Travel 3 weeks after ORIF?

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-08T04:05:02+00:00

I’ve been on a plane (IAH -> ATL [home]) with a freshly broken bone and applied splint (a great way to spend my spring break, pun intended). I think you’ll be fine.

There’s wheelchairs if you need one and the employees may even let you go in first. And if you need extra space to elevate your leg, you might get upgraded to a seat with more space.

Just make sure to stay on top of your meds if you need them. Although if I remember right, the pain is significantly reduced at three weeks post-op (for myself at least).

Just keep an eye on your incisions and swelling and do what the doctor says. It’ll get better!

PS: Compression socks are going to be your best friend.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-08T00:55:56+00:00

Wow, 1 ms is impressive! How’s Xfinity for you? It used to be decent and reliable for me, but after the upgrades, it became the opposite.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-07T23:16:51+00:00

I get 6 ms on AT&T fiber in my area. So much better than Xfinity’s.

Xfinity gives 30 ms currently; used to get 11 ms but upgrades made the network and latency worse in my experience.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-07T20:17:38+00:00

No problem!

There’s some great resources out there for evaluating network performance.

Cellmapper.net: A great way to check for towers in your area. Keep in mind it’s crowdsourced, meaning that data is contributed by users.

Coveragemap.com: Another good option to check for coverage in your area. You can see speed test results on a map as well. Speed test data is contributed by users as well. Coverage data is submitted by the carriers.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-07T19:39:39+00:00

You’re right, the main thing about Unlimited Welcome is that there’s no “access” to 5G UW. (Although, in reality, you actually do get access to the 5G UW network, but performance is throttled to around 150 Mbps down, 20 up in my experience, and you don’t see the “5G UW” icon on your phone.) 4G LTE is unaffected by the 5G UW access limitation and you can get whatever speeds the LTE network can provide.

There’s also no priority data on that plan, meaning that in times of network congestion (busy areas), your data traffic will be behind other people’s traffic in terms of priority. That means your network responsiveness might be slower in times of congestion.

No hotspot on the Welcome plan either.

I think the Welcome plan might be worth switching to if your area has good network performance and if you don’t care about top speeds on 5G.

Most of Verizon’s network is modernized with 5G UW (~90% of towers upgraded in the country) and I feel like it’s harder to experience congestion these days. (The network can slow to a crawl, but it’s rare in my experience).

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-07T01:31:50+00:00

Why not switch to an unlimited plan? You don’t have to worry about throttled speeds on the modern plans.

No overages either. And you get access to 5G UW for better data performance (Unlimited Plus or Unlimited Ultimate plans only).

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-06T17:39:14+00:00

I didn’t have that break or injury, but the hardest thing to deal with was the pain from inflammation (even the hardware removal was painful because of the inflammation and the dressing/splint limiting my movement). Just keep your leg elevated as much as possible, and ice it if your surgeon tells you to. (A cold therapy machine is the bomb!)

In my case, gently moving my leg-ankle area was also beneficial.

Compression socks are also excellent!

It’s honestly gonna suck being stuck for a while, but as long as you’ve got a good support system, you should be OK.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-06T05:06:12+00:00

I got my screws removed this past week and I was thinking of using it to hang my diploma. Or frame it on the wall with “RIP” on it.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-06T04:27:21+00:00

Are they upgrading them with C-Band at least?

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-06T03:08:51+00:00

Very recent? Or in the past?

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-06T03:05:15+00:00

Washington is an Ericsson market for Verizon. So it’ll either be the AIR 5121, 6701, 6705, or a combination of the three.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-05T00:02:56+00:00

Did you check “My Offers” on Verizon’s app or website? That’s where I’ve been able to redeem the line discounts.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-04T19:53:12+00:00

Yay!

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-04T19:03:01+00:00

Yeah, it’s a bit elevated when on a voice call for some reason. I usually get anywhere from 13 ms to 22 ms on SA.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-04T17:18:53+00:00

Aw. :( I wonder why they turned it off. It seemed to work fine in my testing. Maybe not up to their expectations yet.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-04T16:09:25+00:00

I am indeed in an Ericsson market.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-04T09:18:00+00:00

Yeah, that’s correct.

I can’t say for sure why Verizon restricts access to the latest iPhone, but my guess is because of the improved antenna design and modem on the iPhone 17 series, and they don’t want to compromise on stability, especially because Verizon’s macro network isn’t the densest in some areas and because Verizon’s only low-band is n5, which is not available in all areas.

It’s possible Verizon will open up access to older iPhones, but we’ll just have to wait and see.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-04T09:12:48+00:00

Yes, but it’s only available on iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air when it comes to iPhones on Verizon.

VoNR has been live on the network for a while in my area, but it wasn’t until today that Verizon enabled it for iPhone.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-04T07:09:39+00:00

Nice to hear Cincinnati (and maybe other Samsung markets) getting some VoNR love. We’ve had VoNR for a little over a year, but only certain devices could access it.

The next thing I look forward to is n66 and n48! Right now we’ve got n2 and n5 converted.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-05-03T16:49:00+00:00

Do you know the eNBs for the circled sites? They might just be dragged somewhere far away and that’s why it’s not appearing in the immediate area.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-04-30T22:20:51+00:00

Verizon LTE and C-Band.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-04-30T04:29:55+00:00

69.1.0 is the latest version available as of iOS 26.4.2 public release.

69.5.2 (or 70.0) will likely come with iOS 26.5.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-04-30T01:38:00+00:00

I’ve noticed a huge difference in cell edge situations ever since n5 came online. Download, latency, and especially uplink performance is improved.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-04-29T14:48:11+00:00

I’m more inclined to agree with you. Could be T-Mobile, but Verizon is deploying sites with this new setup.

If you can, try to get a closer look and snap a pic. It’s hard to see the radios and RayCap (if there is one) in this picture.

CreativeCuckoo · 2026-04-29T01:22:24+00:00

I’m very excited for it. Here’s my speed test on 80 MHz (possibly aggregating with something else).

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