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kudos:2 | T-Mo's network is actually quite decent It's better than Clear WiMAX where I've used it to be honest, though not as good as VZW LTE. Also, TMo *does* cover more markets with HSPA+ than VZW does with LTE...for now. We'll see how that changes in the next year. | |
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|  GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
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| said by iansltx:It's better than Clear WiMAX where I've used it to be honest, though not as good as VZW LTE. Also, TMo *does* cover more markets with HSPA+ than VZW does with LTE...for now. We'll see how that changes in the next year.
I agree. Remember, EVDO Rev. A's max speed is 3000kbps! Just as slow, if not slower than AT&T.
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kudos:2 | Re: T-Mo's network is actually quite decent Depends on where you are. I've seen EvDO running at 2.5 Mbps where AT&T ran at 2, and T-Mobile was GPRS. Also, T-Mo HSPA runs at ~1.5 Mbps here in Golden, with about 650 kbps up, so it can be outpaced by EvDO. | |
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Mississauga, ON | ahh... if that Carrier Pigeon was in the 4th generation of his trade..
then he has every right to call himself 4G as well. | |
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San Francisco, CA | Re: ahh... I'd like to see SNL do a skit with a pigeon proclaiming it is the latest 4G wireless communication technology!
Umm, nbc has no ties to wireless.... | |
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| Re: ahh... Unlike Verizon, T-Mobile actually has usable coverage.
AT&T took over an abundant Comcast-Metrophone network, that already had 850 MHz coverage, ann brought about a 1900MHz overlay.
In an area that Verizon has 1 tower, Sprint has 2, Nextel has 1, AT&T has 4, and T-Mobile has 8.
I dumped Verizon a year ago because of their high call drop problem.
Unfortunately, I am still stuck with VZW for the OnStar phone in my truck until June 2011.
The VZW coverage here is at best spotty, but mostly non-existent.
Go figure, VZW is at the absolute bottom of the pit of coverage, and the new VZW iPhone users will really enjoy their new 1x data at 14.4Kbps dial-up speed, if they even get a signal at all..
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| | | | | Re: ahh... All depends on the area. Places I go AT&T sucks ass, so I got Verizon. Even in large areas I was on Edge more often than HSPA, and EDGE is much worse than Verizon EVDO Rev A.
At home/work I get 1-1.5MBPS down, .75-1MBPS up on average. | |
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Sacramento, CA | That may be the case in your area but not for everyone. I get great coverage from VZ here. | |
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It all depends on where you live. It was a map I looked at, and for about 50 miles around me it was 2 tmobile towers. One was along a major interstate and the other was in a nearby city. Verizon/ATT have several. I can look outside and see 1 ATT and 2 Verizon towers at night. | |
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join:2000-01-18
San Francisco, CA | said by KA3SGM:Unlike Verizon, T-Mobile actually has usable coverage.
AT&T took over an abundant Comcast-Metrophone network, that already had 850 MHz coverage, ann brought about a 1900MHz overlay.
and you fail to mention that Verizon took over the overly abundant, far more reliable at the time, Bell Atlantic Mobile network. How soon we forget. | |
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| Verizon has 3g coverage where i live, T-Mobile has only EDGE (144 kbit). So much for your theory about t-mobile having usable coverage. I can drive an hour in any direction except east and run into gprs coverage (think: 14.4-28.8 dialup style speeds or less)
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| said by KA3SGM:Unlike Verizon, T-Mobile actually has usable coverage.
AT&T took over an abundant Comcast-Metrophone network, that already had 850 MHz coverage, ann brought about a 1900MHz overlay.
In an area that Verizon has 1 tower, Sprint has 2, Nextel has 1, AT&T has 4, and T-Mobile has 8.
I dumped Verizon a year ago because of their high call drop problem.
Unfortunately, I am still stuck with VZW for the OnStar phone in my truck until June 2011.
The VZW coverage here is at best spotty, but mostly non-existent.
Go figure, VZW is at the absolute bottom of the pit of coverage, and the new VZW iPhone users will really enjoy their new 1x data at 14.4Kbps dial-up speed, if they even get a signal at all..
Unfortunately over 93 million customer's disagree with you. Your area doesn't speak for nor represent the US and it's entirety for Verizon.
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New York, NY | blah They should look at their own coverage map first and their fake "4G" network. | |
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| | | Re: blah and VZ should do the same. they don't have a true 4g network either. | |
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kudos:2 | Re: LOL But it's about throughput, not coverage, and TMobile has all of the major markets covered. At least that's what some will attempt tell you. | |
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| |  ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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| Re: LOL said by openbox9:But it's about throughput, not coverage, and TMobile has all of the major markets covered. At least that's what some will attempt tell you.
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| | |  ztmikeMark for moderationPremium
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Michigan City, IN | Re: LOL said by ptrowski:said by openbox9:But it's about throughput, not coverage, and TMobile has all of the major markets covered. At least that's what some will attempt tell you.
And you will hear that T-Mobile is not into rural deployments and how bad every other provider is. Actually T Mobile is into rural areas. Look at the coverage map for area code 46391 that is a town of a couple thousand people at best. And T Mobile serves 3G there. | |
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| | | | | | Re: LOL that is one of the fair and few between places. but yes they have service in those areas.
As far as rural areas; we're talking about the middle of BFE in WY or ND. | |
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Michigan City, IN | Re: LOL said by hottboiinnc:that is one of the fair and few between places. but yes they have service in those areas.
As far as rural areas; we're talking about the middle of BFE in WY or ND.
What sense would that make serving a couple hundred people in WY or ND in the middle of no where? T Mobile is a world wide company and out to make money, just like every other huge corporation.
Building out in that kind of population makes no money sense at all. | |
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| | | | | | | | Re: LOL I'm in an area of around 40,000 people. Not a huge area but it's not just a "couple hundred". Tmobile only has 2 towers within 30 miles of my area. I'm not in the "middle of nowhere" (about 60 miles north of Memphis, a city with a metro population of 1.6million), so don't claim that. Even with those two towers coverage is very spotty with ATT and Verizon easily blowing them away. Even the people who SELL Tmobile will tell you that once you get out of the main part of the city, the service sucks.
Tmobile does NOT have a large network, and stop making excuses about how the people in small areas "don't matter". Tmobile works good for you? Good, use it but don't deny the fact that the don't offer as good of coverage as larger (US) providers - ATT and Verizon.
You claim the providers have no reason to build out - it's not about how many people live there, but what about the people that happen to be driving through? I guess they "don't matter" when they're in those areas? It basically comes down to this: Live in a city with a population of 500k or higher, Tmobile works fine. Live in an area below that, and their service sucks.
Not to mention this ad is very misleading. First off to claim that Tmobile is the largest 4G provider is complete nonsense. Since they are basically using their version of 3G, why don't they compare their coverage to Verizon's 3G? They'd be blown away. It doesn't matter if you can get 10+mbps speeds in a few areas, when you don't even get any coverage at all in other parts of the country you have no bragging rights. | |
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| said by hottboiinnc:that is one of the fair and few between places. but yes they have service in those areas.
As far as rural areas; we're talking about the middle of BFE in WY or ND.
Ironically, check out Cheyenne, WY. ATT provides no native coverage. no 3g. No native 2g. just 2g roaming.
T-Mobile does.
TMO deployed 3g to Peoria, IL before ATT did.
TMO deployed 3g to Manhattan, KS before ATT did.
Those are just examples that i've noticed in some areas I travel to.
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| said by ztmike:said by ptrowski:said by openbox9:But it's about throughput, not coverage, and TMobile has all of the major markets covered. At least that's what some will attempt tell you.
And you will hear that T-Mobile is not into rural deployments and how bad every other provider is. Actually T Mobile is into rural areas. Look at the coverage map for area code 46391 that is a town of a couple thousand people at best. And T Mobile serves 3G there. I don't think you know the true meaning of rural.
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| | pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | said by openbox9:But it's about throughput, not coverage, and TMobile has all of the major markets covered. At least that's what some will attempt tell you. AT&T makes the same argument, but sadly the same retort applies, where there is no coverage, throughput is 0.
T-Mobile would significantly have to improve their coverage footprint in order to realistically compete with Verizon.
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Michigan City, IN | said by pnh102:T-Mobile...? Get real. They make AT&T look like Verizon in terms of coverage.
O your right..that's why when I had the iPhone 4 with them I was on Edge and no towns around me had 3G. All with a 2GB cap for their highest tier.
T Mobile spanks at&t sorry. And they do it for cheaper if you own your phone. | |
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| | ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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| Re: LOL said by ztmike:said by pnh102:T-Mobile...? Get real. They make AT&T look like Verizon in terms of coverage.
O your right..that's why when I had the iPhone 4 with them I was on Edge and no towns around me had 3G. All with a 2GB cap for their highest tier. T Mobile spanks at&t sorry. And they do it for cheaper if you own your phone. Just like their coverage map shows.
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| | pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Well, their coverage map needs a little work. It shows the area around my house as having strong coverage when many a guest of mine who have T-Mobile phones are unable to use them where I live.
I would imagine if such a glaring mistake exists for my little neck of the woods, then their coverage map probably has a few more holes in it.
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kudos:4 | Re: LOL I was talking about AT&T's coverage map. ZTmike was complaining about being in Edge territory and the coverage map shows his town being in Edge. | |
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| | | T-Mobile covers 292 million Americans when you include roaming partners. If you're only beef is coverage they got you covered (most places that is).
Their native combined 2G/3G/4G network covers just over 263 million Americans.
Their 4G network now covers 200 million Americans.
We can all find places or name instances where a carrier sucks. Some can even argue that some carriers suck more under certain circumstances due to a limitation of technology or just plan physics.
A lot of that red coverage map with Verizon are in areas where nobody lives for hundreds of miles and conveniently we'll never be able to verify it all for ourselves. We just take marketing maps and spread their gospel.
Truth be told T-Mobile "generally," works well where it matters; where most people live. They might surprise you though. I've traveled hundreds of rural miles in inland California (south to north) and had decent coverage most of the way. Some dead spots in the mountains or in-between passes but for the most part I've been impressed.
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Brooklyn, NY | who cares about 42mbps? Who cares to have 42mbps with a 5-10gb cap??
in the wireless broadband business its all about coverage, so verizon is still king!.
Verizon with their 3g gives me 1-2.5mbps almost EVERYWHERE. even in rural areas. which is more than enough for most anything you need to do on your mobile connection.
who cares what the maximum download speed is, if there is no coverage, or you reached your cap? | |
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Grinnell, IA | Re: who cares about 42mbps? That's why in Iowa, US Cellular is the best for coverage 3G is here as well.
I get on average 1.5 down and 512 up from the USB 3G modem that I have access to full 5GB data too | |
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join:2004-01-26
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kudos:2 | And when I visited my other in the middle of nowhere Iowa last month I had 3G with my DX. So, it really depends on where you are. As with just about everything, YMMV...pick what works for you. | |
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join:2002-09-16
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kudos:1 | Latency is a big factor, I've seen T-Mobile do under 100ms a lot more than other carriers. Getting 2.5mbps must be a rare occurrence for Verizon 3G. | |
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| Re: who cares about 42mbps? said by sapo:Latency is a big factor, I've seen T-Mobile do under 100ms a lot more than other carriers. Getting 2.5mbps must be a rare occurrence for Verizon 3G.
Yeah, 2.5mbps is almost the maximum of Rev. A.
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Camden, TN | T-mobile smokes crack nationwide? yeah that's way I don't have 4G or 3G or hell even 1xrtt from t-mobile within 50 miles because they are "nationwide" Being in the "big cities" and ignoring everyone else does not make you "nationwide" | |
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| VZ > Tmo I had a Nexus One on Tmo last year for several months. In a metro area, Tmo was awesome. I travel around a lot and spend time in small\rural areas. I would loose my mind having only EDGE on Tmo. Even driving on the interstate highways between large metros and not having 3G was brutal. I'm with big red now and I've got 3G everywhere I go. I'd also take LTE over Tmo's so-called 4G any day. | |
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| | | Re: VZ > Tmo Hypocrite. There's even less deployed Vz LTE than T-Mobile's HSPA+. For you to claim LTE is better for you makes absolutely no logical sense.
You probably mean you'll take Vz's slow CDMA over T-Mobile's EDGE any day. | |
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| Re: VZ > Tmo Dear newbie, I don't recall making any claims, I simply stated my opinion. I also praised Tmo in the large metro areas. Did you miss that? If I spent a majority of my time in the metro areas with HSPA+, I would probably still be with Tmo. For me that is not the case so I switched. At least you got the last sentence right... TMo's EDGE is slower than VZ's CDMA. | |
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Madison, AL | Really? 2G, 3G, 4G... who the hell cares what they call it. I'm more interested in price gouging, caps and which carrier is going to give ME the best deal, not what marketing department nomenclature is being used this week | |
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| Shoddy marketing...... Lets be honest, HSPA is NOT 4G in reality, even though LTE/WiMax weren't technically either they are closer than HSPA. ATT only advertises its HSPA+ as "4G" now because of the ITC statement.
So according to TMobile's definition, ATT should have the largest "4G" network since they have HSPA+ through most of their 3G footprint, which dwarfs TMobile's network.
TMobile's marketing has really hit the skids. You'd think they would be better off sticking with the facts, like how they have lower prices. Added with the facts that ATT and Verizon own most of the 700mhz spectrum, they better start beefing up their coverage area before they are really dwarfed by TRUE 4G. | |
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| | | Re: Shoddy marketing...... ATT does not straight out claim to offer 21 Mbps nationwide which T-Mobile claims is their 4G. Instead ATT has been caught claiming 14.4 Mbps was HSPA + aka 4G.
They've been loosely using the term HSPA + and even promised to go from 180 million POPS to 250 in less than 2 months. Now we all know ATT is full of BS and king of spin.
ATT needed something to brag about at CES. So they got it.
ATT also so far has only wired 3 major US markets with fiber ethernet (enhanced backhaul). How do you sell offering 4G to 250 million Americans without rolling out the backhaul to back it up? | |
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|  AlakarFacts do not cease to exist when ignored
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Milwaukee, WI | Re: Here Are The Coverage Maps
Verizon Data Coverage - Dark Spots are LTE | 
T-Mobile Data Coverage - Darkest Spots are HSPA+ |
said by lordpuffer:Need I say more? Who cares about speed if your coverage isn't as comprehensive (I am making this statement on the assumption that these coverage maps are accurate)?
Well, considering you have T-Mobiles voice coverage map there and Verizon's Digital Coverage map, your comparison really doesn't add much to the discussion.
Looking at the data network maps, you can see that T-Mobile has a much larger footprint for their HSPA+ network than Verizon has for their LTE network. T-Mobile has HSPA+ up in most of the major metro areas in the country. Verizon isn't even close to that yet, so T-Mobiles claims are accurate, for now.
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| |  lordpufferComfortably NumbPremium
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| Re: Here Are The Coverage Maps said by Alakar:said by lordpuffer:Need I say more? Who cares about speed if your coverage isn't as comprehensive (I am making this statement on the assumption that these coverage maps are accurate)?
Well, considering you have T-Mobiles voice coverage map there and Verizon's Digital Coverage map, your comparison really doesn't add much to the discussion. Looking at the data network maps, you can see that T-Mobile has a much larger footprint for their HSPA+ network than Verizon has for their LTE network. T-Mobile has HSPA+ up in most of the major metro areas in the country. Verizon isn't even close to that yet, so T-Mobiles claims are accurate, for now. I'm sorry that you don't understand, however, I think that I made my point.
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| | | Comprehensive? Are you serious? Because you need to make calls daily in all those areas shaded in white on the T-Mobile coverage map right?
I care about the speed and network quality of the network where I use it.
Unfortunately most Americans, who spend 99% of their time in their local area obsess over coverage maps that show coverage in ALL THE AREAS THEY'D NEVER USE IT.
Americans generally do this to make themselves feel better about paying more for a product than they really should.
I know from personal experience that Verizon has more coverage (square miles) than T-Mobile in New Mexico. However that is no reason for a guy like me from Los Angeles to avoid T-Mobile when they provide us with a larger 4G network (here) that costs less per month. | |
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| T-mobile doesn't even have nationwide 3G, much is GPRS As a T-Mobile customer I can tell you that the vast majority of the geography that T-Mobile covers is EDGE, or yes even GPRS. Not 3G, not 4G. Yes they have s fast network in limited areas, but drive even 200 yards outside of a city and you will see your data signal shrivel to EDGE or in the case of Worcester, MA to GPRS. | |
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| Re: T-mobile doesn't even have nationwide 3G, much is GPRS said by wdoa:As a T-Mobile customer I can tell you that the vast majority of the geography that T-Mobile covers is EDGE, or yes even GPRS. Not 3G, not 4G. Yes they have s fast network in limited areas, but drive even 200 yards outside of a city and you will see your data signal shrivel to EDGE or in the case of Worcester, MA to GPRS.
I can attest to this, as a T-Mobile customer myself. If there's a place without 3G, it usually only has EDGE, though I've seen GPRS in places with an even smaller population density. EDGE is usually good enough for Google Maps or browsing to certain web pages (though you'll get sick of it quickly), but YouTube or other streaming video? Forget it. My experience mostly relates to the St. Louis area, Central IL, and in between.
However, T-Mobile does have their 3G in Bloomington/Normal, IL (they call it a Twin Cities). Combined, there's a population of about 110,000. Verizon has yet to implement LTE there, so as of this moment T-Mobile has more HSPA coverage, and even more HSPA+ coverage than Verizon does with their LTE. Then again, Verizon just started with their LTE. Give it a few months and I bet they will have much more.
I'm with you though. I do wish that T-Mobile would increase at least their HSPA footprint. | |
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| it's all about where you live I just want to say that I will be moving from AT&T to T Mobile next month. AT&T has been atrocious where I live. I use to have verizon for 7 years prior. it was great service but would drop in the hills.
Now in a different part of the country. AT&T works great. As long as I have some type of coverage on the interstates I am fine. My parents closest town is population 447. Top that!
A regional carrier, cellcom, actually has the best coverage there.
I'm just pointing out, that if you don't travel a lot why would you care if your coverage is great in podunk, USA when you live in a major metro area.
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| | | Re: it's all about where you live It's all about where you need coverage and where that needs to be megabit.
In the US, far and away VZW has the best coverage, nationwide. The odds, nationwide, of you living in a no-3G area with VZW are much lower than with AT&T's hodge-podge of networks due to mergers. T-Mobile is really strongest in the EU. They don't have the capital or desire to compete in the US on coverage. They can just cherry-pick the larger markets. Sprint, dear ole Sprint, is imploding.
(I speak with some assurance - I have worked in the industry and seen the "real" coverage maps and plans, though I have no bias to any carrier).
With all the 700MHz spectrum that VZW now has, and their agressive LTE build-out investment, they'll continue to be the best choice, for those that need LTE. | |
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