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Re: Still misses the boat said by iansltx:OTOH Boost data is 2G (T-Mobile's is 2.5, 2.75 or even 3-3.5G in places) and from what I hear the network is hopelessly overloaded. Plus you can't really bring your own phone like you can with T-Mobile (GSM vs. iDEN) and all iDEN phones have horrific (3 days standby max) battery life. Still, Boost's pricing and features (practically unlimited everything) are right on. Well, being a Nextel subscriber myself I can't say I've experienced the "hopelessly overloaded" network. I've travelled between Atlanta to Orlando quite a bit and I haven't had a "System Busy" in the last 6 months. My aunt and uncle have T-Mobile and that is the worst cell service I have ever seen, they live in Atlanta and there are coverage holes everywhere. Trying to call them is a crap shoot and once they get outside the city, forget about it.
Data on iDEN is a big drawback. It could be mitigated if they would re-enable WiDEN but I doubt they will. I'll also concede that battery life is far worse.
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| True about the fact that T-Mobile coverage isn't the greatest. iDEN is much better coverage-wise as far as spectrum/frequency go, but capacity isn't quite there in some places. Classic case of YMMV; my Sprint phone works everywhere I need it to, 99.9% of the time without having to roam. T-Mobile coverage up here ain't the greatest. Boost Mobile? I haven't checked up here for capacity or coverage, but back home both are good... |
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 fuziwuziNot born yesterdayPremium
join:2005-07-01
Atlanta, GA | reply to BillRoland
said by BillRoland:My aunt and uncle have T-Mobile and that is the worst cell service I have ever seen, they live in Atlanta and there are coverage holes everywhere. Trying to call them is a crap shoot and once they get outside the city, forget about it. Your aunt and uncle must have really terrible phones. I've had T-Mobile service in Atlanta for the past 3 years without any problems you suggest. Four of my friends who live in various suburbs (Lithia Springs, Dunwoody, East Point, Tucker) also use T-Mobile and have no coverage issues. I regularly have service on drives to Nashville, Athens, Birmingham... when visiting friends in Los Angeles (Long Beach) and Houston.
I suspect any problems you're encountering is more likely user-oriented and not the problem of the service.
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I've been with T-mobile for over a decade when they used to be VoiceStream and I have had excellent service, true the coverage isn't that great depending on where you are (expect no bars if you are camping in the middle of nowhere), but even when I'm traveling from here in Las Cruces to Albuquerque, Tuscon, pretty much any place with a major state or interstate highway I have a signal. Who wants to answer their phone when they go camping anyway? Since switching to the G1, I have noticed my call quality has improved greatly over my worthless Samsung Blast, no wonder T-mobile was giving them away, they suck!
Their customer service is top-notch too, something I rarely expect these days.
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| I agree, my experience with T-mobile/Voicestream is that to never get the free or cheap phones as the reception is poor. I switched to a high end phone and all my coverage issues went away. Same with AT&T, it really does make a difference on the phone you get as to the experience you'll receive. Since I have a drawer full of old GSM phones, from time to time I'll pull them out and use them...and I reprove to myself that the phone's make all the difference. |
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I live near Philadelphia in a very ruarl area and had Sprint for 11 years until 5 months ago. I got fed up with the long 30-45 minute wait times when calling customer service. I now have T-Mobile and I find the coverage a little better. I get more bars at home and my best friends house. I no longer get my calls dropped in the dead zones where I would loose service with Sprint and most of all. The few times I had to call customer service I got a live english speaking person with in 5 minutes unlike the long hold times over at Sprint. T-Mobile hands down over Sprint with in 50 miles of Philly. |
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