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I have had a decent experience overall. I received my SIMs on 9/23. To help others:

• I never received a welcome email.
• I tried activating with a phone previously on Total Wireless (from the Pixel 6a promo holidays 2023) and it passed the IMEI check but still can't activate. Chat had no idea, and I gave up not wanting to affect the promo. I may or may not come back to this later.
• I activated one day after I received the SIMs.
• The process of porting your number basically ends at 50% and there is no confirmation before starting the port process, so be aware when entering your info. The step where it asks for a PIN is not present if the PIN has a plan assigned and it just starts act

I love Roamless (on of the easiest to use providers I've tested) but I see others reporting low latency and US exit nodes. I have a BICS issued eSIM and show a France/Belgium exit node when using T-Mobile or AT&T in the US. Latency for me is around 130-150ms. This is on an iOS device.

Is this a difference between Proximus and BIC eSIMs in this area?

Info on the $15 plan promo is pretty light.

In the past, how has Total handled adding or removing lines from a promo? I assume adding lines after the promo period won't get the promo price, but what about removing a line? Does that usually affect pricing on the other lines?

I'm planning to activate two lines as part of the $15 promotion. One is a Pixel 8 so will have to use a pSIM on Total as far as I can tell.

The second is an iPhone 14 - only eSIM. I have an older phone I can use to activate both pSIMs when they arrive. All devices pass Total's (random) IMEI check.

Will it be easier to activate both on pSIM and migrate one to eSIM on another device, or can I do the iPhone 14 directly to eSIM even though the order is for a pSIM? Trying to avoid all of the activation hassles others have run into. Thanks.

As I understand it, the iHAT process happens in the background before your modem is actually upgraded to the mid-split upload speeds. I've noticed my modem has rebooted at ~5am the past couple of days (and maybe more before) - is this likely the iHAT process? This whole thing seems to be a bit of a mystery, and I'm really itching to understand more about what's going on behind the scenes...

Had the neighborhood "upgrade" in mid-may, which seemed like nothing at all actually changed. No downtime whatsoever that day, and I got the "we're done" text by 8:30am. My modem is not (yet) connecting to the OFDMA channel.

Can anyone point me to a reference sheet with details on bands used, frequency, bandwidth, marketing name, etc by carrier? I see details on Wikipedia and a number of sites but looking to learn more and have a solid single reference.

Looking to order another home license to reinstall on new hardware, and all links take me to this page, but it no longer lists home or lab (free) licenses: https://shop.netgate.com/products/pfsense-software-subscription

I assume/hope this is an error or it will be listed as a different item in the store. Any ideas when it might be fixed?

I'm trying to install on an (older) appliance that currently has a 4GB compact flash card installed. This firewall won't need more than that. I'd like to go with ZFS for resiliency reasons.

When I select auto ZFS during install, it seems that I can't proceed (even with no swap) due to the file system size. This is the error I get: https://redmine.pfsense.org/attachments/2349 (from this issue:https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/7308).

Does anyone have experience setting up ZFS on a file system this small? Is there a way to manually set up ZFS and then continue the installation? It looks like the N

Is there a formal announcement of changes to the "data plan" now that it's July 1st (at least for the east coast)?

I have gigabit (well, 1000/35), and I've noticed the following:

1. Caps are back, seem to have started before midnight here (is it really midnight UTC and not local time)?
2. The cap went up by 20% to 1229GB from 1024GB (per my account page). [Edit: confirmed, it is now a "1.2TB data plan" and applies to all speed tiers]
3. The courtesy months before getting charged went from 2 to 1 (I haven't gone over except during COVID when they were waived). [Edit: confirmed, decrease in months from 2 to 1 in a 12 month period as long as you don't go over after that per FAQ]
4. No ch

I've been upgrading my parent's network (just moved them to Ubiquiti - USG, AC-Pro, etc). The one thing that is now missing is a simple file server for an external hard drive (they were using the terrible built-in feature on their previous router). I'm considering a Raspberry Pi but wondering if there is something else that would be simple to setup and manage remotely. Not 100% sure this fits here but thought I'd ask. Any ideas? Budget is flexible but hoping for something <$80.

I'm trying to prepare questions for an upcoming appointment with a gastroenterologist. I'm skeptical that an endoscopy is the right next step and want to be prepared to discuss with him in detail.

For a year or two I've had excessive burping and regular mild heartburn. It slowly got worse until I realized how bad it was. I also tend to feel a lot of pressure in my stomach/chest after eating larger meals - burping sometimes helps (weirdly enough, "deep" burps seem to help more). When that occurs, it takes 1-2 hours to resolve. I took Omeprazole (20mg) with significant improvement, but couldn't stop taking it without the symptoms returning. My PCP recommended I take it for a few months,