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GSM and CDMA are almost dead. It’s all LTE now. V and S phones all have SIM cards now. Most carriers have run down their 2G fallback networks and taken that low band spectrum for LTE with VoLTE. Pre-LTE devices will suffer, but those guys would suffer in quality either way.

-source: run a large MVNO.

Massive synergies. And a small 3 and 4 versus behemoth 1 and 2 isn’t real competition.

It’s hard to imagine a merger that would make more money.

As a person of South Asian decent, I can validate how few people

I attribute it to a first and second generation community - if you already have a community to call your own, you are less likely to search for others. I’m alternative enough to be interested; and don’t identify with that cultural background much.

Often I’m alone in alternative subcultures - gaming, the burn, the poly scene, etc.

Owner of a M3. My first Tesla. I have number 40xx.

I adore the damn thing. Seeing software updates makes me happy. I compare it to my last favorite car, my Volt which claimed to support updates; but never patched it’s awful UI.

It is a bit raw. I had to leave the car at the service center due to some door handle issues. I received a loaner model S, and it’s was fixed impeccably. The X had a trunk issue for a ton of cars needing a rain proof cover on the trunk- and every owner got it.

There are quality issues. So far I’ve seen everything fixed at Tesla’s expense, with similar reports on TMC. It is a different paradigm though - far more a reliable software platform (where they fix things when they are broke) than the typical “here is your car” model.

There is a bit of fandom in which earlier adopters are willing to put up with issues. As I said, I love the car, and as long as they keep patching issues (HW & SW) that come up, I’ll accept some issues.

Don’t want the issues? Wait a half year. But recall that they have 18 months of backlog. Most would consider that a commercial success.

I’ve always felt Apple and Nintendo have a common thread that rarely gets appreciated.

And Intel isn’t? Intel’s modems have substantially all LTE bands.

Do you support optional 1031-like kind for 2017? What about optional currency-to-currency for those looking to be aggressive?

Thanks!

Citation please.

Yahoo finance powers the stocks app on iOS. I haven’t seen these new ones work there, fwiw.

Proper eSIM and eUICC implementations should allow remote flashing - there is a bootstrap IMSI and allow overloading of additional. Apple SIM (sans ATT on iPad) is an early non standard implementation.

But getting carriers to support the interchange is hard. Device manufacturers would love to remove the SIM card and make eSIM proprietary to lock their phones into a walled garden - “Pay to add your IMSI to this device.” Carrier do not love. Also carriers are telcos, not tech companies.

One exception : IoT. Distributed sensors that have 10 year lifespan need flexibility; and eSIM is a bigger push there.

Citation : Run an MVNO that is wary of the future of eSIM.

Hey it’s josh!

Yes MMSC errors sound right. Or wacky IMS stuff.

Radios and antennas. More weight and power for limited usecases. In Apple and Google’s mind - replace your garage door opener with a connected one. You are talking about an SDR to allow multiple frequency ranges.

And your other account is?

Fractal Denial? This is a new term to me... and the #1 link for Fractal Denial on Google is your post :)

Can you share which podcast it was?

Nvm. Reference : http://www.codusoperandi.com/posts/increasing-your-luck-surf...

Hidden externality.

Retailers eat the cost in order to get the customers. Cc processors earn the cost. Banks, in order to get customers, pass some of the dough back to consumers in marketing and rewards.

So it's somewhat fairer now than it was ten years ago with similar fees but less rewards. But an economist would say that optimal would be to massively reduce fees and take away rewards.

Many banks offer notifications for offline transactions too. I get an SMS for every charge.

It's a reality in the states. But, yes, it's weird.

We model credit worthiness largely on past payments of credit; which means that we are incented to use the system.

I don't see using my credit card as really "using credit." I use it as a charge card and pay every bill as it comes; so it's merely a (30-59 day) float. I, of course, have a difference financial capability than much of the US, and recognize that privilege. For many people, CC float is what let's them live paycheck to paycheck and is the first brick in Americans penchant for debt.

That being said; there is a huge benefit to many consumers having a short term credit facility. It's as if the CC industry made a micro loans initiative. (And then proceeded to abuse it).

They are available to non residents; but only if they were allowed to get an SSN.

Yeah. But that's not the endgame.

Cashiers will almost assuredly offer a Walmart branded MasterCard or Amex if they were trying to buy with visa.

Bingo- Walmart has both eliminated visas Costs and developed a new revenue stream. And I imagine their quants know how many of their visa customers have alternate credit cards or debit capabilities.

Twilio likes makes revenue on inbound, or enough breakage on the $1 to not have it be an issue. This is a perfectly legit usage of the number.

I do not believe this is true now given all the third party frameworks available.

Done in Shanghai

http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2015.html

First page of Google.

Tax basis for mobile in the US is generally usage based to satisfy USAC/USF; not per act.

What conference was that?

Astonishingly simple in the states to get a SIM without an ID; a random exception.

Carrier don't have data that specific, cell phone triangulation isn't that precise.

With Band 12 LTE, this is changing rapidly on TMO.

Ever checked the T and Cs to see if they are capturing audio?

Big miss in the methodology here. (CTO of a MVNO, watching data usage and pricing trends is a huge part of my day)

Those plans and costs ignore that at least a third of the US is on far lower cost plans from MVNOs, CSEs (Carrier-Sponsored Entities), various prepaid plans, as well as T-Mobile and Sprint.

They also absolutely ignore the fact that there is an additional talk and text price embedded in those. It's very techie to assume that the cost per MB for a plan is just total cost/Mb; the reality is that you easily have to figure $20-30 for the actual phone part of the plan.

Personally, I'd prefer to give subscribers far more value from their plan; advertising isn't the only problem. Many video apps default to greedy mode; pulling as high quality video as possible; without consulting or making it easy for users to requests lower bandwidth streams. Add that to FB video auto stream which just eats up bandwidth by scrolling through your news feed (and has had at least two separate places to turn it off- making harder to educate users) - and you have a trend of content and app designers assuming wireless connectivity is a commodity and unlimited for all.

Many, many people have smartphone plans with less than a gig of data because that's what they can afford - and the ecosystem devalues the actual experience of that gig more and more.