roadsrunning
join:2005-09-04
Independence, OH
| No Ohio?
Surprising considering we have 3 main cities in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati.
We have T-Mobile for our work phones because they are international and we do a lot of traveling overseas.
Was looking forward to getting in on this too as our current plan will be expiring and we need new phones in a couple months.
Guess it's back to the drawing board... |
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maxpower
join:2006-10-09
Providence, RI | YAY 3G
Now TMo just needs to offer some 3G phones. I will finally have a reason to upgrade my 2 year old MDA. |
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Mike
Premium,Mod
join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
clubs:   | iPho what? |
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roadsrunning
join:2005-09-04
Independence, OH | iPho what? is right
Thats what happens if you go out of the country and people laugh at you and your iPhone |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| 3G iPhone
One wonders if the 3G iPhone will have access to the AWS band for HSDPA... certainly could help T-Mobile with their reputation for being more affordable and consumer-friendly than "the new" at&t, though it's not the kind of thing they can publicly advertise. |
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benc
Premium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
 ·Charter Pipeline
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
·Callcentric
 ·AT&T Midwest
| said by EPS  :One wonders if the 3G iPhone will have access to the AWS band for HSDPA... certainly could help T-Mobile with their reputation for being more affordable and consumer-friendly than "the new" at&t, though it's not the kind of thing they can publicly advertise. I don't think so.
My understanding is that the 3G iPhone uses 1900MHz for 3G, while T-Mobile's 3G is 1700MHz. This means that short of a new iPhone device, you can't get an iPhone/3G/T-Mobile combination. You'd instead be stuck with EDGE. |
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bobjohnson
Premium
join:2007-02-03
Titusville, FL
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·RoadRunner Cable
| said by benc :said by EPS :One wonders if the 3G iPhone will have access to the AWS band for HSDPA... certainly could help T-Mobile with their reputation for being more affordable and consumer-friendly than "the new" at&t, though it's not the kind of thing they can publicly advertise. I don't think so. My understanding is that the 3G iPhone uses 1900MHz for 3G, while T-Mobile's 3G is 1700MHz. This means that short of a new iPhone device, you can't get an iPhone/3G/T-Mobile combination. You'd instead be stuck with EDGE. They could add AWS support for roaming purposes... |
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jonnyz
Premium
join:2003-03-20
Canfield, OH
clubs: | reply to roadsrunning
Re: No Ohio?
I'd say. Luckily I have AT&T, which has 3G in all of those places, and it's even in the greater Youngstown area where I am.
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
Premium
join:2005-01-03
·CableOne
| But what about...
Hey, what about their hometown of Bellevue? The Seattle/Bellevue area is a big broadband market (hello, the home of Micro$oft!). Not that I live there, but it would not only make a lot of sense for T-Mo, it would also give me hope that it would be deployed in other areas of Washington!
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timburke
Premium
join:2005-06-07
Plainfield, IL | "Searching for Network"
And nobody will STILL be able to get a signal. T-Mobile sucks. Get used to it. |
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Mizzat
Will post for thumbs
Premium
join:2003-05-03
Atlanta, GA | Good for them...but...
Thats great they are launching new services, but they are far behind. They should have skipped 3G. They are starting to launch 3G as other carriers are gearing up to launch 4G.
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bobgwen
join:2001-07-07
Bartow, FL | reply to timburke
Re: "Searching for Network"
I get a signal just fine here in rural Florida. |
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jvanbrecht
join:2007-01-08
Bowie, MD
| reply to benc
Re: 3G iPhone
It would make no sense from the cost of manufacturing the phones to not support all the bands, since the Iphone is hitting EU, Asian and Pacific (eventually.. atleast Australia) and the US, making a different phone, while makes sense from apples carrier agreements, makes no real sense from a cost of manufacturing perspective where different radios for different countries would be required..
Now what they may try to do is region code them like DVD's, where if the phone is destined to a region, only that radio for that region or carrier will work (that also solves the retail price being significantly lower or higher in certain countries, to prevent importing of the iphone).
Just some speculation... |
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jvanbrecht
join:2007-01-08
Bowie, MD
| No DC till the end...
Based on the list, if they are bringing up the areas in the order listed.. shows Washington DC towards the end of the roll out.. That sucks, the gov is probably the largest customer of all the carriers in the area, you would think they want to get a slice of the high speed pie as more gov agencies are gearing up for telecommuting and such... |
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Crookshanks
join:2008-02-04
Endicott, NY
| reply to timburke
Re: "Searching for Network"
said by timburke :And nobody will STILL be able to get a signal. T-Mobile sucks. Get used to it. That's quite unfair.
T-Mobile has focused their build-outs on the heavily populated areas (and corridors between them) where 90% of the population spends 90% of it's time. If native rural coverage is important to you then you don't want to do business with T-Mobile or Sprint. If you spend most (all) of your time within their coverage area though then they have some pretty sweet deals.
Can I get 1,000 minutes a month (plus unlimited N&W) for $49.99/mo ($39.99 if you catch one of their occasional promotional deals) from Verizon or AT&T? Didn't think so.... |
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timburke
Premium
join:2005-06-07
Plainfield, IL | I'm in Plainfield, Illinois. 35 miles south of Chicago. Population is ~35,000 people. It's next to Joliet. Never could get a signal in this town. AT&T's worth the extra price... as they say, "You get what you pay for." |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | reply to Crookshanks
Sprint roams on Verizon, why wont T-mobile pay up and roam on AT&T. |
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timburke
Premium
join:2005-06-07
Plainfield, IL | It's cheap crap... what do you expect? |
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Crookshanks
join:2008-02-04
Endicott, NY
| said by timburke :It's cheap crap... what do you expect? If that 'cheap crap' works well for your coverage needs and happens to be $20-$30 cheaper then everybody else then is it really 'cheap crap'?
You seem to be under the impression that your personal coverage needs should dictate why a specific provider sucks. Personally, my T-Mobile phone works 85-90% of the time where I travel. And I don't even live in a major market for them (Binghamton, NY). That's as good as anybody in this area, save for Verizon -- but even they have dead spots around here.
I'd like to know why that translates into 'cheap crap' |
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bobgwen
join:2001-07-07
Bartow, FL | T-mobile DOES roam on at&t. I have been places where I am not getting T-mobile signal and I look at my phone and it would say cingular on it. I specifically remember being in Pidgeon Forge Tennessee and my T-mobile phone had Cingular on it. |
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