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T Mobster

Aug 6, 2008, 11:50 AM
Ok let me educate you people who wanna post idiotic stuff over the internet and have no clue whats really going on. It's not our fault we don't have 3G yet in all markets. We purchased the spectrum from the government. They have been taking their sweet azz time getting off that spectrum which is needed in order to broadcast 3G, I mean it's the government what is T-Mobile supposed to do? Order them to get off the spectrum immediately? T-Mobile has been ready to go for a long while. However our service is reliable and clear as well as affordable. T-Mobile also has home phone service for $10/month....unlimited nationwide calling with all the features.
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Cellenator

Aug 6, 2008, 12:01 PM
Yeah we know all that but they still got into the 3G game way late, you can't just blame Uncle Sam. Tmobile is behind in so many ways, noone really takes them serious. It's just funny! But right on go teenmobile! 🤣
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Jayshmay

Aug 6, 2008, 2:06 PM
I just want to say I think that was funny, and true calling them "teenmobile" It does seem like "teenmobile" does attract a lot of younger people, they like they're Sidekicks.
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MediaGuru

Aug 6, 2008, 3:48 PM
So, apart from 3G, how else is T-Mobile behind? You must have some examples right? And who is it that doesn't take them seriously anymore? And why should they care?
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carmodboy99

Aug 6, 2008, 12:10 PM
T Mobster said:
T-Mobile has been ready to go for a long while. However our service is reliable and clear as well as affordable. features.


Uh, no its not... I was talking to my friend [here in Vegas] who happens to be the last person I know here that still has tmobile (he's got some Nokia slider) at 2:30am when there should be no overload of tower traffic, the call dropped, and was choppy as all can be the whole conversation till I just gave up.
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PDXMatt

Aug 6, 2008, 12:34 PM
That can be said about any carrier at any given time and place. When I am in Vegas I have no service issues with T-Mobile like I did with Sprint. Sprint works somewhat better on teh Oregon Coast than T-Mobile No carrier is perfect all that time everywhere. Even whatever mighty carrier you use.

Are you people so insecure about yourselves that you run around cell phone forums bashing other carriers? I do think that is the case and I feel sorry for you.
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carmodboy99

Aug 6, 2008, 1:18 PM
The billions of dollars they make and what they do with it has absolutely nothing to do with mine or (I hope) anyone's personal sense of security. point blank Tmobile sucks alot more places than its decent. I both sell and operate(2) Sprint phones here in Sprint Town (Vegas) and while i did have coverage issues with one handset, i switched for another and havent ever had an issue before or afterward with the other one.
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T Mobster

Aug 6, 2008, 1:58 PM
T-Mobile does not suck...I love the service...I love the customer service as well and I love how affordable it is but most of all I love being part of the team. We're a J.D Power and Associates winner for 5 years now. I guess you guy would respect a carrier who charges you all sorts of fees and high deposits and expensive MRC's. You guys are backing up the wrong horses. Oh and if you wanna compare stuff...before I got hired by T-Mobile I was a subscriber with Verizon, I lived a mile a way from a tower. However I was in a null zone. No signal. Plus not to mention I went through 28 handset exchanges in 3 months. So they let me out of my contract without paying an ETF and my wife and I ported our numbers to T-Mobile. Cellular phones are nothing...
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T Mobster

Aug 6, 2008, 1:59 PM
you guys**
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Slammer

Aug 6, 2008, 2:24 PM
yo Dude! I just backed you up in my blog of "its amazing" and then you go bashin Sprint. what up with that? that is so not cool.
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Versed

Aug 6, 2008, 5:39 PM
T Mobster said:
T-Mobile does not suck...I love the service...I love the customer service as well and I love how affordable it is but most of all I love being part of the team. We're a J.D Power and Associates winner for 5 years now. I guess you guy would respect a carrier who charges you all sorts of fees and high deposits and expensive MRC's. You guys are backing up the wrong horses. Oh and if you wanna compare stuff...before I got hired by T-Mobile I was a subscriber with Verizon, I lived a mile a way from a tower. However I was in a null zone. No signal. Plus not to mention I went through 28 handset exchanges in 3 months. So they let me out of my contract without paying an ETF and my wife and I ported our numbers to T
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carmodboy99

Aug 6, 2008, 6:41 PM
By the way... "Haaji" is more likely to live in India than Guam, technically Guam is still America and thus, no cheaper to run call centers from 🤣
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carmodboy99

Aug 6, 2008, 6:45 PM
Just so you are aware though, Sprint has callcenters all over the US, the larger ones being in Virginia, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas. We also have more customers, and so occasionally, (unfortunately sometimes more than others) you will get the out of country "extra help"
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Tmo Slave

Aug 6, 2008, 9:25 PM
carmodboy99 said:
We also have more customers


Not for long. 🤣 Wish there was a sinking ship icon. 🤣
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carmodboy99

Aug 9, 2008, 1:07 PM
buddy, youre not even close yet, even if we shed the 11 million that is Nextel
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rwalford79

Aug 6, 2008, 2:15 PM
"" No carrier is perfect all that time everywhere. Even whatever mighty carrier you use.""

Actually, the most perfect carriers Ive had were AT&T TDMA, T-Mobile in Washington, and Nextel in Washington. Sprint in San Francisco works THE BEST for me so far.

Anyway, a lot of people are missing the point. When VOICESTREAM - aka WESTERN WIRELESS came into play- the, like Sprint, had almost NO options left to BUY spectrum. They started in the mobile phone craze when 1900 went into play. Sprint however, having a major telecom behind it, bought and affiliated with smaller carriers to create a foot print. Voicestream, like Alltel didnt have that. Being bought out by T-Mobile gave it power and money - which is being reflected now. T-Mobile has a ...
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Roadkill

Aug 6, 2008, 3:14 PM
"T-Mobile has a 3G data speed 3x faster then ANY other carrier."

Since when is zero faster than anything else? Unless you're lucky enough to be in one of their 20 supported cities, you have no 3G data speed at all.

Or to put it another way, T-Mobile is about as far along in implementing their "new" 3G service as Sprint is in implementing WiMAX.

FWIW I use both (plus Verizon and AT&T) every day, so it's not like I really give a rat's ass.
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mingkee

Aug 6, 2008, 9:25 PM
here is a question:
can you get up to 700-1000kbps constantly with HSDPA?
att HSDPA sucks in NYC, very slow (and hardly to load sites on laptop or N800)
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Roadkill

Aug 8, 2008, 6:18 PM
Yes, easily, I do it all the time.

T-Mobile is very strong in NYC because they installed their antennas at street level, while virtually everyone else installed on the tops of buildings. It cost T-Mobile a lot more to do that because it required more antennas, but it paid off in the long run because their coverage in NYC is MUCH more pervasive.

I'm in Seattle, though, and AT&T's HSPA is quite strong here. I average about 1.1 Mbps.
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Versed

Aug 6, 2008, 5:42 PM
Please can you cite where tm's up and coming hsdpa is 3x faster then others 3g?
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mingkee

Aug 6, 2008, 9:28 PM
let's set aside how many T1s to bundle up
the HSDPA system can support up to 7.2Mbps
the most important thing is: the practical loading speed is like 1.5Mbps DSL (I get up to 1Mbps), no hiccup on most of the sites
perhaps it's still pretty newly baked bread
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