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I was a T-Mobile subscriber twice, first in the mid aughts and then again about 6 years ago. Both times their network had a fatal flaw: I couldn't get a good si

I was a T-Mobile subscriber twice, first in the mid aughts and then again about 6 years ago. Both times their network had a fatal flaw: I couldn't get a good signal indoors. Could any current T-Mobile subscribers tell me if this is still a thing?

fillskills 7y ago
Not an issue where we live. Decent coverage and network everywhere
nikhizzle 7y ago
No problems in South Florida or the Bay Area. In fact, since the 600mhz rollout I’ve been getting reception deep inside Costco etc
hyperbovine 7y ago
Bands 12 and 71 have been added since then, so in theory it would improve. But I've always found indoor reception to be highly YMMV. Best to test first. Also, wifi calling largely solves this.
- joecool1029 7y ago
  Band 12 alone dramatically improved indoor coverage. Prior to this they were the only national carrier without low-band (under 1000mhz) spectrum holdings, with the exception of Myrtle Beach's band 5 license (weird company acquisition history there).
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mekane8 7y ago
Coverage in my town is fine, but indoors is terrible!
ac29 7y ago
Check out https://www.cellmapper.net https://www.cellmapper.net If you zoom in enough, it will tell you what bands each tower supports. As others have mentioned, band 12 and 71 are T-mobile's sub-1GHz bands, which are best at getting into buildings. Many phones support band 12, but 71 is a little less common (flagship smartphones from the past couple years tend to support it, midrange and low end phones less commonly). But, at least where I live, I generally have no issue with band 4/66 signals indoors, due to density of infrastructure. Pretty much every phone will support band 4 (and band 66 is a superset of that).
vocatus_gate 7y ago
I had that same problem years ago (US customer here), but as of....2015 or so? it seems to have improved quite a bit. Now I rarely lose signal entirely when in buildings.

fillskills 7y ago

Not an issue where we live. Decent coverage and network everywhere

nikhizzle 7y ago

No problems in South Florida or the Bay Area. In fact, since the 600mhz rollout I’ve been getting reception deep inside Costco etc

hyperbovine 7y ago

Bands 12 and 71 have been added since then, so in theory it would improve. But I've always found indoor reception to be highly YMMV. Best to test first. Also, wifi calling largely solves this.

joecool1029 7y ago
Band 12 alone dramatically improved indoor coverage. Prior to this they were the only national carrier without low-band (under 1000mhz) spectrum holdings, with the exception of Myrtle Beach's band 5 license (weird company acquisition history there).

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mekane8 7y ago

Coverage in my town is fine, but indoors is terrible!

ac29 7y ago

Check out https://www.cellmapper.net https://www.cellmapper.net If you zoom in enough, it will tell you what bands each tower supports. As others have mentioned, band 12 and 71 are T-mobile's sub-1GHz bands, which are best at getting into buildings. Many phones support band 12, but 71 is a little less common (flagship smartphones from the past couple years tend to support it, midrange and low end phones less commonly). But, at least where I live, I generally have no issue with band 4/66 signals indoors, due to density of infrastructure. Pretty much every phone will support band 4 (and band 66 is a superset of that).

vocatus_gate 7y ago

I had that same problem years ago (US customer here), but as of....2015 or so? it seems to have improved quite a bit. Now I rarely lose signal entirely when in buildings.