From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 5/10/2023 12:54, The Telecom Digest Moderator wrote:   
   > The TCL 40 XE 5G is now available at a super-low price point.   
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   > *                          Moderator's Note   
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   > * When Verizon sent me a letter that said the "4G" phone my wife had   
   > * been using wasn't "4G" enough for their network, they offered to   
   > * sell me a new, improved, and more sexy instrument that was   
   > * guaranteed to solve the problem - for about $240 dollars. The fact   
   > * that the "new" instrument was *ALSO* "4G" was, AFAICT, supposed to   
   > * serve as a lesson to junior executives-in-traning that the lower   
   > * classes will believe anything: a party favor they could joke about   
   > * while swilling their "Stirred but not Shaken" martinis and laughing   
   > * themselves to sleep every night for a few months.   
      
   I understand what you are saying, and feeling, but I'd have to believe   
   that your wife's former 4G phone was 4G capable in cellular data only.   
   There are a number of 4G phones which are not VoLTE (Voice over LTE/4G)   
   compatible -- as in, the voice/text aspect of the phone will only work   
   over the old CDMA 2/3G networks -- which Verizon is shutting down.   
      
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