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toast0yesterday at 5:41 PM3 repliesview on HN

> But I have no idea if that means it'll work for you in the US/elsewhere.

Yeah, that's a fun part of the crazy bandplan for lte/5g where it's just a little here and there without global coordination.

But a look here [1], says it has all 5G bands for AT&T, 2/4 bands for TMo, and 4/5 for Verizon. Seems maybe a bit iffy for TMo, one of the missing bands is n71 (600 MHz) which is extended range that helps fill in coverage.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_5G_NR_networks


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BenjiWiebeyesterday at 8:27 PM

Some carriers also require your phone to be on their whitelist - for example AT&T.

And Verizon claims they don't do it that way, but we had a phone that worked on Verizon with an old SIM card until Verizon caught on, and then suddenly it wasn't compatible with their network and couldn't be used on Verizon.

kevvokyesterday at 6:25 PM

Also missing Band 13, which is Verizon’s main band for coverage

shmerlyesterday at 6:51 PM

Why aren't modern SoC modems just support all bands? How hard is it?

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