 djdanskaRudie32Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
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 ·Clear Wireless
 ·Time Warner Cable
·T-Mobile US
| reply to kevcallaway
Re: Still misses the boat said by kevcallaway:doesn't boost use all of nextel's native iden coverage? Isn't it pretty similar to T-Mobile's native coverage? Isn't it also true that T-mobile's roaming only allows for 911 calls? Most of these small GSM carriers that Tmo roamed off of were gobbled up by at&T right? I visit an area where the small carrier was bought by at&t and they kept the roaming open. I can make and receive phones calls and even surf the web on edge speeds. If i go a few miles away from that coverage into native at&t i lose service on them. They so far have kept the old carriers coverage with t-mobile. What i have noticed in the 5+ years i have had t-mobile is if i am away from the t-mobile network, i can usually roam on another provider if there is one except for at&t. Simmetry pcs, commnet, i wireless, einstein pcs.. Doesn't matter. I usually can roam.
When i first got t-mobile, i was stuck with a crappy nokia with gprs speeds and a simple wap browser. The coverage SUCKED!! Tons of dead spots around western suburbs of chicago. I would have no service around darien, westmont, downers grove, and even in western illinois. Within the past 3 years, they have added hundreds of towers where i go. I now have coverage in western illinois too. Of everywhere i go, i only have an issue in the wal mart off of 75th street in darien, IL. And i hate wal mart so i can care less about that.
My brother swears by at&t, but flat out admits he drops calls every day. I have not had a dropped call in months. And when i did, it was in western illinois where t-mobile coverage ended and roaming started. (Why can't they do seamless handoffs! They partly own i wireless!)
With 3g now, i am very happy. It totally sucks when i leave chicago and go to western illinois. 1100kbps down, 350 kbps up to 40 kbps down. They still don't have edge past dekalb! If at&t, sprint, and the smaller roaming carriers can launch edge in the same area, why can't t-mobile? That upsets me. |
