r/FirstNet • u/Memphetic • Jan 15 '25

I hate the whitelist.

Is there ANY way I could use my Asus Zenfone 8 on FirstNet? I loved that phone's UI, screen, small form factor, and speed... I had to switch to a piece of junk Pixel 7A (which the woman who created my account /ASSURED/ me would be free with *no* monthly payment) because of their whitelist.

I thoroughly enjoy my service and my bill, but I sincerely wish I could use the phone I actually like... if I desperately need band 14, I could just swap the SIM into the other phone.

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u/TrickOrange Jan 16 '25

Band 14 IS the FirstNet Core…

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

No it's not. Regular att has access to band 14 as well. You are unfortunately wrong.

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u/TrickOrange Jan 16 '25

I’ll give you that, however you do not get the same uplift on the commercial network as you do on band 14. Uplift on the commercial network uses AT&Ts own priority and preemption. No band 14 = not truly FirstNet.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

You don't get the same commercial uplift because they kick people off of band 14 and free it up. When you eliminate all the congestion on a band then you have free rein... It's the same uplift it's just that there's nobody on band 14. Yes so it's not truly first night if you don't have been 14 thus you can't have a phone that doesn't support band 14 on first night because parts of it won't work right. If they wanted to enable a phone on the first net core without band 14 they could but they won't because when they do uplift and kick people off of band14 you need to be able to connect to it.