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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:17 pm 
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My employer equips us with both a Sprint Aircard and iPhone.

Our clueless receptionist / phone plan guy thinks he wants to switch us over to using the "hotspot" feature of our iPhones rather than using Aircards for mobile data connectivity.

This is for every-day (pretty much all day) mobile data usage.


Personally, I have a bad feeling about this.
We MUST be connected throughout the day for our work, and this just seems a little too convoluted / hokey for me.

I am curious what other folks opinions of this idea are, particularly those familiar with reliability and ease of use (or lack thereof?) in using iPhone "hotspot" feature.

Thank you and Happy New Year!


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:56 pm 
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I tether my DROID to my laptop all the time. We used to have a seperate air card. I really miss it. There are just times where I need both. But it did cut costs.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:57 pm 
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1st things that come to mind.

1. Can you talk and connect at the same time? I can't on 3g but can on 4g.

2. Battery life will suffer greatly.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 3:30 pm 
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Do you really want MY opinion?

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:04 pm 
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Which carrier is the phone on?


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:40 pm 
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Do you really want MY opinion?

Yes, then I can tell how wrong it is.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:00 pm 
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chpalmer wrote:


1. Can you talk and connect at the same time? I can't on 3g but can on 4g.


This is the deal killer.
We are Sprint, and this won't fly

Thanks guys!


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:47 pm 
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I still can't fathom why people idolize this company's technology so much.
[For CDMA devices] Apple decided to not add an extra antenna (that's what other 4G LTE devices do on Verizon) to handle voice (while another antenna handles data).


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:16 pm 
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I still can't fathom why people idolize this company's technology so much

Elitism.
My sister has an iPhone 5, 2 iPads (big and little), and a Macbook pro. To hear her tell it, if you're NOT using Apple crap, you're not worth talking to.

Thank God.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:21 pm 
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Wilrobnson wrote:
My sister has an iPhone 5, 2 iPads (big and little), a Macbook pro
, and an empty wallet.


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:23 pm 
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Atomic Taco wrote:
Wilrobnson wrote:
My sister has an iPhone 5, 2 iPads (big and little), a Macbook pro
, and an empty wallet.

Hard to have an empty wallet when Mommy and Daddy pay for your stuff....

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Atomic Taco wrote:
I still can't fathom why people idolize this company's technology so much.
[For CDMA devices] Apple decided to not add an extra antenna (that's what other 4G LTE devices do on Verizon) to handle voice (while another antenna handles data).


Or perhaps they are trying to tell CDMA carriers to give it up...CDMA is a weird protocol anyways....I still don't get why Verizon & Sprint use it...

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Or perhaps they are trying to tell CDMA carriers to give it up...CDMA is a weird protocol anyways....I still don't get why Verizon & Sprint use it...
Because they have millions of customers still willing to pay for phones that are exclusively CDMA?

Apple did put an LTE radio in it, none of the carriers are doing voice over LTE yet. I don't understand why this is such a big deal; they're going to have to keep the CDMA switches to support everyone with the old phones, and unless they can steal some of that spectrum for the LTE equipment, doing voice over LTE is just going to tie up all the LTE channels which could be used for data instead.
Although if they're trying to kill off CDMA like they did AMPS, I guess you gotta start somewhere.



And for about the same price as an AirCard, you could get Wilrobnson's favorite laptop with built in 3G! https://www.chrome.access.cit.com/isspo ... gfs.portal


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:37 pm 
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And for about the same price as an AirCard, you could get Wilrobnson's favorite laptop with built in 3G! https://www.chrome.access.cit.com/isspo ... gfs.portal


You know me so well!

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Atomic Taco wrote:
KE7JFF wrote:
Or perhaps they are trying to tell CDMA carriers to give it up...CDMA is a weird protocol anyways....I still don't get why Verizon & Sprint use it...
Because they have millions of customers still willing to pay for phones that are exclusively CDMA?

Apple did put an LTE radio in it, none of the carriers are doing voice over LTE yet. I don't understand why this is such a big deal; they're going to have to keep the CDMA switches to support everyone with the old phones, and unless they can steal some of that spectrum for the LTE equipment, doing voice over LTE is just going to tie up all the LTE channels which could be used for data instead.
Although if they're trying to kill off CDMA like they did AMPS, I guess you gotta start somewhere.



And for about the same price as an AirCard, you could get Wilrobnson's favorite laptop with built in 3G! https://www.chrome.access.cit.com/isspo ... gfs.portal


Or you could go to GSM where data is on a second slot while voice is on the 1st...problem solved and it doesn't require two radios....

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