sfx2000

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by sfx2000 2y ago
Did what I could - a single ballot... Talking with some folks out here in SoCal - they're like why as Cali is already a given for a particular party/candidate... Response - it's the popular vote for one as to the Pres/VP
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by sfx2000 2y ago
Gosh, this is almost a replay of LightSquared (Ligado) and the GPS band/guard-bands - one has to consider the public good. FWIW - Ligado and NextNav - yes, Reston, VA - must be something in the water 900MHz is an unlicensed band, so as
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by sfx2000 2y ago
It should fail soft - e.g. warn user that Private Relay is not available, but don't block connectivity. This really isn't a client side issue, but the work-around is to disable the feature - which likely means that once service is
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by sfx2000 2y ago
The carrier can ID the device type by the radio layer itself at the PHY layer.
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by sfx2000 2y ago
SERO was one of the Sprint Rate Plans, the other was the Pioneer Plan for early adopters on SprintPCS HTC got into a bit of trouble with the carriers on the whole IMEI/MEID rewrite mess at the end of the day. With Qualcomm, that was an
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by sfx2000 2y ago
Gosh, yes it's a bit of a mess... The PSAP (E911 end point) likely will receive an MDN/MSISDN (10 digit number you dial for NANP networks) - this is so they can call back if the call is dropped. E911 is a special service, so in th
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by sfx2000 2y ago
I don't recommend mucking about with the IMEI, as you risk a collision with another device that is already using that IMEI - IMEI's are supposed to be immutable. I realize that there are some Modem OEM's that might allow the
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by sfx2000 2y ago
Interesting thread - as someone that used to be in carrier space... IMEI - we only really cared about the TAC prefix, as this identifies the device type, which is mapped to capabilities for services. IMSI - this is usually in the SIM card (
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by sfx2000 3y ago
It was interesting - I was pulled into a startup by a friend, and I was the first full-time employee - he joined later, and we were peers - he headed up HW and I led the SW and architecture side - one of the execs was also known, as we work