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Haha my Cricket Moto G ($149 was too cheap to resist) is getting here tomorrow good one Cricket! At least I'll be able to make phone calls outside the city limits.
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Any chances these issues with Cricket are regional? I'm on Long Island, and haven't noticed anything weird with my speed...
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Nov 13, 2014 22:39
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Oops. Switched off LTE on my wife's phone to see if it would be slow. It was, when I switched to back she now has lovely speeds! So if you aren't having issues don't do that or reboot.
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Nov 13, 2014 22:49
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TraderStav posted:.... And it's poo poo again Yep, same here. .68/.35 on my speed test. This is awesome. I'm now thinking about going to Tmobile. There was a guy in class yesterday who did a speed test and was getting 32/12. I was quite jealous.
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Nov 13, 2014 23:06
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TraderStav posted:.... And it's poo poo again What speed test app is that? Also almost 18% packet loss. Their proxy is definitely knackered.
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Nov 13, 2014 23:09
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Athenry posted:What speed test app is that? Looks like the FCC one to me.
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Nov 13, 2014 23:11
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esperantinc posted:Looks like the FCC one to me. Correct. It's badass.
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Nov 13, 2014 23:35
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Still hosed up in Detroit. 350kbps and ~30% packet loss according to that FCC app. E: Can't even get Pandora to stream now. Making a real bad first impression Cricket. Mental Hospitality fucked around with this message at 01:43 on Nov 14, 2014 |
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Nov 14, 2014 00:47
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loving hell, it's gone poo poo again in Omaha too. Once again Spotify having more unexpected breaks than the middling-function alcoholics in the telesales department where I work.
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Nov 14, 2014 01:44
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Cricket seems to be on a seesaw here in D.C. Switching LTE off sometimes helps. Maybe this is just them taking on too many subs too quickly.
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Nov 14, 2014 02:21
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Speedtest measured 60kbps download, then gave a network error. Haha.
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Nov 14, 2014 02:27
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3G: 2.72Mbps/1.31Mbps, 141ms, 3.7% packet loss LTE: Failed/66.38Kbps, 119ms, 31.03% packet loss.
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Cojawfee posted:3G: 2.72Mbps/1.31Mbps, 141ms, 3.7% packet loss Thanks for this, flying on what must be hspa+ now. Actually pulled 3.1mbps down just now. Wonder what the gently caress happened to their LTE? E: might just leave it on hspa+ for a while. Does it use less battery than LTE? Mental Hospitality fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Nov 14, 2014 |
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Nov 14, 2014 02:52
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Soundcloud couldn't play my songs on cricket today. I thought it was because i switched phones but now with all these posts...
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Nov 14, 2014 03:03
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Cricket sucking in NC too. I even made an angry tweet!
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Mister Fister posted:Soundcloud couldn't play my songs on cricket today. I thought it was because i switched phones but now with all these posts... If your LTE has crawled to an unusable speed like mine, you can have the phone use 3g/hspa instead by changing the preferred network type under mobile network settings (if you're on android, don't know about iPhones).
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Nov 14, 2014 03:10
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Weird my z3c doesn't have that option. 
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Nov 14, 2014 03:29
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Nexus 4: Not sure if that's normal for Cricket here as I rarely use Speedtest. A friend in Silver Lake, KS got this on his Moto X (2013):  Silver Lake is only 3 hours from here so it looks like it's really random whatever is happening.
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TraderStav posted:Weird my z3c doesn't have that option. Try gsm only. On my moto x, I actually had to choose wcdma to get it to switch to hspa+. It was either that or 2g Edge. Just experiment a bit because it looks to be phone dependent. Of course, this shouldn't have to be an issue if LTE was working right.
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Tested LTE in Las Vegas and got 2mb/3mb and 4mb/3mb on 4g.
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Welp, that explains why i haven't noticed anything weird. My 2014 Moto G is HSPA only.
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SouthLAnd posted:Try gsm only. On my moto x, I actually had to choose wcdma to get it to switch to hspa+. It was either that or 2g Edge. Just experiment a bit because it looks to be phone dependent. WCDMA did it. I tried it yesterday but it was also slow so I ruled it out. GSM was miserable EDGE. Thanks! 
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SouthLAnd posted:If your LTE has crawled to an unusable speed like mine, you can have the phone use 3g/hspa instead by changing the preferred network type under mobile network settings (if you're on android, don't know about iPhones). My Moto X (2013) only has 'Automatic' and '2G only' in preferred network type. Is my phone set up wrong?
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Vykk.Draygo posted:My Moto X (2013) only has 'Automatic' and '2G only' in preferred network type. Is my phone set up wrong? Nah, some phones just don't let you choose.
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Nov 14, 2014 04:46
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LTE is back to full speed 8mbps here in Detroit metro as of 1:15am. Hopefully it sticks.
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For a quick break from Cricketchat, does the thread have an overall impression of Republic Wireless? From a technical point of view, I find their all-VoIP strategy really interesting. (And hey, at least it's something besides "We're yet another MVNO, just like all the others!") But of course the devil's going to be in the details; it could be amazing or unusably bad. Is it worth a shot?
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SouthLAnd posted:LTE is back to full speed 8mbps here in Detroit metro as of 1:15am. Hopefully it sticks. Same thing happened the day before. As people went to bed it got better and as they woke up, poo poo.
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Powered Descent posted:For a quick break from Cricketchat, does the thread have an overall impression of Republic Wireless? It's a Sprint-based MVNO that relies on WiFi to provide most of its services. If you're in an area with good WiFi and Sprint coverage, it might work great. The other 95% of the country probably should go elsewhere.
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Powered Descent posted:For a quick break from Cricketchat, does the thread have an overall impression of Republic Wireless? I really like republic because the cell phone signal at home from any network is terrible, so the wifi VOIP with seamless handover is great. Sprint is also fine in my area (previously I was on Virgin Mobile which is also sprint). The only thing I dislike is that they dropped their roaming data allowance from like 500 megabytes to 25 megabytes a couple of months back because apparently it's very expensive for them to provide roaming. It doesn't bother me near home but if I was going on a trip I'd be worried about using my phone a lot since it's hard to tell if you're roaming or not. I don't use a lot of mobile data off wifi so I just go with the 3g plan on a Moto X and for $25/mo it's great. The slow updates to android kind of sucks because Republic has to integrate their calling software into the phone image, so we may not see 5.0 until next year, but the phone works fine as it is so I'm not too upset.
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Powered Descent posted:For a quick break from Cricketchat, does the thread have an overall impression of Republic Wireless? I had Republic for a few months and I think it's a cool idea but Sprint was awful here, so when I was away from Wi-Fi, I could barely use data. On Wi-Fi, it was a great experience. Plus I hated having to wait longer for updates. It's something I'd look into again if they used a better network.
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Thanks all!
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PurpleJesus posted:I had Republic for a few months and I think it's a cool idea but Sprint was awful here, so when I was away from Wi-Fi, I could barely use data. On Wi-Fi, it was a great experience. Plus I hated having to wait longer for updates. It's something I'd look into again if they used a better network. This is the issue I have with Ting. If it wasn't for the Sprint stench I would never have left them, but for ~15 more monthly than I typically paid, I could get data that actually loving works when used.
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If you're on the 3gb Cricket plan and run out of data, is there any reason to buy the extra 1gb for $10 vs just changing your plan to the 10gb plan? Are there ramifications for changing your plan?
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Vykk.Draygo posted:If you're on the 3gb Cricket plan and run out of data, is there any reason to buy the extra 1gb for $10 vs just changing your plan to the 10gb plan? Are there ramifications for changing your plan? No. It's better to upgrade. They prorate the charge and set usage to zero.
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I don't regret opting for the 10GB a month plan. I look to be on track to use about 8 gigs before the next billing cycle. Crickets been real awesome save for those recent couple days where the data went to poo poo. I just could not stream any music or videos those days. I'll certainly be sticking with the pro plan for the foreseeable future.
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TraderStav posted:No. It's better to upgrade. They prorate the charge and set usage to zero. Would this interfere with the 60 days of uninterrupted service required for the referral bonus?
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Would this interfere with the 60 days of uninterrupted service required for the referral bonus? Doubt it, but don't have real knowledge on it. The moving between plans seems like no big deal from them. You just pick it and they adjust.
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SouthLAnd posted:I don't regret opting for the 10GB a month plan. I look to be on track to use about 8 gigs before the next billing cycle. Crickets been real awesome save for those recent couple days where the data went to poo poo. I just could not stream any music or videos those days. I'll certainly be sticking with the pro plan for the foreseeable future. Same here - Google Music seems to stream at higher bitrates than stuff like Spotify or Pandora or Rdio but with 10gb I can afford to not give a single gently caress, and I like Google's playlist curation a little more.
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I have an at&t locked phone. Would it be possible for me to give it to my sister who has Straight Talk if she used ST's at&t sim?
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zerocrash posted:I have an at&t locked phone. Would it be possible for me to give it to my sister who has Straight Talk if she used ST's at&t sim? It is my understanding that you do not need to unlock a phone if it's on an MVNO with the same carrier. So yes it should work fine.
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