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> 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.
by 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 agoNobody 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 agoFYI 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 agoDish 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