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> The data and cell reception really is now as good or better than AT&T and Verizon This varies tremendously by area. Have you seen a source that shows this to

by ceras 11y ago

> The data and cell reception really is now as good or better than AT&T and Verizon This varies tremendously by area. Have you seen a source that shows this to be true overall, or is this just in your area? IME as a happy T-Mobile user, T-Mobile is great in urban areas, but weak in suburban and rural areas--where most Americans live. It's only anecdotal, but it lines up with the anecdotes of other T-Mobile users I know.

cwyers 11y ago
I'm on AT&T, my girlfriend on Verizon, and the amount of areas where she can get coverage and I can't are large -- we had an hour and a half car ride recently where she had signal the whole way and I had no signal at all. Meanwhile, T-Mobile won't even let me activate a device with my phone number because they don't support this area.
Alex3917 11y ago
> Have you seen a source that shows this to be true overall If you look at their coverage map, they're lighting up 600 - 700 mhz spectrum all over the country. This is only within the last year though, and it only works if you have a phone that can take advantage of it. E.g. the iPhone 6s is the only iPhone that works with the new t-mobile spectrum. So yeah historically you're right, but I think that has changed within the last six months. And similarly it's going to change even more this spring after the next round of spectrum auctions.
- feld 11y ago
  Nobody is doing cellular in 600mhz yet. The auction is this year (2016) and TMobile is expected to buy a lot because they couldn't get 700mhz nationwide
  - scurvy 11y ago
    FYI for those that don't know. Tmo can't do 700 mhz nationwide unless they start buying TV stations and shutting them down. That band overlaps with UHF channel 51. This removes most of California and New York (among a few other states).
    - feld 11y ago
      Dish Network also has some nationwide, and US Cellular has gobs of it in the midwest preventing T-Mobile from getting better coverage. Which sucks, because US Cellular is a terrible carrier. They have good coverage, but no features (still no VoLTE) plus being really expensive with small data caps. And you get no data when you travel because they don't have roaming agreements and aren't in most major metro areas. I'd be happy if T-Mobile just bought US Cellular to make them go away. The best site for spectrum maps that I know of is this: http://specmap.sequence-omega.net http://specmap.sequence-omega.net
maxsilver 11y ago
> Have you seen a source that shows this to be true overall, or is this just in your area? RootMetrics shows them improving coverage significantly, especially in the last 18 months. In my area (entirely suburban + rural Michigan), they've more than doubled their native coverage footprint. http://i.imgur.com/SG8ePYe.gif http://i.imgur.com/SG8ePYe.gif for a nationwide overview of the improvements.
derekp7 11y ago
I've had the opposite... Even though I get a strong signal in the city, I still can't get good data connections. In the suburbs the signal is weaker, but data throughput is much better.

by ceras 11y ago

cwyers 11y ago

I'm on AT&T, my girlfriend on Verizon, and the amount of areas where she can get coverage and I can't are large -- we had an hour and a half car ride recently where she had signal the whole way and I had no signal at all. Meanwhile, T-Mobile won't even let me activate a device with my phone number because they don't support this area.

Alex3917 11y ago

> Have you seen a source that shows this to be true overall If you look at their coverage map, they're lighting up 600 - 700 mhz spectrum all over the country. This is only within the last year though, and it only works if you have a phone that can take advantage of it. E.g. the iPhone 6s is the only iPhone that works with the new t-mobile spectrum. So yeah historically you're right, but I think that has changed within the last six months. And similarly it's going to change even more this spring after the next round of spectrum auctions.

feld 11y ago
Nobody is doing cellular in 600mhz yet. The auction is this year (2016) and TMobile is expected to buy a lot because they couldn't get 700mhz nationwide
- scurvy 11y ago
  FYI for those that don't know. Tmo can't do 700 mhz nationwide unless they start buying TV stations and shutting them down. That band overlaps with UHF channel 51. This removes most of California and New York (among a few other states).
  - feld 11y ago
    Dish Network also has some nationwide, and US Cellular has gobs of it in the midwest preventing T-Mobile from getting better coverage. Which sucks, because US Cellular is a terrible carrier. They have good coverage, but no features (still no VoLTE) plus being really expensive with small data caps. And you get no data when you travel because they don't have roaming agreements and aren't in most major metro areas. I'd be happy if T-Mobile just bought US Cellular to make them go away. The best site for spectrum maps that I know of is this: http://specmap.sequence-omega.net http://specmap.sequence-omega.net

maxsilver 11y ago

> Have you seen a source that shows this to be true overall, or is this just in your area? RootMetrics shows them improving coverage significantly, especially in the last 18 months. In my area (entirely suburban + rural Michigan), they've more than doubled their native coverage footprint. http://i.imgur.com/SG8ePYe.gif http://i.imgur.com/SG8ePYe.gif for a nationwide overview of the improvements.

derekp7 11y ago

I've had the opposite... Even though I get a strong signal in the city, I still can't get good data connections. In the suburbs the signal is weaker, but data throughput is much better.