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CrazyCraig01

Feb 14, 2007, 1:30 PM
This is a good year to have my contract end with Suckular. Going back to T-Mobile. Hope the 3G data plans will be priced competitively like their voice plans.
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Byrd

Feb 14, 2007, 3:00 PM
lol Suckular I like that. I hope its not to late in the year. Im hopin mid spring early summer.

Byrd
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AshDizzle

Feb 16, 2007, 8:33 AM
Byrd said:
lol Suckular I like that.


You like that? That is the most lame, idiotic thing I've ever heard.

It reminds me of a guy I once met in Colorado that referred to a local grocer, King Soopers, as 'King Stupids.' That's not even remotely original, it's just plain childish.
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PEZ

Feb 16, 2007, 12:29 PM
AshDizzle, talk abotu an original name. Get "bent". But, Im sure you have heard that before. Its original.
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katrina

Feb 14, 2007, 4:32 PM
I think its obvious the first markets will almost certainly be NY, LA, Chicago, and Houston.
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krum303

Feb 14, 2007, 5:04 PM
The CEO of T-Mobile USA said that 50% of the 3G network was finished in NY and that was in September. I heard rumors of a rollout this Spring.
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muchdrama

Feb 14, 2007, 5:42 PM
krum303 said:
The CEO of T-Mobile USA said that 50% of the 3G network was finished in NY and that was in September. I heard rumors of a rollout this Spring.


The quicker the better. They need to start really competing with Cingular.
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SteveHRocks

Feb 14, 2007, 5:52 PM
Hope you live in an Urban area. Those are the only places where T-Mobile is any good.

Also the 3G will be on 1700MHz bands. Will be a while before handsets are available with 1700 3G band.
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rytr23

Feb 15, 2007, 7:28 AM
They just obtained a ton of spectrum nationwide..I'm sure they will be lighting up more than just urban areas..and I am also sure they have already worked with various handset vendors to line up handsets with the new freqs..

I can't wait till they improve thier coverage Hopefully they will make cingular be more competetive (data price wise)
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staiano

Feb 15, 2007, 2:10 PM
True but they're not stupid. They have to have at least a handset or 2 ready for when the network comes.
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muchdrama

Feb 15, 2007, 5:32 PM
staiano said:
True but they're not stupid. They have to have at least a handset or 2 ready for when the network comes.



Exactly. Just like ANY other carrier would.
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muchdrama

Feb 15, 2007, 5:31 PM
SteveHRocks said:
Hope you live in an Urban area. Those are the only places where T-Mobile is any good.

Also the 3G will be on 1700MHz bands. Will be a while before handsets are available with 1700 3G band.


I'm not sure why this "argument" comes up...doesn't MOST of the country's population live in urban areas?

Your point is invalid.

1700mhz handsets should be ready for 3g launch.
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reachrulz

Feb 15, 2007, 6:43 PM
its even more pointless, i live an hour from any major city and i have t-mobile. works great. better than cingular ever did.
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gsmrulz

Feb 17, 2007, 9:19 AM
It amazes me when T-mobile people rant and rave about their coverage so much, do you not realize that 65% of your coverage is due to roaming agreements WITH Cingular/AT&T. So please explain how the coverage is better? And before you criticize my comment due some research(i.e.- go around and dial 411 in random areas and see who answers the call) I just switched from t-mobile because I got tired of not being in my "T-zones" Maybe thats why my voice plan was cheaper on T-mobile...... they kept sticking it to me on data roaming!
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jdog2186

Feb 17, 2007, 5:38 PM
Bold statement, have anything to back it up with? T-mobiles major band is 1900, the 850 in other areas are roaming agreements with other companies. T-mobile purchased cingular/ATT 1900 network from them during the merger so what facts do u have to provide that t-mobile's network is 65% owned by cingular/att?
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gsmrulz

Feb 17, 2007, 8:06 PM
T-mobile owned network(its a little outdated, but they haven't built that much since then):
http://www.pencomputing.com/images/T-Mobile_coverage ... »

Not only that look closely at there own coverage map online, with the right editing software you can remove the green that represents roaming and see the true picture. And like I said I travel exstensively for work here and abroad and in the U.S. I'd say about 75% of the time that I'd call 411 when I had T-mobile I'd get a Cingular operator. I just figured I might as well have em if I was using them already.
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jdog2186

Feb 17, 2007, 10:29 PM
THe map u have is a little outdated. If you look at the link, it's made in 2002. That's 4 years ago. T-mobile has come a long ways, at least in cali, sicne then. I will be the fist to admit that t-mobile is lacking in reception since I am a t-mobile employee and know a lot of info about the company bvut at least get an updated coverage map. The map on t-mobile.com is not even updated to the massive improvments they have made to their system in the last year. 2006/2007 is all about making coverage better for t-mobile and all I get in my e-mails are corp update about new cell cites that have been launched.
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lancekalzas

Feb 18, 2007, 12:35 AM
jdog, you are absolutely correct. The other pointless part of this post is the reference to a T-Mobile operator versus a Cingular operator for 411. Do you think that Cingular, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, Alltel, and every other cell phone carrier actually pay employees to charge someone a $1.49 for information? This is handled by an outside company that every cell phone company uses, which is the landline portion of Verizon.
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gsmrulz

Feb 18, 2007, 8:50 AM
Why do I get the impression that most people on these blogs works for one carrier or the other. I'm simply someone who wants honest information, not biased from employees. I did say that the map was outdated, anyone can view any publicly traded companies earning statements and if you look at T-mobiles it will tell you the amount of towers they currently operate in the US, compare that to the 2002 map and they haven't added THAT many nation wide. And the point on 411 is that if you are roaming on another carriers network and you dial 411 (which is a default dialing prefix)you will get that companies contracted information center, hence why they answer "thank you for calling Cingular 411, t-mobile 411, etc..."
Though all this might be mute i...
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jdog2186

Feb 18, 2007, 3:48 PM
Most people on these blogs work or have worked for major carriers. I personally have worked for cingular during the ATT/cingular merger and T-mobile's purchase of cingular/att's 1900 network. The map you showed in 2002 was before the purchase of the 1900 network so in no way is it close to accurate.
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krum303

Feb 18, 2007, 3:12 AM
Actually, that isn't true at all. T-Mobile only has roaming agreements with Cingular/AT&T in a handfull of States. There are more than two GSM carriers in the USA. If you want to see honest network representation w/o roaming partners, look at the maps at http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_u s.shtml
and you'll see that Cingular does have more towers, but they don't own "65% of T-Mobile's network."
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staiano

Feb 18, 2007, 11:20 PM
gsmrulz said:
It amazes me when T-mobile people rant and rave about their coverage so much, do you not realize that 65% of your coverage is due to roaming agreements WITH Cingular/AT&T. So please explain how the coverage is better?
I can tell you this I don't care if my coverage is do to TMobile towers, Cingular towers or some guy standing outside with a huge set of rabbit ears. I know some of my coverage is roaming on Cingular/ATT. So what?? All I need is a call to go through at a cheap price.

Now I am in NYC and I don't have good coverage in the sticks but I know that every time I decide to stay with TMo.
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muchdrama

Feb 19, 2007, 9:06 PM
staiano said:
gsmrulz said:
It amazes me when T-mobile people rant and rave about their coverage so much, do you not realize that 65% of your coverage is due to roaming agreements WITH Cingular/AT&T. So please explain how the coverage is better?
I can tell you this I don't care if my coverage is do to TMobile towers, Cingular towers or some guy standing outside with a huge set of rabbit ears. I know some of my coverage is roaming on Cingular/ATT. So what?? All I need is a call to go through at a cheap price.

Now I am in NYC and I don't have good coverage in the sticks but I know that every time I decide to stay with TMo.


Bingo.
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muchdrama

Feb 19, 2007, 9:05 PM
gsmrulz said:
It amazes me when T-mobile people rant and rave about their coverage so much, do you not realize that 65% of your coverage is due to roaming agreements WITH Cingular/AT&T. So please explain how the coverage is better? And before you criticize my comment due some research(i.e.- go around and dial 411 in random areas and see who answers the call) I just switched from t-mobile because I got tired of not being in my "T-zones" Maybe thats why my voice plan was cheaper on T-mobile...... they kept sticking it to me on data roaming!


Hey, people just care if their phone works. They don't care about roaming agreements. That's just us nerds on this site.
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PEZ

Feb 16, 2007, 12:34 PM
I love people who say "I am sure they will" or "it should be no problem" the fact of the matter is, none of you know when the hell they are gong to do anything. So, shove your speculation up your asses.

The only thing you know is, they made an announcement, and they obtained a ****load of spectrum in the 1700 and 2100Mhz spectrum. End of story.

There is only ONE vendor who has mentioned technology in those frequencies for the US. Take a guess who that was.. if you wer epaying attention, that is.
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snoopytrek

Feb 24, 2007, 2:56 PM
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how can t-mobile offer such services when recent financiel news reported they are turning off a third of their towers???
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