iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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Re: will it be unlocked from Google? work on ATT as well? Correction: it'll be 3G capable in Europe due to its 2100 radio. There are an increasing number of 900-band 3G services but most are on 2100.
Also, do you think Google would want their phone users using EDGE all the time? I'd think not, unless the EDGE network is upgraded to the max like AT&T did in some places when the original iPhone came out. Have you used EDGE lately? It sucks rather mightily. |
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 GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:8 | I don't have AT&T, so I can't tell you.
I use T-Mobile's robust 3G network. It works everywhere I go.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Comcast
| I'll be getting (on loan) a T-Mobile 3G aircard soon, so I'll be able to see how robust T-Mo's network is in my area.
One thing I can say up front though is they don't cover my hometown in central TX yet. AT&T got there a few months ago. Verizon started service there on 3G a few years ago. Sprint started maybe 3.5 years ago with EvDO. Of the three AT&T is the fastest and might have the best 3G coverage right around town (yay 850MHz) but Sprint to my knowledge has a better overall experience.
T-Mobile maxes out the tech they have deployed in the area. Unfortunately it's 40 kbps GPRS last I checked. |
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 CjaicemanPremium,MVM
join:2004-10-12
Parker, CO
kudos:2
·Comcast Business..
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said by Gbcue:I don't have AT&T, so I can't tell you. I use T-Mobile's robust 3G network. It works everywhere I go. Why do you keep using the word "robust" to describe T-Mobile's 3G network? Its crappier then AT&T's...
T-Mobile has less 3G coverage in Colorado than AT&T, and they use the 1700MHz band for their 3G, while AT&T is converting their 3G over to the 850MHz band. The lower the frequency the better it will penetrate items that may block higher frequencies. With that being said though, VZW has much better 3G coverage than any other cell provider, but they use the CDMA technology, and have a poor selection of smart phones. With T-Mobile using 1700MHz for their 3G that limits the number of phones that they can use on it due to no one else uses that band. AT&T's 3G though is usually a frequency built into most international phones so I can get one from almost anywhere and it works just fine. T-Mobile's 3G network is not "robust".
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GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:8 | Will I ever go to Colorado? Probably never. So do I care about coverage there? Probably not.
T-Mobile's 3G works everywhere I go.
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 joakoPremium
join:2000-09-07
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kudos:5 | So, you are trying to say that T-Mobile has a "decent 3G network in California?"
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GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:8 Reviews:
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| said by joako:So, you are trying to say that T-Mobile has a "decent 3G network in California?" Sure.
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 nixenRockin' the BoxenPremium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA | reply to Cjaiceman
said by Cjaiceman:Why do you keep using the word "robust" to describe T-Mobile's 3G network? Its crappier then AT&T's... It's double speak - much like used to pump the "public option". 
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 FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | stay on topic plz. kthx |
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nixenRockin' the BoxenPremium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA | said by FBGuy:stay on topic plz. kthx Wasn't going off topic. Was relevant to the odd use of a word.
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CjaicemanPremium,MVM
join:2004-10-12
Parker, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Comcast Business..
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Well, according to T-Mobile's coverage map vs AT&T's coverage map its the same story all around CA, including Santa Rosa.
As you can see AT&T's coverage goes all the way up to Healdsburg, where as T-Mo's 3G coverage stops at about Fulton when going North. Going to the ocean via hwy 1 AT&T has 3G coverage there as well, where T-Mo has Edge only. If your happy w/ T-Mo, then I applaud you because I wouldn't be happy with them. Out of the big 4 cell providers they have the smallest 3G network, not like AT&T is that much better though, they have the 3rd smallest 3G network.
/thread AT&T vs T-Mo 3G
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GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:8 Reviews:
·AT&T U-Verse
| said by Cjaiceman:Well, according to T-Mobile's coverage map vs AT&T's coverage map its the same story all around CA, including Santa Rosa. As you can see AT&T's coverage goes all the way up to Healdsburg, where as T-Mo's 3G coverage stops at about Fulton when going North. Going to the ocean via hwy 1 AT&T has 3G coverage there as well, where T-Mo has Edge only. If your happy w/ T-Mo, then I applaud you because I wouldn't be happy with them. Out of the big 4 cell providers they have the smallest 3G network, not like AT&T is that much better though, they have the 3rd smallest 3G network. /thread AT&T vs T-Mo 3G I've been to Healdsburg twice in my entire life, twice for work purposes, where I can't take personal breaks. I don't care about Healdsburg...
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