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I live in San Francisco and there is no coverage when walking around the city with T-mobile. Verizon has coverage everywhere. I'm not even talking about elevat

by lqdc13 13y ago

I live in San Francisco and there is no coverage when walking around the city with T-mobile. Verizon has coverage everywhere. I'm not even talking about elevators. Just sidewalks of major central pedestrian roads like Bay St and Hyde St. I also have no coverage in my apartment with them or at work. Coupled with the cancelation of Cel-Fi, it is impossible to use their service in many densely populated areas.

simoncion 13y ago
I live in San Francisco and have T-mobile service, and don't see what you're seeing. I'll hop on up to Bay and Hyde tomorrow to double-check, but in the past I've gotten adequate coverage everywhere aboveground I've been in the city. Also, you are aware that ATT and TMO have a roaming agreement? http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/20/2649023/t-mobile-to-get-seven-year-3g-roaming-deal-128-markets-of-aws http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/20/2649023/t-mobile-to-get-s...
- lqdc13 13y ago
  The voice calls were cutting out on a Nexus 4 on those streets when walking on the right side of the sidewalk North from Broadway to Bay and walking East on Bay from there. I also never used ATT so I don't know how their service is. Basically, the only time I've ever gotten good quality calls from T-mobile was when I was calling the emergency number from an area I normally have no service in.
equalarrow 13y ago
I'm considering T-Mo as they seem the less douchy of the bunch. Right now I have Sprint and the service pretty much sucks everywhere in the city. I don't use the phone much and the data blows. I can get LTE in a few places, but it's no where near AT&T that my wife has. I usually have to drop down to 3G as LTE seems to stall a lot (on a 5s). A lot of the time there's the 1x business goin on my connection, which I feel is like iPhone 1 days (or worse). I switched to Sprint because I felt like I wasn't going to be nickle and dimed (and despised as a 'data hog') like I was on AT&T. I'll never got back to AT&T. For the most part my plan on Sprint is great - unlimited data, phone, and text and 5GB hotspot for little bit less than what I was paying for AT&T. But the network in SF just sucks. Ya know, it's 2014 and I'd just like decent LTE. I'm shelling out a lot of money for sub-par service. So, I'm gonna ask around about T-Mo and if it has good service, I'll switch over. Now they seem least douchy of the bunch.
- lqdc13 13y ago
  I rather have no data at all than constant disconnects and cut offs for the 2-3 phone calls I place a day. I really wanted to like T-mobile, but their service in SF sucks for me. The other issue I have with them is that if you cancel your month-to-month subscription, they don't let you keep talking for the month you already paid for if you move your phone number to another company. That is they won't issue you a new phone number if you transfer the one you had with them. I also hate Verizon because of the 2 year contract and useless preinstalled apps, but that seems to be the only option.
tadfisher 13y ago
That's odd. I was in SF recently and had decent HSPA+ and LTE coverage pretty much all throughout the peninsula. May I ask what device you use, and what plan you're on?

by lqdc13 13y ago

simoncion 13y ago

I live in San Francisco and have T-mobile service, and don't see what you're seeing. I'll hop on up to Bay and Hyde tomorrow to double-check, but in the past I've gotten adequate coverage everywhere aboveground I've been in the city. Also, you are aware that ATT and TMO have a roaming agreement? http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/20/2649023/t-mobile-to-get-seven-year-3g-roaming-deal-128-markets-of-aws http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/20/2649023/t-mobile-to-get-s...

lqdc13 13y ago
The voice calls were cutting out on a Nexus 4 on those streets when walking on the right side of the sidewalk North from Broadway to Bay and walking East on Bay from there. I also never used ATT so I don't know how their service is. Basically, the only time I've ever gotten good quality calls from T-mobile was when I was calling the emergency number from an area I normally have no service in.

equalarrow 13y ago

I'm considering T-Mo as they seem the less douchy of the bunch. Right now I have Sprint and the service pretty much sucks everywhere in the city. I don't use the phone much and the data blows. I can get LTE in a few places, but it's no where near AT&T that my wife has. I usually have to drop down to 3G as LTE seems to stall a lot (on a 5s). A lot of the time there's the 1x business goin on my connection, which I feel is like iPhone 1 days (or worse). I switched to Sprint because I felt like I wasn't going to be nickle and dimed (and despised as a 'data hog') like I was on AT&T. I'll never got back to AT&T. For the most part my plan on Sprint is great - unlimited data, phone, and text and 5GB hotspot for little bit less than what I was paying for AT&T. But the network in SF just sucks. Ya know, it's 2014 and I'd just like decent LTE. I'm shelling out a lot of money for sub-par service. So, I'm gonna ask around about T-Mo and if it has good service, I'll switch over. Now they seem least douchy of the bunch.

lqdc13 13y ago
I rather have no data at all than constant disconnects and cut offs for the 2-3 phone calls I place a day. I really wanted to like T-mobile, but their service in SF sucks for me. The other issue I have with them is that if you cancel your month-to-month subscription, they don't let you keep talking for the month you already paid for if you move your phone number to another company. That is they won't issue you a new phone number if you transfer the one you had with them. I also hate Verizon because of the 2 year contract and useless preinstalled apps, but that seems to be the only option.

tadfisher 13y ago

That's odd. I was in SF recently and had decent HSPA+ and LTE coverage pretty much all throughout the peninsula. May I ask what device you use, and what plan you're on?