The best plan ever... Make money from your phone... Turn your phone into a cash machine... They all sound exciting, but they cheapen the sales pitch of Solavei immensely. Performance and price are what make Solavei a good deal for some, but not all. Knowing who is going to get a better deal can sure save you quite a few headaches in the long run, so here's a few tips to weed them out early.
The most common oversell is that there is amazing T-Mobile coverage that reaches 290 million Americans. While this is technically true, there are some extreme limitations to that coverage. First off, before you sign someone up, get their zip code and look at the T-Mobile Prepaid coverage map. Yes, it is different than the T-Mobile Postpaid map. This is mostly due to the fact that there is no 900mhz roaming allowed. This takes a larger amount of "Good" coverage areas and changes them to "Fair". What that means is that you may or may not be able to make calls from indoors or in vehicles in those areas. If the person is in one of these coverage areas, it would be better to wait and not switch them over quite yet.
Data speed performance is another common area of complaints on the T-Mobile network. Yes, you can achieve some blistering download speeds, but a block away, you may drop to Edge coverage and slow to dial-up modem rates. This is common on the T-Mobile network and will probably only get worse as they add that 3G coverage for those out of contract iPhones.
They tell me that my AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 is completely compliant with the Solavei network, yet I only have 2G speeds with it. Fortunately, I can edit the APNs to make MMS and data work, bit that's not the case with every phone. Take the iPhone for instance, you will need to jailbreak the device to edit the settings for picture messaging, or just not send or receive them. Don't be too quick to tell someone their device will work, when the experience may be terrible for them.
Picture and text messaging has been an issue for the T-Mobile network going back 5-7 years now. Their 3G/4G handoff technology has been far from perfect. What results is messages being delayed, duplicated or just never arriving. While a message here or there is no great loss, if the person you are recruiting is a heavy text user, check out their area first before getting them to sign on.
If you can help build your downline with happy users, they will stay with Solavei longer. The longer they stay the more users they can bring in. The disgruntled users will do more to trash the name and reputation of the company and do it faster than you can imagine. It is a tough sell getting one to leave a company for a few bucks, but if the service is sold at a reasonable expectation, they will do it and be happier to save that cash and tell friends about it.
Next up: Recruiting a ringer to boost sales
The most common oversell is that there is amazing T-Mobile coverage that reaches 290 million Americans. While this is technically true, there are some extreme limitations to that coverage. First off, before you sign someone up, get their zip code and look at the T-Mobile Prepaid coverage map. Yes, it is different than the T-Mobile Postpaid map. This is mostly due to the fact that there is no 900mhz roaming allowed. This takes a larger amount of "Good" coverage areas and changes them to "Fair". What that means is that you may or may not be able to make calls from indoors or in vehicles in those areas. If the person is in one of these coverage areas, it would be better to wait and not switch them over quite yet.
Data speed performance is another common area of complaints on the T-Mobile network. Yes, you can achieve some blistering download speeds, but a block away, you may drop to Edge coverage and slow to dial-up modem rates. This is common on the T-Mobile network and will probably only get worse as they add that 3G coverage for those out of contract iPhones.
They tell me that my AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 is completely compliant with the Solavei network, yet I only have 2G speeds with it. Fortunately, I can edit the APNs to make MMS and data work, bit that's not the case with every phone. Take the iPhone for instance, you will need to jailbreak the device to edit the settings for picture messaging, or just not send or receive them. Don't be too quick to tell someone their device will work, when the experience may be terrible for them.
Picture and text messaging has been an issue for the T-Mobile network going back 5-7 years now. Their 3G/4G handoff technology has been far from perfect. What results is messages being delayed, duplicated or just never arriving. While a message here or there is no great loss, if the person you are recruiting is a heavy text user, check out their area first before getting them to sign on.
If you can help build your downline with happy users, they will stay with Solavei longer. The longer they stay the more users they can bring in. The disgruntled users will do more to trash the name and reputation of the company and do it faster than you can imagine. It is a tough sell getting one to leave a company for a few bucks, but if the service is sold at a reasonable expectation, they will do it and be happier to save that cash and tell friends about it.
Next up: Recruiting a ringer to boost sales
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ReplyDeleteCan you please tell me what settings I need to change/set up in order to use my Nokia Lumia 710 with Solavei? I got my sim card today!
ReplyDeleteThis is something that your sponsor should help you with, but since I'm feeling like being giving I will help you out...
ReplyDeleteFirst thing: Download Nokia's Network Setup App from the Windows Marketplace - this is listed in the Nokia Apps section.
Press the (+) Symbol at the bottom of the screen to create a new APN
Connection Name: Solavei
Check the box that says Make this my current APN
Internet APN
Access point name: solavei
Proxy address:
Proxy port:
Username:
Password:
MMS APN
MMS access point name:
Proxy address:
Proxy port:
Username:
Password:
MMSC address: http://solavei.mmsmvno.com/mms/wapenc
Where "" is listed, just leave the field empty. These settings worked on the Nokia Lumia 900, so hopefully you have the same results with your 710!
Thanks for reading!
Thank you Ron
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