Re: [PLUG] Off-topic: Cell Phone Call Quality

[Tim Binder <tbinder@coredial.com>]

Are you using Voice over LTE (VoLTE)? For my admittedly different phone I found that turning it off and just using LTE for data significantly improved my sound dropout issues. Perhaps worth investigating?

> On Sep 19, 2015, at 9:04 AM, Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm finally reaching the limit of my cell phone tolerance. The voice call 
> quality of my cell phone is terrible, and almost unusable. 
> 
> I suffer from frequent tenth-second drop-outs which make it very hard to 
> understand what is being said. I don't know if its my phone, my carrier, or my 
> location. I was hoping I could get some good advice from this techo-group.
> 
> I know it is not the other caller, because I even have the problem listening 
> to my voicemail menu.
> 
> I've got a Samsung Galaxy S3, which appears to be a good quality phone.
> 
> I'm using Net-10, one of the pre-paid carriers. Their prices are pretty good.
> 
> My location is in NJ east of Philly, and PA, just north of Newark. Both 
> locations seem to be equally bad.
> 
> 
> So how can I isolate the cause of my crappy voice calls?
> 
> Is my carrier?
> Is it my phone?
> 
> 
> If I switch carriers will my quality improve?
> 
> 
> I'm a 58-year-old guy, and not looking for gobs of data, but I can't see 
> spending $75 per month for a bloody phone.
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Casey Bralla
> 
> Chief Nerd in Residence
> The NerdWorld Organisation
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