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Let me FIRST clear two things. [1] I am NOT saying to ALWAYS stay away from RCom.. I am saying that, the transition from RCdma to RGsm will be too frustrating that (happened in other circles), its better to move away to other operator and come back after 3 months, when all dust settles down, IF ITS YOUR PRIMARY NUMBER.... No need to panic, if its secondary number. Further the voice clarity difference between RCdma and RGsm are like heaven and HELL. Another reason to move away from RGsm. [2] I am NOT saying to move to AirTel. I am NOT Airtel fanboy. Yes, I use Airtel and I am happy with their services, as they are nice to big customers, even though I was skeptical initially, when I moved to them from Tata due to lack of options. But I am NOT recommending everyone to switch to Airtel. By saying move away from RGsm, I refer to MTS > BSNL CDMA > Aircel > Airtel > Vodafone > Idea > and even BSNL GSM, whichever suits them better. Yes.. From deep sh!t to bull sh!t... They have zillion more miles to go... Like @dr.faramroze said, their 2GSM equipments are too pathetic to give good services on GSM. Aircel-RCom merger will take several months to complete.. Do you remember when RCom-MTS merger talks begun and situation today after many many months? Instead port out to Aircel and enjoy those benefits IMMEDIATELY. Further in areas where RGsm has good coverage, we can't select Aircel 2G. We have to deal with pathetic RGsm network. In places where there is NO RGsm coverage, we can manually select Aircel 2G. But in transition we may miss several calls. Happened to me when using TataGSM, even though it has tie-up with Aircel. So porting out to Aircel is much better option, than waiting for RGsm coverage to become NIL and going to Aircel 2G via ICRA. Yes.. Better than RCom EVDO, but NOT better than Vodafone or Airtel's 3G, as Aircel 3G network has more users and congestion comparing others. Airtel was also same one year back, but situation improved for good after they got EXTRA 3G slot for TN. Further, if Aircel 3G is really good in your area, then porting to Aircel is much better than dealing with pathetic RGsm. Yes.. Thats why I am saying to port out from RCom and come back to them or RJio when 4G chaos completes... Further I am using RJio for 6 months. I used to get 62Mbps during Feb, but after preview offer, speed gets reduced drastically to 7Mbps at the same place, which is slower than Airtel 3G and 4G (but still good enough).. So things are NOT always rosy... I mean, RJio current network condition NOT a good reason to bear the pathetic RGSM. Further have you seen the RCom 4G tariffs??? Its even worse than RGsm_3G plans (in Delhi for eg).. So you are NOT getting good deal in RJio network, if you are using RGSM... May be you are talking about Chennai. In Chennai Aircel and AirTel has 900MHz spectrum. In RoTN (Rest of TN) Aircel and Vodafone has 900MHz. WRT number of subscribers, Airtel is number 1 in Chennai and Number 3 in RoTN. Aircel is number 1 in RoTN and number 2 in Chennai. Vodafone is number 2 in RoTN and number 3 in Chennai. In combined Chennai + RoTN, Aircel is number 1 and Airtel number 2, Vodafone number 3. Below image is summary of last year, to give Idea about NOT just TN, but all circles of India.. Because RCdma will NOT be available after few days and RGSM voice clarity is WORST. So better to port to other operators and NOT fall from heaven to HELL and fall to earth instead.. Staying with RGSM is NOT a solution for 2 months at least.. Come back after 3 months, when things improved sufficiently...

RCOM CDMA used Lucent network cards and ATC hardware, Tata CDMA and BSNL CDMA used Cisco network cards and ZTE hardware. Reliance GSM used China made cheap hardware, some components costing a mere Rs 60. Moreover RGSM is based on 1800 mhz hence frequent maintenance. Reliance cannot improve voice quality after some extent so they have made illegal icr to Tata Docomo GSM even where it's own network exists. Idea and Vodafone have invested astronomically in 4G components so they will any day provide superior quality. If the upcoming 700 Mhz LTE slots are bagged by idea, it will be pack off time for RCOM-RJIO alliance. RJIO has an obsession to create and expand it's LTE capacity because it feels even if they dont get enough subscribers of their own, they will trade 4G icr with other GSM operators like Videocon and Uninor. 4G monopoly of RJIO will be destroyed further when 3G operators will give narrow band 4G on their same spectrum. There is no sim card ICCID IMEI binding like Jio in other networks. Reliance will definitely be instrumental in providing cheap 4G as LTE revolution but ultimately other networks will succeed. Sent from my K016 using Tapatalk

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(1) Actually the problem is not about the coverage. It's about the voice clarity of RGsm [or lack of it to be precise]. My home is just 200m away from RGsm tower. But if anyone calls me in old RGsm no, they always hear some motor running sound in background. Compare this to the earlier crystal clear voice clarity Rcdma customers are used to, then it's better to port out IMHO. (2) Another thing, 4G will take minimum 1.5 months to get launched by Rcom and instead of dealing with Rcom 4g chaos, knowing no 4g coming for 1.5 months, people can use other network [incl 4g] for 3 months and return back to Rcom 4G, if it was still good at that time. (3) Last but not least, people often forget one important point. The 4g coverage of Rcom will be as good as Rcdma earlier, but voice coverage will be worse. Seeing the half full signal bars of 4g, You may think that you are in good coverage area, but in reality you may be missing so many voice calls in the background due to lack of voice fallback network. Simply put, data coverage better than voice coverage is more like a curse in the disguise of boon, IMHO. So my best advice for Rcdma customers of TN, is port out for time being if it's your main number. This whole thread is a very good proof of Rcom's inability in handling such delicate situation. Else if it's just a secondary number, then you can surely take chances and enjoy Rcom's comedy. sent from my Lenovo Vibe P1 using Tapatalk

Why one should experience it, if they know it's a trap???

If 2 gb for 98 rupees for 1 month was 2g sacm then 10 gb for 1857 rupees is 4g scam!

But from my friends experience, Vodafone is the most rude one wrt MNP. They never allow to port out from their network once you get in from other network. They don't care about customer losing number during porting. I am using corporate postpaid connections in Airtel. My friend has same in Vodafone network. He wanted to move to Airtel. They never allowed him to port out saying all possible lies ever known. The best one is, 'corporate customers can never port out as part of agreement' -- wtf?? Actually I ported out all my corporate connections to Airtel from Tata earlier. They told him to move to normal retail postpaid connection [so that he may not port out for 3 more months] which has more sh!tty plans and then only can port out to other network. Bunch of liars and greedy people. sent from my Lenovo Vibe P1 using Tapatalk

Rcom will be mostly using its own 850 mh spectrum for cdma services. Whether it can latch on Jio's network or not that remains to be seen. Rcom, on its own will have 4g network on 850mhz band in all license area after Mts merger. The advantage with band 5 is better indoor coverage and we can expect data coverage comparable to CDMA. Also, most of our newer imported phones from USA will support Band 5, while they may not support Band 3 or 40. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

Why are you porting out? In Tamilnadu RCom-Aircel has very good coverage of the state. You will have good RCom network My suggestion to you is to stay in RCom instead of porting to some other network. Don't jump from frying pan to fire

Yes it works. Follow the below thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e-2015/general/how-to-verizon-moto-e-2015-gsm-network-t3098953 Sent from my m8whl using Tapatalk

I have many earbuds tried Samsung Nokia mototola apple jvc skull candy htc as well as senheiser , but currently my favourite are the black and red flat tangle free cabled in ear earbuds from Htc that come along with htc phones Not fancy but they are balanced . Should be available online below 1k I guess Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It's NOT really good to ask in FREE give-aways thread, whatever may be the reason... One should NEVER be forced in ANY way to give away for FREE. If you are ready to pay for parts, open a thread in Want to Buy section in buysellweb dot in and here is the link..