I am a layman by all standards in this area so please forgive how dumb I'm sure this question is. Why can't I buy like a box that takes a 5g sim have it take that data and transmit it to my old phone with a 3g signal? Of course I understand things like internet browsing wouldn't work but why couldn't it handle basic SMS and calls?
The COO Toni Murphy has significantly impacted the brand’s trajectory in less than a year.
Brand recognition has dropped, and internally it feels like no one really knows what the brand stands for anymore. The team is filled with top-level decision-makers who lack real experience working with external agencies—and there’s no in-house production team, which shows.
Advice to Management
Right now, marketing leans heavily on external agencies with very little internal strategy or execution support. That’s leading to inconsistent campaigns and a brand presence that feels scattered instead of cohesive.
There’s also a clear disconnect between what’s being executed and actual business results. It’s hard to tie marketing efforts back to measurable growth, which makes everything feel reactive instead of intentional.
What would help:
Until that happens, it’s going to be tough to rebuild consistency—or trust—in the brand.ent across teams could help enhance both performance and brand visibility.
We’re starting to feel the pressure of older IN platforms reaching end-of-support.
The problem is they’re still actively used, so shutting them down isn’t really an option.
At the same time, extending them doesn’t feel like a long-term solution either.
Feels like we’re forced into making a decision soon.
What are others doing in this situation?
One of the biggest concerns in our migration discussions is avoiding service disruption. Services need to behave exactly the same, APls must stay stable, and users shouldn't notice anything.
In practice, that's where things get complicated.
How are others handling this?
What’s the point of this. There’s two phone line here and the one on the bottom goes up to the top one. Why is that. What’s the point of having two on one road if they’re just the same thing.
This is an update of my last post. What’s the point of this on each and if it’s just reconnecting on each side. This is the same road about 1 mile apart. Why separate this line?
I worked cable installs for a couple years in LA back early 90’s so I’m always looking at poles and wiring. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a telco’s POTS line run to a tree. The correct path would be to follow the electrical and cable to the next pole. Was someone short on cable? 🤷♂️
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Using this Airtel simcard and every time they block OTP and incoming calls when validity is over. Is there any solution or trick with which i can bypass it as I already have installed wifi and don't wanna pay for maintenance just for otps
So I live in Singapore and I play a game that has it servers set in London. I usually ping the server once a week minimum and the it’s always been 162 however 3 days ago I pinged the server again as per usual only to find out my ping is suddenly 237. Was wondering if it has anything to do with me also getting exitlag and using it arnd the same time I pinged 237 and if so how do I fix it. Also I had a friend who’s in Singapore too to ping the server and his ping was 162 too so idk help me pls!
When I pay my nearly $200 Verizon bill for two lines, plus home internet- why am I not doing one of the MNVOs for $15/$20/$30/$40 a month? Why are people staying with the legacy carriers? Is the service (either cellular service or customer service) that much materially different in the MNVO world?
This was installed in my front lawn, roughly 20-30 feet from the house. Should I be concerned? Does it pose any health risks?
What's a thing that desperately needs upgrade?
We managed to off those damn VoiP spammers with AI.
What's the next step, NOC perhaps? That's tons of $$$ saved there.
It seems MobileX is ignored in nearly all comparisons of economical cellphone providers. Very few ever even mention the company. It would seem it’s tie to Walmart would make it more well known.
It has been about 5 years since the smartphones and telecom companies started to support and upgraded to 5G, yet the speeds are still the same as that of 4G.
I have been using airtel 5G sim with a 5G data pack. The speeds were so fast in the initial few years the 5G network was launched. But, now they are just the same as that of 4G or 3G.
Do anyone else also have felt that way? Share your thoughts...
I've been learning about RAN architecture for a while and wanted to build something real with it
You type a question like "why is this cell dropping throughput despite good RSRP?" and it pulls relevant KPI logs and returns a structured diagnosis ( fault type, evidence, root cause, fix steps)
Used real 5G operator data, covers handover failures, RSRP drops, and throughput collapses
I'm not a telecom engineer so I'd love to hear if the fault logic makes sense to someone who actually works in this space, or if I've got something completely wrong
Repo: https://github.com/dim-tsoukalas/rag-rca-telecom | Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af8odyi2BcY
One of the biggest concerns in any migration discussion we're having internally is service continuity. It's relatively easy to talk about "modernization" at a high level, but when you break it down: Services must behave exactly the same APIs must remain stable No disruption to existing users That's where most strategies start falling apart.
Are people solving this with parallel environments, phased migration, or something else?
Basically what the title says, seeing whats out there, family and I are interested in making a change from Ohio to Western part of Florida Tampa/Sarasota area. I have total of 14 years in the field between copper (coax) fiber, and cat5. Looking maybe in the next year or sooner if the timing is right. More less want W-2 job. My company provides truck trailer also decent benefits as well as profit sharing. Pay here is $33/h. Just wanted to see and hear from the Flordia guys in here and get a idea of what pay/life balance is. Appreciate it. Below is some of the things I do on a daily basis thank you
Perform high-precision splicing of 200-micron and 250-micron fiber optic cables, including singles,
ribbon and spider ribbon configurations, for major providers like Verizon, Windstream, AT&T
Amazon.
- Successfully splice up to 3,456 single fibers, ensuring optimal performance for macrocell and small cells
sites and business environments.
- Install and configure fiber optic panels (288–3,456 ports) in diverse settings, meeting strict
quality and safety standards.
- Utilize FTB-2 OTDR for advanced troubleshooting, resolving complex fiber optic issues to
maintain network integrity.