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LTE on Speakout
May 4, 2012
2:55 pm
hieppo
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Now that Rogers has established LTE, does Speakout has connection to it?

Is it possible for us Speakout user with an LTE phone fully utilizing LTE speed?

May 4, 2012
7:41 pm
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That is a good question. I do not believe it matters, because any of the advantages of LTE has would not translate well to unlimited mobile browsing. (LTE is fast now, because not many use LTE currently) In any case, I would guess any Rogers LTE phone would work, though likely in 3G mode.

I might add, if the telcos had their way, they would put everyone on LTE if they could. Much more efficient with the spectrum.

May 14, 2012
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Yes. I think LTE should work on speakout. does anybody has a LET phone to confirm it?

May 16, 2012
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I have samsung S2 LTE, but speakout internet seems not working. It shows 4G, but ony upload signal is green, download signal is always red/organge

May 16, 2012
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mikegm88 said:

I have samsung S2 LTE, but speakout internet seems not working. It shows 4G, but ony upload signal is green, download signal is always red/organge


What APN do you use? and I saw Bell and Telus website, it seems LTE use a new SIM card. maybe the latest Speakout SIM card can work

May 25, 2012
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So I think at this moment, the best way is buy a LTE SIM card from Rogers, then port to Speakout.

March 3, 2015
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Any further update on whether SpeakOut customers can access LTE? Am considering making the move.

March 3, 2015
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I believe it is a moot point. The data allowance Speakout provides is so small that even if you used it with GSM, you could easily go over your quota. If you do feel you have a need for LTE for whatever reason, try another carrier.

March 22, 2015
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netyang said

Yes. I think LTE should work on speakout. does anybody has a LET phone to confirm it?

Hi guys, I have a Redmi 2 4G phone, it said it works on Networks:
FDD-LTE (B3/7/8) (1800/2600/900)
WCDMA (B1/8) (2100/900)
GSM (B3/8) (900/1800)

When I put my Speakout SIM in it, it recognize the SIM, can see Speakout name, and my phone number too; BUT "No Service". I don't know exactly what is Speakout's Network; will it match one of the above?

Anyway, with the above Network, Speakout just won't work. Does anyone know what is Speakout's Network?

March 22, 2015
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SpeakOut (which uses the Rogers network) uses the 850/1900 frequencies.

March 23, 2015
6:38 am
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ccpyue said

netyang said

Yes. I think LTE should work on speakout. does anybody has a LET phone to confirm it?

Hi guys, I have a Redmi 2 4G phone, it said it works on Networks:
FDD-LTE (B3/7/8) (1800/2600/900)
WCDMA (B1/8) (2100/900)
GSM (B3/8) (900/1800)

When I put my Speakout SIM in it, it recognize the SIM, can see Speakout name, and my phone number too; BUT "No Service". I don't know exactly what is Speakout's Network; will it match one of the above?

Anyway, with the above Network, Speakout just won't work. Does anyone know what is Speakout's Network?

Wow, I do not think I ever saw a phone that was so unfriendly to North American bands as this one. From the bands you quoted, none of these will work with Speakout, this phone appear not to even support quad band GSM! You might want to try putting the Speakout SIM in the other SIM socket and see what happens.

As iamdrumming said, SpeakOut uses the 850/1900 frequencies, on 2G GSM and 3G.

I took a look at GSM arena, and there does appear to be a version of the Redmi 2 phone that is Speakout friendly http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi.....2-6884.php though I am not sure if your version is.