 AsterixPremium
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Nazareth, PA
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1 edit | Not worth it With their US 3G service on a totally different band, I don't think a lot of people would be even interested in this. Not to mention their 2G network, let alone the 3G, sucks!!
They have been jacking up the prices lately and have seen quiet a few people switching to other providers. I myself being a T-Mobile customer for over 6 years (Voicestream then), I switched to AT&T. Way much better coverage.
I think this 3G USB modem service plan will be a flop.
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 kamm
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Brooklyn, NY | said by Asterix:With their US 3G service on a totally different band, I don't think a lot of people would be even interested in this. Not to mention their 2G network, let alone the 3G, sucks!! They have been jacking up the prices lately and have seen quiet a few people switching to other providers. I myself being a T-Mobile customer for over 6 years (Voicestream then), I switched to AT&T. Way much better coverage. I think this 3G USB modem service plan will be a flop. Your coverage might be better but how do you deal with AT&T's TRULY RETARDED customer service? I've NEVER SEEN anything comparable fuckup in CS...
I've been Voicestream-TMO for many years then I went to Cingular for their 3G then AT&T bought and gutted it then further @ss-raped Cingular when flooded the network with millions of iTards - their prices went up while their 3G slowed down to pathetic (aka US) speed levels plus customer service reps were downright RETARDS in most cases so last year I just dropped AT&T and went back to TMO.
No 3G either, I agree, they royally fucked up their network development but at least they are cheaper and I don't have to deal with complete morons like I had to when I was with AT&T.
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 Anonymous_AnonymousPremium
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127.0.0.1
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said by Asterix:With their US 3G service on a totally different band, I don't think a lot of people would be even interested in this. Not to mention their 2G network, let alone the 3G, sucks!! They have been jacking up the prices lately and have seen quiet a few people switching to other providers. I myself being a T-Mobile customer for over 6 years (Voicestream then), I switched to AT&T. Way much better coverage. I think this 3G USB modem service plan will be a flop. over here in CA T-Mobile has WAY BETTER coverage. then att
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said by Asterix:With their US 3G service on a totally different band, I don't think a lot of people would be even interested in this. Not to mention their 2G network, let alone the 3G, sucks!! Their 2g network sucks? Mind elaborating on that? It consistently beats ATT in call quality (thanks to full-rate codec use) and having less dropped calls (thanks to them having more towers in areas where they do have coverage compared to the competition)
They have been jacking up the prices lately and have seen quiet a few people switching to other providers. I myself being a T-Mobile customer for over 6 years (Voicestream then), I switched to AT&T. Way much better coverage.
I think this 3G USB modem service plan will be a flop.
Sure it'll be a flop. It's not like they're aiming to take on Sprint and ATT. It's just a simple short term bandaid. Their big plans aren't 3 months down the road, but 3 years with LTE.
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Yeah I would also agree that the T-Mobile 2G service (Edge) is actually pretty darn good.
I'm really surprised that T-Mobile decided to price this service at $59.99 a month. That's what Verizon charges, and Verizon's 3G network has insane penetration.
I was hopping for a $39.00 price point at most. My plan was to purchase one of those Dell Mini's for my mom for Mother's Day and pay for a mobile broadband service for her for at least a year... but looks like I'll have to reconsider.
Since the Dell Mini integrated 3G circuit is GSM... I'm thinking Dell may be planning to partner with T-Mobile. If they were going to go with AT&T (the only other national GSM provider), they would have done it by the end of 2008 like the announced last year.
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AsterixPremium
join:2002-09-18
Nazareth, PA
kudos:3 | reply to Anonymous_
said by Anonymous_:said by Asterix:With their US 3G service on a totally different band, I don't think a lot of people would be even interested in this. Not to mention their 2G network, let alone the 3G, sucks!! They have been jacking up the prices lately and have seen quiet a few people switching to other providers. I myself being a T-Mobile customer for over 6 years (Voicestream then), I switched to AT&T. Way much better coverage. I think this 3G USB modem service plan will be a flop. over here in CA T-Mobile has WAY BETTER coverage. then att 5 bars my ass more like 0 or 1 bars Because you are in CA. Not all states have great T-Mobile coverage. In NJ/NY it's good but I have seen more AT&T coverage and penetration than T-Mobile.
It all depends where you stay. I have seen people say AT&T and T-Mobile use the same towers but I don't think its entirely true for every location. In my office area T-Mobile has extremely weak coverage as compared to AT&T.
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AsterixPremium
join:2002-09-18
Nazareth, PA
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said by kamm:said by Asterix:With their US 3G service on a totally different band, I don't think a lot of people would be even interested in this. Not to mention their 2G network, let alone the 3G, sucks!! They have been jacking up the prices lately and have seen quiet a few people switching to other providers. I myself being a T-Mobile customer for over 6 years (Voicestream then), I switched to AT&T. Way much better coverage. I think this 3G USB modem service plan will be a flop. Your coverage might be better but how do you deal with AT&T's TRULY RETARDED customer service? I've NEVER SEEN anything comparable fuckup in CS...I've been Voicestream-TMO for many years then I went to Cingular for their 3G then AT&T bought and gutted it then further @ss-raped Cingular when flooded the network with millions of iTards - their prices went up while their 3G slowed down to pathetic (aka US) speed levels plus customer service reps were downright RETARDS in most cases so last year I just dropped AT&T and went back to TMO. No 3G either, I agree, they royally fucked up their network development but at least they are cheaper and I don't have to deal with complete morons like I had to when I was with AT&T. Frankly speaking, I have yet to come across a truly retarded customer service representative in AT&T 
AT&T 3G is not bad at all, again it all depends where you are located. Since I have started using 3G with AT&T I have never looked back. T-Mobile has less prices cause they still far behind AT&T and just looking to get more customers. And for dropped calls, I had quiet a few dropped calls with T-Mobile too, thats more dependent on the network tower and your phone than the whole company service across the country.
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY | said by Asterix:said by kamm:said by Asterix:With their US 3G service on a totally different band, I don't think a lot of people would be even interested in this. Not to mention their 2G network, let alone the 3G, sucks!! They have been jacking up the prices lately and have seen quiet a few people switching to other providers. I myself being a T-Mobile customer for over 6 years (Voicestream then), I switched to AT&T. Way much better coverage. I think this 3G USB modem service plan will be a flop. Your coverage might be better but how do you deal with AT&T's TRULY RETARDED customer service? I've NEVER SEEN anything comparable fuckup in CS...I've been Voicestream-TMO for many years then I went to Cingular for their 3G then AT&T bought and gutted it then further @ss-raped Cingular when flooded the network with millions of iTards - their prices went up while their 3G slowed down to pathetic (aka US) speed levels plus customer service reps were downright RETARDS in most cases so last year I just dropped AT&T and went back to TMO. No 3G either, I agree, they royally fucked up their network development but at least they are cheaper and I don't have to deal with complete morons like I had to when I was with AT&T. Frankly speaking, I have yet to come across a truly retarded customer service representative in AT&T AT&T 3G is not bad at all, again it all depends where you are located. Since I have started using 3G with AT&T I have never looked back. T-Mobile has less prices cause they still far behind AT&T and just looking to get more customers. And for dropped calls, I had quiet a few dropped calls with T-Mobile too, thats more dependent on the network tower and your phone than the whole company service across the country. Look, I've seen Cingular's original speeds then AT&T's pre-iTards and post-iTards speeds and even thought they had 2 YEARS to grow it went DOWN here, in NYC.
I also had enough of all the BS they did to my bills etc.
AT&T is a PoS corp, period.
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Anonymous_AnonymousPremium
join:2004-06-21
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there is like 50 cell phone towers in 10Sq mile area |
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