ruined, and I decided it was time to upgrade. 
> 
> The Nexus 6P I have now is really nice, and it gets monthly security 
> updates. Charging from almost empty to full takes less than a couple 
> hours, and the battery lasts (typically) 2 days, and occasionally 3 
> days. I also got it because the design was "almost" a year old, and so 
> I got it at about 1/2 the MSRP. 
> 
> 
> bp 
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> 
> 
> On 1/9/2017 7:04 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: 
>> My "Droid Razr Maxx HD" from VZ is running 4.4.2 KitKat which dates 
>> from mid 2014, I bought the phone in 2013. The aging FW may explain 
>> why it acts up so much now. Phones are too expensive, I don't really 
>> want to buy a new one, but I'm probably stuck. 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message- 
>> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince 
>> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 8:50 PM 
>> To: af@afmug.com 
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE 
>> 
>> I've got a pretty new phone (Nexus 6P) running 7.0 Nougat, and am on 
>> Verizon. It should be updated to 7.1.1 by the end of the month. Where 
>> do you turn this on? 
>> 
>> BTW - if we have an internet connection (WiFi or cellular), calling 
>> on WhatsApp works pretty darn good too. 
>> 
>> bp 
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> 
>> 
>> On 1/9/2017 2:14 PM, George Skorup wrote: 
>>> Got a new phone. Turned on Vz "HD Voice" calling. First experience 
>>> with it today. Totally awesome, sounds great. 
>> 
>> 
> 

Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

[George Skorup]

Yes! That's a feature I forgot. Turbo charging is freakin awesome. My 
phone was at 30% by the time I finally had everything set up. Plugged it 
in and it was at 100% in about 30-35 minutes.


On 1/9/2017 9:22 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
Only reason I got the Nexus was because the battery on my "DROID RAZR 
Maxx HD" decided to self-destruct one night while on the charger. It 
didn't catch fire, but got very, very hot, and grew about 3X normal 
thickness. The chassis was ruined, and I decided it was time to upgrade.


The Nexus 6P I have now is really nice, and it gets monthly security 
updates. Charging from almost empty to full takes less than a couple 
hours, and the battery lasts (typically) 2 days, and occasionally 3 
days. I also got it because the design was "almost" a year old, and so 
I got it at about 1/2 the MSRP.



bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>

On 1/9/2017 7:04 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
My "Droid Razr Maxx HD" from VZ is running 4.4.2 KitKat which dates 
from mid 2014, I bought the phone in 2013.  The aging FW may explain 
why it acts up so much now. Phones are too expensive, I don't really 
want to buy a new one, but I'm probably stuck.



-Original Message-
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 8:50 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

I've got a pretty new phone (Nexus 6P) running 7.0 Nougat, and am on 
Verizon. It should be updated to 7.1.1 by the end of the month. Where 
do you turn this on?


BTW - if we have an internet connection (WiFi or cellular), calling 
on WhatsApp works pretty darn good too.


bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>

On 1/9/2017 2:14 PM, George Skorup wrote:

Got a new phone. Turned on Vz "HD Voice" calling. First experience
with it today. Totally awesome, sounds great.

Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

[Jason McKemie]

I had a Nexus 4, 5, and 6.  I liked all of them, but the Pixel XL that I
got about a month ago blows them out of the water.  Good battery life,
excellent performance, ridiculously fast charging, great build quality, and
the interface is getting better with every iteration.  The only thing that
I would like is water proofing similar to what the Galaxy S7 has.

On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 9:22 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Only reason I got the Nexus was because the battery on my "DROID RAZR Maxx
> HD" decided to self-destruct one night while on the charger. It didn't
> catch fire, but got very, very hot, and grew about 3X normal thickness. The
> chassis was ruined, and I decided it was time to upgrade.
>
> The Nexus 6P I have now is really nice, and it gets monthly security
> updates. Charging from almost empty to full takes less than a couple hours,
> and the battery lasts (typically) 2 days, and occasionally 3 days. I also
> got it because the design was "almost" a year old, and so I got it at about
> 1/2 the MSRP.
>
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
> On 1/9/2017 7:04 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>
>> My "Droid Razr Maxx HD" from VZ is running 4.4.2 KitKat which dates from
>> mid 2014, I bought the phone in 2013.  The aging FW may explain why it acts
>> up so much now.  Phones are too expensive, I don't really want to buy a new
>> one, but I'm probably stuck.
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince
>> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 8:50 PM
>> To: af@afmug.com
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE
>>
>> I've got a pretty new phone (Nexus 6P) running 7.0 Nougat, and am on
>> Verizon. It should be updated to 7.1.1 by the end of the month. Where do
>> you turn this on?
>>
>> BTW - if we have an internet connection (WiFi or cellular), calling on
>> WhatsApp works pretty darn good too.
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 1/9/2017 2:14 PM, George Skorup wrote:
>>
>>> Got a new phone. Turned on Vz "HD Voice" calling. First experience
>>> with it today. Totally awesome, sounds great.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

[Bill Prince]

Only reason I got the Nexus was because the battery on my "DROID RAZR 
Maxx HD" decided to self-destruct one night while on the charger. It 
didn't catch fire, but got very, very hot, and grew about 3X normal 
thickness. The chassis was ruined, and I decided it was time to upgrade.


The Nexus 6P I have now is really nice, and it gets monthly security 
updates. Charging from almost empty to full takes less than a couple 
hours, and the battery lasts (typically) 2 days, and occasionally 3 
days. I also got it because the design was "almost" a year old, and so I 
got it at about 1/2 the MSRP.



bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>

On 1/9/2017 7:04 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

My "Droid Razr Maxx HD" from VZ is running 4.4.2 KitKat which dates from mid 
2014, I bought the phone in 2013.  The aging FW may explain why it acts up so much now.  
Phones are too expensive, I don't really want to buy a new one, but I'm probably stuck.


-Original Message-
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 8:50 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

I've got a pretty new phone (Nexus 6P) running 7.0 Nougat, and am on Verizon. 
It should be updated to 7.1.1 by the end of the month. Where do you turn this 
on?

BTW - if we have an internet connection (WiFi or cellular), calling on WhatsApp 
works pretty darn good too.

bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>

On 1/9/2017 2:14 PM, George Skorup wrote:

Got a new phone. Turned on Vz "HD Voice" calling. First experience
with it today. Totally awesome, sounds great.

Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

[George Skorup]

I had an old Moto X 1st gen. Three solid years out of it. Was an awesome 
phone until it just started acting stupid a couple weeks ago. Random 
reboots, wifi crashing, etc. Had to reboot a couple times just to get it 
to charge. Never sat on it, never dropped it. Might have fell off the 
console and onto the floor of my truck a time or two, but nothing too bad.


So I was on Amazon post-Christmas deal shopping. I like the Nexus/near 
vanilla Android experience. Moto X Pure Edition came up in my search. 
Didn't even know it existed. Good reviews (from the people that know WTF 
they're talking about). $320 for the 64GB so I bought it. It's not the 
latest, greatest, bestest. Been out for a little over a year. Seems to 
have all the bugs worked out. Moved my SIM to it and had no problems. It 
has an LCD and I do think AMOLED looks better, but whatever. Overall not 
bad $ for a decent unlocked phone.


On 1/9/2017 9:04 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

My "Droid Razr Maxx HD" from VZ is running 4.4.2 KitKat which dates from mid 
2014, I bought the phone in 2013.  The aging FW may explain why it acts up so much now.  
Phones are too expensive, I don't really want to buy a new one, but I'm probably stuck.


-Original Message-
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 8:50 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

I've got a pretty new phone (Nexus 6P) running 7.0 Nougat, and am on Verizon. 
It should be updated to 7.1.1 by the end of the month. Where do you turn this 
on?

BTW - if we have an internet connection (WiFi or cellular), calling on WhatsApp 
works pretty darn good too.

bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>

On 1/9/2017 2:14 PM, George Skorup wrote:

Got a new phone. Turned on Vz "HD Voice" calling. First experience
with it today. Totally awesome, sounds great.

Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

[Ken Hohhof]

My "Droid Razr Maxx HD" from VZ is running 4.4.2 KitKat which dates from mid 
2014, I bought the phone in 2013.  The aging FW may explain why it acts up so 
much now.  Phones are too expensive, I don't really want to buy a new one, but 
I'm probably stuck.


-Original Message-
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 8:50 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

I've got a pretty new phone (Nexus 6P) running 7.0 Nougat, and am on Verizon. 
It should be updated to 7.1.1 by the end of the month. Where do you turn this 
on?

BTW - if we have an internet connection (WiFi or cellular), calling on WhatsApp 
works pretty darn good too.

bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>

On 1/9/2017 2:14 PM, George Skorup wrote:
> Got a new phone. Turned on Vz "HD Voice" calling. First experience 
> with it today. Totally awesome, sounds great.

Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

[Bill Prince]

I've got a pretty new phone (Nexus 6P) running 7.0 Nougat, and am on 
Verizon. It should be updated to 7.1.1 by the end of the month. Where do 
you turn this on?


BTW - if we have an internet connection (WiFi or cellular), calling on 
WhatsApp works pretty darn good too.


bp


On 1/9/2017 2:14 PM, George Skorup wrote:
Got a new phone. Turned on Vz "HD Voice" calling. First experience 
with it today. Totally awesome, sounds great.

Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

[Robert]

Somebody touches my gear and I find out, they are going to find a lock 
on their access or even multiple locks after I talk to a supervisor and 
don't hear a million apologies and some kind of compensation...


On 1/9/17 5:10 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote:

They touched your gear?   That's a bozo no no Did you raise hell
with them?

On Jan 9, 2017 3:44 PM, "Brian Sullivan" > wrote:

Big Red just installed these on the same tower we're on in 2016.
Certainly more than 1 cable going up.
They blocked LOS to our Omni + moved our PTP radios.  Large shelter
at the bottom also.


On 1/9/2017 4:36 PM, Darin Steffl wrote:

Yes when talking to other Verizon users, it sounds excellent!!
Can't wait for them to finish interoperability testing with the
other 3 carriers so HD calls pass to all the major cell networks
instead of just Verizon. They are doing a little testing with AT
but it's not launched yet.

I'm hoping they introduce some VoLTE flip phones soon as well for
the old folks like my Grandpa who refuses to go to a smartphone as
it's too difficult for him.

Verizon has been adding tons of new macros all over the US filling
in coverage gaps and adding capacity but they're all LTE-only so
they're not expanding 1X/3G coverage for the last 1-2 years. So
there's places my Grandma with her smartphone has great 4G and
VoLTE coverage due to new macros in dead spots being filled in but
my Grandpa on his 1X basic flip phone has no service. So they need
to get some updated basic phones out so people can take advantage
of the new 4G-only coverage Verizon has been adding over the last
1-2 years and moving forward.

I've seen Verizon build at least 12 new macro sites in the last
year and at least 8 of them are in current dead or poor coverage
locations. All 4G-only sites with one power/fiber hybrid cable
going to the top and then RRU's on top. It's amazing how clean
these new sites look with only one cable going up instead of 12-16
thick cables as in the past.

For new builds in 2016, I've also seen them stop using the big
shelters and moving to all outdoor cabinets with a generator on
top of a diesel tank. They must save $50k per site almost to get
rid of the big shelters they used to always use.

On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 4:14 PM, George Skorup > wrote:

Got a new phone. Turned on Vz "HD Voice" calling. First
experience with it today. Totally awesome, sounds great.




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Re: [AFMUG] VoLTE

[Darin Steffl]

Yes when talking to other Verizon users, it sounds excellent!! Can't wait
for them to finish interoperability testing with the other 3 carriers so HD
calls pass to all the major cell networks instead of just Verizon. They are
doing a little testing with AT but it's not launched yet.

I'm hoping they introduce some VoLTE flip phones soon as well for the old
folks like my Grandpa who refuses to go to a smartphone as it's too
difficult for him.

Verizon has been adding tons of new macros all over the US filling in
coverage gaps and adding capacity but they're all LTE-only so they're not
expanding 1X/3G coverage for the last 1-2 years. So there's places my
Grandma with her smartphone has great 4G and VoLTE coverage due to new
macros in dead spots being filled in but my Grandpa on his 1X basic flip
phone has no service. So they need to get some updated basic phones out so
people can take advantage of the new 4G-only coverage Verizon has been
adding over the last 1-2 years and moving forward.

I've seen Verizon build at least 12 new macro sites in the last year and at
least 8 of them are in current dead or poor coverage locations. All 4G-only
sites with one power/fiber hybrid cable going to the top and then RRU's on
top. It's amazing how clean these new sites look with only one cable going
up instead of 12-16 thick cables as in the past.

For new builds in 2016, I've also seen them stop using the big shelters and
moving to all outdoor cabinets with a generator on top of a diesel tank.
They must save $50k per site almost to get rid of the big shelters they
used to always use.

On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 4:14 PM, George Skorup  wrote:

> Got a new phone. Turned on Vz "HD Voice" calling. First experience with it
> today. Totally awesome, sounds great.
>



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Darin Steffl
Minnesota WiFi
www.mnwifi.com
507-634-WiFi
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