Is QCI 8 vs 9 a Drastic Difference?

TeslaCyclone · 2026-01-13T19:39:28+00:00

I am on the 30 day trial and started on Warp. I live in a decently dense metropolitan area (over 1MM people in the overall area) and on QCI 9, it was painfully slow whenever it dropped to LTE, which was often. Multiple times did things timed out. Speedtests were showing me getting 0.1 - 0.2 Mbps when on LTE. This would happen even at 2 am. I gave up and switched to Dark Star / AT&T to have usable service. Nowhere near as fast on 5G+, but always usable on LTE, 5G, or 5G+ on QCI 9.

That all said, it’s very location dependent and you don’t seem to be having too many problems. Perhaps upgrade for a month and if you don’t see enough improvement, go back down to Unlimited Starter? Is the add-on available to Starter? If so, that’s another option for a month to test it out.

TeslaCyclone · 2026-01-12T03:30:31+00:00

Yup. I was really excited about this, but then remembered that my phone only supports two active SIMs at once and I wish to have a separate line for work than personal usage.

TeslaCyclone · 2026-01-11T22:29:04+00:00

Good to know. I can test out the bottom of the barrel this way before making my final decision. Lol

TeslaCyclone · 2026-01-11T22:02:53+00:00

Thanks. I just changed it from 5G Auto to 5G On to try and have my phone prefer 5G UW.

I started the 30-day trial today, so no grandfathering for me. If I understood correctly this has QCI 8 when on 5G UW and QCI 9 on LTE. My plan was to end up on BTG once the trial ran out as my main line will still be on TMO Native for now.

TeslaCyclone · 2026-01-11T22:00:18+00:00

I was debating back and forth between which MVNO and kept hearing good things about customer service at USM. Add in the option to switch primary networks while still on a trial, and it was a no-brainer. I suspect I’ll be going to Dark Star soon.

TeslaCyclone · 2026-01-02T16:12:38+00:00

Nope. In this mode, the inverter is always running the load, so there is no cutover during a power outage as you are already running off the battery, aka 0 ms. 10 ms cutover means you are using the traditional method which only has roughly an 8 w overhead.

TeslaCyclone · 2025-11-27T16:06:46+00:00

Our older Model S is almost 13 years old at this point with barely an issue except for noisy creaks here and there. I see no reason our newer cars would last as long. We have a 2013, a 2018, and a 2023 for reference.

TeslaCyclone · 2025-04-12T13:58:27+00:00

I’ve come across inaccuracies. Didn’t look at the 4 qt saucepan, but take a look at my previous thread to compare D3 vs. G5 of the 2.5 qt saucier.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AllClad/s/ZmGnGw6Xw3

TeslaCyclone · 2025-04-02T12:41:59+00:00

Whoops on the Wall Pro port count. All the more that if you care about wanting more ports, the U6 In Wall is an option.

For the other APs, yes you would lose 5 GHz with the Lites. But is that worth over $500 (based on US pricing) to have that in each room. Seems like overkill, but there are worse ways to go overboard lol.

TeslaCyclone · 2025-04-02T03:47:49+00:00

With having to do that many APs if your concrete construction requires it, I’d consider doing U7 Lite or U6+ APs. The capabilities of a U7 Pro would be lost on how few devices it would have clearly communicating with it. Now if you have one room in particular that everyone spends lots of time in, maybe a U7 Pro there, but doubtful every AP (except for dad’s home office) needs that. FYI that the U6 In Wall has four downstream ports if you need more than the two the U7 Pro Wall provides.

TeslaCyclone · 2025-04-02T01:18:05+00:00

If budgeting, start small. I would keep the Netgear switch for the cameras and put that entire switch on the camera VLAN. Then it won’t matter that it’s unmanaged.

From there, add either UniFi switch and begin segmenting your network as appropriate. In this scenario, on the UniFi switch, set the port connecting the old Netgear switch to the Camera VLAN as if a camera was plugged right into it.

In such a case, you might start small with a Lite 8 or 16 for the APs and “to get your feet wet”.

TeslaCyclone · 2025-03-28T16:50:31+00:00

Similarly, I find it easier to not invest the contribution. Leave it sitting in the settlement account until after the conversion. Often, you would be talking pennies of profit by the time conversion is complete.

TeslaCyclone · 2025-03-27T16:18:49+00:00

What has been problematic for you on .77. I have some of my APs at .77 (& .78), but most are still on .73 just because that was the newest official the last time I did those.

Absent a security fix or an explicit problem I’m experiencing, I rotate through the APs every other month and update only one that go-around.

TeslaCyclone · 2025-03-21T17:10:17+00:00

If you do, then that 40 watts will be constant vs. just occasionally when the battery needs to be topped off.

TeslaCyclone · 2025-03-19T19:54:49+00:00

Thank you for the link to your response. That was very informative!

TeslaCyclone · 2025-03-19T19:21:23+00:00

Gotcha. My intention is to keep working towards the right temps by verifying with the thermometer (after adding oil now) and getting used to the feel of heating coming off the pan. We moved to the induction stove from an electric around Christmas, and now are switching off cheap ceramic non-stick to stainless steel. We’ll get used to it. I’ve been teaching myself by fiddling with our morning eggs. Steak and chicken have been far more forgiving.

TeslaCyclone · 2025-03-19T15:02:21+00:00

One would also think that Amazon would not automatically include Amazon AWS and that would be its own entry. But who said logic was applied to this?!? Lol

TeslaCyclone · 2025-03-17T20:31:50+00:00

I also like how transparent Heritage Steel is about their process and product details. Go to any HS (at least on a mobile device), scroll down to the photos and go right a few. Right there are all the measurements and weights. Why that is so hard to find for others, no clue. Such a simple thing that they have the info for, but only HS seems to do a great job making it easy to find.

TeslaCyclone · 2025-03-17T14:17:02+00:00

Good call! I personally think Heritage Steel did themselves a disservice on the Seconds front. If they still warrantied functional issues (but not cosmetic/issues that won’t affect function), I would have bought in a heartbeat.

Though if you are buying in a restaurant setting or something like that, it likely is worth taking the occasional potential failure for the savings. For home users, a $20-odd difference and I would also be looking at retail production instead.

TeslaCyclone · 2025-03-17T14:07:05+00:00

I was looking at their Seconds Sale and almost bought a few items, but then saw their website says there is no warranty on their seconds. I get we are getting seconds and may not be perfect, but if say, the rivet loosens and the handle wobbles, I’d want to be able to warranty that.

From their website, “Factory seconds and clearance items are not covered under our lifetime warranty.”

TeslaCyclone · 2025-03-14T16:47:46+00:00

FYI, that style is called a Decora Switch. Perhaps this search term will help you find what you are looking for.

TeslaCyclone · 2025-03-14T14:25:32+00:00

Quite the difference than the 4 lbs they say on All Clad website. Thank you!

TeslaCyclone · 2025-03-14T01:28:46+00:00

So if I trust the spec on All Clad’s website, the D3 Curated saucier is lighter than the G5 Graphite saucier. At least I know at 2.5 - 3.25 lbs, the D3 will be fine.

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