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Verizon Ceases Activating 3G Phones On Its CDMA Network

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End of a Legacy

gloopey1

Jul 17, 2018, 7:28 PM
Goodbye to the Verizon network we all knew and loved. Hello to garbage LTE, dropped calls, coverage gaps, and congested internet. Faster isn’t always better, especially when it isn’t always.
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JJinNYC

Jul 17, 2018, 10:21 PM
I've never had a dropped call using Verizon's VoLTE. T-Mobile either. Sprint's CDMA is the champion of dropped calls.
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brad162

Jul 17, 2018, 10:44 PM
Since turning my Pixel to GSM/LTE only, i definitely have coverage gaps that would usually be filled easily filled in by CDMA
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Jonathanlc2005

Jul 18, 2018, 12:28 AM
Lol network trolls.

Anyways... A new era is coming. We shall see who's king when high band vs mid band and low band 5g is deployed.

2.5ghz is already deployed, just needs a small change to get it 5g. Verizon on the other hand has to build out a new network. Let's hope capacity can keep up
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bobc74

Jul 18, 2018, 9:37 AM
If you read the RootMetrics reports, which Verizon always touts, you will see for the most part Sprint and Verizon are actually tied for call quality and reliability.
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vzwguy72

Jul 19, 2018, 9:31 AM
The network that I knew and loved has been gone for 10 years - Verizon's analog network. Sound quality was great in comparison to digital, and nothing could compete with it's coverage footprint. VoLTE sound quality is stellar compared to garbage 1x voice, and I personally have had great performance with VoLTE. Throughout the lifespan of 1x\EVDO, Verizon has improved coverage and filled in gaps, much like they're doing with LTE, but data was always slow, and voice quality was always crap.

1X\EVDO was great for 1990s\early 2000s cellular, but its time is up. The re-farming of all that spectrum to LTE will be fantastic.
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