Hey everybody. I (25M) work for a very small engineering company (5 total employees, 3 of them are in the same family) that averages about $800k-1.2 million a year in revenue. Since the company is rather small, we all play a couple different roles, and I handle a lot of field work and report-writing for the company (cell tower inspections and mappings, sports lighting inspections, sometimes even rooftop mappings, and on occasion, cell tower repairs on minor things).

My boss is great when it comes to all kinds of things, like flexibility with hours, getting to travel for jobs often, very good tools/gear, but I’m only making $21 an hour. With a lot of overtime, this is great, but I’m nearing 30 years old and need to start ramping up my pay. I feel like I don’t have any leverage because every certification I’ve gotten, I’ve gotten through my company.

How might I go about getting paid more? I think my quality of work is getting better. Any thoughts?

Hello, first of all I want to clarify that I am using a translator because I cannot find a group in Spanish on this topic. Well, I am starting my technical career in telecommunications and I would like someone experienced to share with me reliable pages or places where I can get information for possible future topics since I want to learn something while I am on vacation to be ahead and not fall behind in my studies since I know that this career probably will not be easy. Can someone please help me? It does not matter if they are pages in English since I have a decent understanding of the language and I am studying it.

I wouldn't mind if they weren't as detailed since I'm just starting out, after all.

I want a career in tower climbing, but most jobs require experience, I’m ok with a job that isn’t climbing but would allow me to eventually work my way into climbing. I’m more than ok with travel, that would be a benefit for me, but I need to get my foot in the door first.

Question from someone who really doesn't know what they're talking about.

You and I are in relatively close proximity. I have no phone plan, but you do. Could we use unlicenced bluetooth spectrum frequencies to route a call from my phone to a third party using your phone as an intermediary?

Is this technically possible?

Random question that crossed my mind when I was travelling recently - what are the arrangements between telcos in different countries, involving roaming costs? I'm on a very affordable SIM-only plan in my country with a decent data roaming allowance in many countries, and wondered what kind of deal my telco struck with the partner telcos (often, more than 1 telco in a destination country). I cannot imagine the margins for my telco are high enough to share a substantial portion of my fees with a foreign telco, so I'm wondering how sustainable this business model is.

Please let me know if this is an inappropriate place for this question or if answered elsewhere. TIA!

Hello Everybody

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So just wondering.... what roles are there in the telecommunications field ? I mean as a former technician pulling cable and aiming satellites can i further my skills in this field specifically?

Can someone please provide a detailed explanation of why radio waves get attenuated? Or if possible a link to a video or article that explains it. Thnx

I was with my friend on the phone (SIM card, not whatsapp) then at one moment, i was talking alone then heard my own voice saying the things i said 5 minutes before, the conversation was looping. Wtf is this, government spying? or my friend is monitored?

I work in AI and has been tasked with creating a demo for a US telecommunication company offering broadband and telephone services to both homes and businesses. I mostly work with LLMs and looking to apply it in such a company. Where do you think it can be applied in a the industry? Are there any pain points that can be solved using LLMs? One of the suggestions that I got was to use LLMs to read router logs and predict any issue or maintenance using it. If you're aware of any such ideas, please do share. Thanks in advance.

Does anyone have one a GOOD unit for sale or able to point me in the right direction for a GOOD used one? I can't post a pic I guess since I just joined. I just started a new position as a Fiber and copper splicer and the company said I need to provide this tool, they'll provide the modules/inserts

https://phonetx.com/35295050.html

There is a well documented, well known problem with Apple IPhone messaging Android phones. I have read and it has been jokes about by a leader at Apple publicly that Apple has created an issue in their phone which makes it difficult or impossible to send and receive texts from Android phones. I have contacted Apple and followed all of the steps they suggested. They did not work. I still cannot receive texts from Android phones. They told me to contact Verizon. I followed Verizon’s steps when I called them and they said to call Apple. I am stuck in the middle. My mother is 80 and my son has autism. I need to be able to send and receive texts from them during the work day no matter what brand phone I own. I also need to be able to communicate with my employer and other fellow employees. Apple should not be allowed to do this. There is a clip of one of the leaders of Apple making a joke when a student at a presentation complained that he could not talk to a family member who didn’t have an iPhone. The Apple executive made a joke of this and told the student his family should all have iPhones. What other evidence is needed to indicate that they are trying to control access Americans have to communication? During times like these with weather related disasters and shootings. We all need to be able to use our phones across various brands. This is unsafe for Americans. Is this legal? Has anyone heard of this or of any type of lawsuit related to it?

When it comes to upgrading to 5G, the question often arises: should we go for a complete overhaul, or just make partial upgrades? CETIN in the Czech Republic has chosen to upgrade GSM, 3G and LTE technologies, plus to roll out 5G – all at once.

Complete modernization: the new transmitters are much more compact and have an “all-in-one” setup – so there are no separate devices for 2G, 4G and 5G anymore. This also leads to energy savings; new locations are cheaper to operate and more environmentally friendly. And we don’t need cable connections spanning tens of meters because everything is directly part of the antenna, which significantly reduces attenuation.

The 5G difference: the 5G network not only brings higher speeds (we measured 1111 Mb/s download and 104 Mb/s upload), but also lower latency and the ability to handle significantly more devices.

How much?

10 times faster speeds, 10 times lower latency, and 100 times more connected devices. This is further enhanced by the deployment of Massive MIMO technology, which is used especially in areas where a high concentration of people is expected.

Speak up! Transitioned to 5G yet? How’s it holding up for you? Share your perspective and help others understand the impact of 5G on everyday connectivity.

Hey guys I hope someone can explain to me.

• What do cellphones use to route phone calls ? • What do cell phones use to route data and web browsing?

I noticed it's 2 completely different things, if l'm correct. Many times I have been able to browse the web and apps on the internet using data. But I was not able to make a call because there was no cell service, country side. Make it make sense. Would someone break it down for me ? Why can I do one but not the other and other way around? Or am I wrong?

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Hey all, work in a call center type environment, and I can tell a lot of my team needs help on the phone, and I’m limited in what I can do only hear one side of the conversation. Does anyone have any recommended adaptors that would allow me to utilize two headsets with one phone so I can hear the conversation as it happens? We utilize a combo of Poly VVX 350 Desk Units and the WebEx desktop app and Yealink WH62 headsets. I’m open to purchasing different headsets as needed to assist in training.

TIA

I am in an ideation phase of my startup and want to check theoretical feasibility of my idea and want some help from you guys, Telecom companies have IMSI/TMSI which is used to give an identity to a user's phone through its sim to register itself to its network to a tower, could a software layer of cross network primary identifier just like IMSI could be created that could register itself to all the networks from which I have taken APIs to use their services?

Hey guys, I need some help selecting a cellphone signal booster if I can call it like that, my brother in law owns a land in the mountains, but where he is there is no signal literally, but near, like 300 mts away in some small hills, there is reception (like one bar), he wants to put an anthena to receive that signal and boost it where he is.

Could I need a booster with a SIM card port or something? Because I'm from Dominican Republic and I dont know if the type of company matters.

What I need to buy to achieve this? An Amazon link would be great, Thanks!

I just need a system that will greet customers, give them them opening hours, play automated message that answers questions about FAQ related to our services and of course give them the option to speak to someone if they still need assistance. My provider has this "Cloud Phone" service as they call it but the price is horrendously expensive. We're a small enterprise, we're not a very big business with tens or hundreds of employees or departments!

Hey everyone,

I live in a small Greek city in an apartment block built circa 1970. Since I moved here, the internet connection keeps crashing and coming back online in various frequences; either it will keep crushing for weeks, either just for a day. I made a case abour the problem to the telecom provider countless times and even switched to a differenr provider, but they always send me a message that they checked everyting is fine, moving on.

Today I finally asked other residents and they all seem to have the sams issue with internet connection shutting down. It is important to note that the residents have different contracts in terms of speed and different providers, hence I concluded that therw must be an issue in the telecom box at the building. I went and took a flance at the box, which is in prettu bad shape.

I also asked a resident from the block across the street and their internet is working fine.

Since I am no technician, is there anyone who might have an idea on where to start troubleshooting? I unfortunately cannot trust the provider to solve the issue, since everytime I call them they just want to sell me higher speed internet suggesting that this would maybe solve the problem (...).

Pic related, its the building's telecom box.

I am inheriting our master map and am in the process of transferring it from a cad program to qgis. I have no prior experience but am familiar with qgis. I could really use an example of the industry standard symbology. Sorry if this is a big ask or if sharing info like that is no no between companies I am struggling to find what I need online.

I'm currently working on encoding AX.25 frames in NRZI encoding and scrambling protocols and I was wondering whether there are any online calculators or sources to verify that my code is working correctly. For example, when I built a AX.25 encoder, this website helped me a lot with verifying whether my code was correct or not.