Re: T-Mobile Sprint Merger: Say goodbye to scam calls

In article <[email protected]>, sms
<[email protected]> wrote:

> While there are old phones like that on some MVNOs, the reality is that 
> even mid-range Android phones, and all iPhones, have supported 
> sufficeint LTE bands of all four carriers for several years.

iphones yes, android no. very few android phones have lte bands for all
four carriers.

> Sometimes a 
> carrier may add new LTE bands in order to increase capacity, and an 
> older phone won't have the new bands, but carriers are very good about 
> not abandoning legacy bands when they put in new cell sites. 

additional bands do not replace existing ones.

> One of the 
> main reasons for keeping service even on legacy LTE bands is for people 
> roaming from other countries. A phone from the EU may not have 
> T-Mobile's band 66 and 71, but they'll almost certainly have 2, 4, and/or 5.

international roaming has nothing to do with it.

> A super cheap, locked phone, that is sold by an MVNO, may not have the 
> LTE bands needed to roam, but those providers rarely provide roaming anyway.

yes they do.