T-Mobile Brings 1900MHz HSPA+ to More Markets Seattle, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and San Fran Expansion T-Mobile has launched HSPA+ service in the company's 1900 MHz spectrum in several new markets, and the carrier continues to woo unlocked device owners. According to a blog post by T-Mobile Chief Technology Officer Neville Ray, the company has turned on 1900 MHz in Seattle, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and additional portions of the Bay Area. The full breakdown of the expansion, according to Ray: • Atlanta, including the surrounding cities of: Roswell, Alpharetta, Marietta, Covington and Conyers • Seattle, including the surrounding areas of: Lynwood, Bothell, Mill Creek, Edmonds, Redmond, Kirkland, Woodinville, Bellevue, Issaquah, Sammamish, Kenmore, Mercer Island, North Bend, SeaTac, Burien, Tukwila, Renton, and Lake Stevens • Minneapolis, including the nearby cities of: St. Paul and St. Cloud • Additional Bay Area cites include: Fairfield, Monterey, Napa, Petaluma, Salinas, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa and Vallejo. The carrier announced last week that they'd not only start selling the iPhone in 2012, but they'd be getting rid of the carrier device subsidy model, with customers paying either the full price for devices, or paying their device off in monthly installments. While the iPhone launch is good news for some, T-Mobile's network is far from prepared for the device, so you can expect the iPhone to drop sometime in the second half of 2013 alongside the company's first LTE deployments.
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 sam64 join:2006-07-31 Newtown, PA | Does a coverage map or comprehensive list exist somewhere? Is there a coverage map of these markets -- like the one where you can plug in your zip code to see if 1900 MHz is active? Alternatively, does anyone have a comprehensive list of everything lit up so far.
I know a few folks who have taken their unlocked iPhones over to T-Mo and it would be nice to tell them if they are covered or not. -- "Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them." - Albert Einstein | |
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| Re: Does a coverage map or comprehensive list exist somewhere? airportal.de is as close to one as you will get. It's constantly updated by folks that have had found 1900Mhz support, on non-tmobile devices. -- My Music blog: »www.zunetracks.net | |
|  |  |  tshirtPremium,MVM join:2004-07-11 Snohomish, WA kudos:3 | Re: Does a coverage map or comprehensive list exist somewhere? Those maps do take a while to generate an accurate picture, and T-Mo's map here has not yet changed from a month or 3 old one I printed out | |
|  |  |  | | Good post, shows tons of it in NYC and even a few spots in CT. So my Galaxy S2 (GT-i9100) should be able to work on it tooo then!  | |
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 IllIlIlllIllEliteDataPremium join:2003-07-06 Hampton Bays, NY kudos:7 | LTE Lets roll that into service also along with 1900Mhz already. | |
|  |  | | Re: LTE I'm looking forward to LTE on t-mobile myself, I recently switched to t-mobile to save money and I'm surprised how much I like it.
It will be nice when they have 3G on 1900, better indoor coverage and more phone choices. | |
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 ssavoyPremium join:2007-08-16 Dallas, PA | EDGE Meanwhile - 15,000 towers still have EDGE. | |
|  |  tobyTroy Mcclure join:2001-11-13 Seattle, WA | Re: EDGE said by ssavoy:Meanwhile - 15,000 towers still have EDGE. I know!.... in Seattle too. | |
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| Cant wait for Tmobile to bring 1900mhz in Orange Country! Cant wait to use Tmobile refarmed HSPA+ with my Sprint Motorola Photon on $30 prepaid plan! (yes, my phone can be hacked to work on At&t or Tmobile network) -- Curious about Sprint improved 3G and growing 4G LTE network? Then check it out at www.s4gru.com
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|  | | Re:Does a coverage map or comprehensive list exist somewhere ArizonaSteve wrote: | ... map is bogus... don't think there are any phones that tell what freq. they are using...
Must enter cell-tower data from your iphone in Field-Test mode, such as LAC, CID, Downlink channel number (UARFCN).
Are you saying those collected numbers cannot be verified by the site?
The (few) map posts I've had opportunity to verify were correct. | |
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 atuarreHere come the drumsPremium join:2004-02-14 College Station, TX | RE
T-Mobile is crap. I used to have service with them. Their coverage maps show this city bathed in 3G. All I got no matter where I went around the city was EDGE.
No point in talking about HSPA+ if it will be on a tower here, and there, or over there. | |
|  | | HPSA+ live? Maybe not yet. Testing in Redmond/Overlake, WA area today(12/14/2012) shows 11.3Mbit/1.1Mbit with my HTC 8x showing "4G" on T-Mobile. That seem largely unchanged. The only connections speeds offered are 2G and 4G. | |
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