Verizon cell service sucks
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Verizon cell customers all over the US can't make or receive calls since Tuesday morning. Can't get through to customer service online, calling from a Wi-Fi enabled phone or land line.
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"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk
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I use Verizon thru US Mobile
No issues on my end- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Yeah, mine was jacked this evening. I didn't notice earlier today. Although... I did not receive any spam calls, either.
So much for "the best network".
I'm not sure it's been worth it for quite some time now with the improvements I'm told t-mobile/sprint has made?
I used my Google voice number for the first time this eve. Wifi calling didn't work for me.I disabled signatures. -
Is it related to the 3G shutdown effective 01/01/2023?
https://www.gizmochina.com/2023/01/03/verizon-shuts-down-3g-cdma-network-in-us-older-phones-will-no-more-make-phone-calls/CD Players: Sony CDP-211; Sony DVP-S9000ES; Sony UDP-X800M2 (x2); Cambridge Audio CXC
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Most other carriers have already shut down 3g service before the end of year.
I don't think I had any issues. I seldom use the cell anymore. I did get a spam
Call at about lunchtime. There's a lot more disruption ahead in telecom.
The wireline network is being dismantled. Protection for traditional telecom
services have expired, so anyone still using a landlines for alarms or faxing
will at some point have to deal with it. AT&T has stopped most maintenance
On cable, so it's currently experiencing a slow death. Expect costs to rise
And service to break. And at some point, they will pull the plug.
The close to 100 year lifespan of faxing is over. Welcome to the 21st century.
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
So I had att for close to decade with no issues.
I switched to spectrum at 30 a month for unlimited everything, which used Verizon and the service was pretty sub par.
A few weeks ago we switched to us mobile which also uses Verizon and the service has been equal to att, go figure. The price for their service, 3 lines is 28 a month unlimited. 4 lines is 25.
I can definitely recommend us mobile!- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
My Tracfone is on Verizon no issues here. My cost will embarrass you, it's less than $10 a month. With the exception of an airplane it works everywhere.
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If you don't need data that's great. On average we use over 100 gigs a month so... Yeah- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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@sucks2beme - I don't know what service you have, but whatever it is, it should offer you free line wrapping when you type. Most carriers offer automatic line wrapping as an included service now, so you don't have to do it manually anymore. If yours is still charging for that, I'd be looking elsewhere.I disabled signatures.
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LOL! Whathow?!?If you don't need data that's great. On average we use over 100 gigs a month so... YeahI disabled signatures.
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Telecommunications is (was) a good place to have a monopoly.
Just sayin'...
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Line wrapping on a carrier?
I'm at home. I don't use a tiny cell screen and two thumbs.
Using a tablet. The Verizon cell is only for when I leave the house.
Which is almost NEVER. Or when I need that login verification.
I use a carriage return. Remember typing on that old Remington
Typewriter? Big lever on the top?
Retired old guy.
Also used a pickup on a farm. Bench seat and rubber mat
Instead of carpet so you could rinse the mud out. Just
Waiting around now to die."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
When my inlaws retired and moved to the little town where Mrs. H & I now live, their phone was two pieces (speaker and receiver, in WE parlance) and a wooden box. To make a call, they picked up the latter, and talked to the operator through the former. Their number was "line 2, ring 2".
That was in 1973.
PS My father-in-law was a retired AT&T exec.
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If you don't need data that's great. On average we use over 100 gigs a month so... Yeah
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Most of the world was still using rotary dial phones until recent years.
They went from that directly to cell service. I worked for major telecom
manufacturers for years. The days of tech lasting for decades is over.
All ip based telecom is about here. Data and voice won't be separate
services, even cell service. And there's going to be pain. That means
means throwing away old devices. And it also means the classic
Five 9's of service reliability are done as well. Good news, it costs less.
Bad news, it's not going to be as dependable. A guy with a shotgun
and a good aim can down a whole lot of customer's service.
Or even a squirrel. Don't even ask.... little troublemakers."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
Is it related to the 3G shutdown effective 01/01/2023?
https://www.gizmochina.com/2023/01/03/verizon-shuts-down-3g-cdma-network-in-us-older-phones-will-no-more-make-phone-calls/
I have 4G LTE, so that shouldn't affect me, but I still can't make or receive calls unless I'm using Wi-Fi.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
I used to have Verizon and never had problems. Switched to Spectrum Mobile 11/2022 which runs on Verizon and can’t tell a difference.
Must be some regional stuff going on. Hope they fix the service there.
CD Players: Sony CDP-211; Sony DVP-S9000ES; Sony UDP-X800M2 (x2); Cambridge Audio CXC
DACs: Jolida Glass FX Tube DAC III (x2); Denafrips Ares II (x2)
Streamers: ROKU (x3); Bluesound Node 2i and Node N130 w/LHY LPS // Receivers: Yamaha RX-V775BT; Yamaha RX-V777
Preamps: B&K Ref 50; B&K Ref 5 S2; Classe CP-800 MkII; Audio Research SP16L (soon)
Amps: Niles SI-275; B&K ST125.7; B&K ST125.2; Classe CA-2300; Butler Audio TDB-5150
Speakers: Boston Acoustics CR55; Focal Chorus 705v; Wharfedale Diamond 10.2; Monitor Audio Silver-1; Def Tech Mythos One (x4)/Mythos Three Center (x2)/Mythos Two pr.; Martin Logan Electromotion ESL; Legacy Audio Victoria/Silverscreen Center; Gallo Acoustics Reference 3.1; SVS SB-1000 Pro; REL HT-1003; B&W ASW610; HifiMan HE400i
Turntable: Dual 721 Direct-Drive w/Audio Technica AT-VM95e cart
Cables: Tripp-lite 14ga. PCs, Blue Jeans Cable ICs, Philips PXT1000 ICs; Kimber Kable DV30 coaxial ICs; Canare L-4E6S XLR ICs; Kimber Kable 8PR & 8TC speaker cables. -
I turned on HD Calling on now I can make calls...crazy!!!Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
No issues with Verizon here. Been with their service for a decade or longer. AT&T has bad service in my area.____________________________________________________________
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I turned on HD Calling on now I can make calls...crazy!!!
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I switched to Verizon several years ago from US Cellular because the latter had bad reception for me. Verizon was much more expensive but at first the reception seemed better. Lately, however, the reception has gotten worse and is now only slightly better than US Cellular was. The “plans” for all these providers are B.S. too. I think I need to switch again and I guess I’ll have to start looking at a better solution
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Verizon here as of recently! Our oldest so bought the family all new iPhones and service is great for what I do ! Their customer service does suck !"if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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All customer service sucks. Some just suck less."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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I did have the displeasure of starting on a manual typewriter. then my mom got an old electric one at a thrift store one summer along with one of those foldy typing books and decided it was time I learned how to type. every morning for a few weeks...sucks2beme wrote: »Line wrapping on a carrier?
I'm at home. I don't use a tiny cell screen and two thumbs.
Using a tablet. The Verizon cell is only for when I leave the house.
Which is almost NEVER. Or when I need that login verification.
I use a carriage return. Remember typing on that old Remington
Typewriter? Big lever on the top?
Retired old guy.
Also used a pickup on a farm. Bench seat and rubber mat
Instead of carpet so you could rinse the mud out. Just
Waiting around now to die.
aaa asa aas saa saa...
iirc, that one automatically did the carriage return or you could hit the return key? whatever it was, it wasn't the Enter key. didn't old computer keyboards used to say Enter and Return?
lolol shut uuuup"sucks2beme wrote:Waiting around now to die.
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How do you stand it!!!
It's like RTi speakers! In your PHONE!I disabled signatures. -
Better than Bose or Klipsch....... -
da fugue is HD calling?
Other than, it appears, the only kind that actually works...
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mhardy6647 wrote: »da fugue is HD calling?
Other than, it appears, the only kind that actually works...
I certainly cannot answer that. I do know only 3 of phones I've had had it. A Samsung Sky pro 4 yrs ago and my last two Motorola have, one was a G6 series my newest is two yr old Moto G power. The G6 died a horrible go fast stop death
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My phone still wasn't dialing this morning. I hate HD voice, and turned it off like 5 minutes after I got my phone, which is now gracefully aged (thinking Google Pixel, but just don't want a giant phone).
Anyway, I just read that this is related to Verizon's retirement of its CDMA (3G) network.
https://www.verizon.com/support/knowledge-base-218813/
In short,...if you are a Verizon customer using a 3G CDMA or 4G phone device that does not support HD Voice (Non-VoLTE), your line will be suspended without billing, and the device will no longer make/receive calls, send/receive text messages, or use data services.
So, like Jesse, I had to enable HD Voice in order to be able to make calls.
I think something's changed in its implementation, though. I just made a test call and it wasn't crunchy with too much air anymore like I remember. it was so digital-y before. I'll complain back more on this thread if I find it to be so. I've talked to @sucks2beme, and he's agreed to coach me.I disabled signatures. -
Interesting Scott, I would not have thought that 4gLTE would have been affected. I never had the crunchy digital-y problem with HD
