New T-Mobile MyTouch Earns 4G Badge
Rural coverage
Dizzle1 said:
That would be nice if their 3G coverage wasnt all in the big cities and they'd expand it to the rural areas.
I hate that stupid 'argument'. People live in cities and metro areas. If you'd like more thorough T-Mobile service, move to one of the aforementioned areas or get Verizon.
Dizzle1 said:
Yeah, that 'argument' is actually an important one when dealing with cell phones. No coverage no phone lol...and yeah, Verizon's coverage is a LOT better.
T-Mobile covers areas where people are--plain and simple. If someone's a traveling salesman, they might prefer Verizon, even though T-Mobile would probably cover them in 99% of cases.
My parents have Sprint--it doesn't cover the mountains of North Carolina. Big whoop.
Dizzle1 said:
Are you trying to argue that TMOs coverage is good, or that it doesnt matter they dont have rural coverage?
People buy wireless service that works where they live. We're not nomads. I'm tired of juvenile arguments. Don't bother responding, because I've un-clicked 'Notify on new replies'.
I live in a very developed area and Tmobile and Sprint BOTH struggle here, especially when you drive even 15 miles west.
We're not talking about nomads when you're talking 15 miles. You're talking about running to a pub for live music, or hanging out at a park that's still considered part of your town.
their 1xrtt map is larger.
and the 97% argument is for ATT's VOICE coverage
Or are you going to say that Tmobile is exactly the same as ATT, and try and argue how EDGE (or even edge) is comparable to EVDO REV A now too?
I don't have reliable Tmobile 3g, I go to my favorite pub that is just 5 miles west of here and I'm lucky if my friends tmobile phone can reliably send a text message.
That's what people don't get, especially someone who's not from this area. It's not "city" "rural" city" but a mash of towns that gradually gets bigger until it can be called a city, or spread out enough that it's called a suburb with very little to tell you the difference.
A LOT of people live in that inbetween, and NO coverage isn't decent.
Tmobile is great for a lot of people, but the whole "everyone lives in cities" argument is stupid. I'm not a...
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Menno said:...
in fact, I live in one of the most built up stretches in the US. You know, the one that goes from NYC down to DC.
I don't have reliable Tmobile 3g, I go to my favorite pub that is just 5 miles west of here and I'm lucky if my friends tmobile phone can reliably send a text message.
That's what people don't get, especially someone who's not from this area. It's not "city" "rural" city" but a mash of towns that gradually gets bigger until it can be called a city, or spread out enough that it's called a suburb with very little to tell you the difference.
A LOT of people live in that inbetween, and NO coverage isn't decent.
Tmobile is great for a lot of people, but the whole "everyone lives in citie
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Because with ATT it was largely a capacity issue or something that was fixed by switching 3g to the lower band.
You're trying to say that Tmobile works fine as long as you live in a populated area. It doesn't
Oh, it works great in what's actually considered the "city" but the areas where people live and play? not so much.
Yes, every area is different, but that's the point. The "if you don't get coverage, you must live in the sticks" argument is a straw man, and it has been for years.
Menno said:
Actually no it's not.
Because with ATT it was largely a capacity issue or something that was fixed by switching 3g to the lower band.
Capacity issues aren't problems? Geezus. Is everyone dense on these forums? All carriers have problems. Most people don't travel all over the damn place. People use what works for them.
End of story.
Which is why "Tmobile works for most people" is a pretty bad point to try and make
Menno said:
Right people use what work for them
Which is why "Tmobile works for most people" is a pretty bad point to try and make
Honestly? I think posters on these threads are seriously uneducated when it comes to wireless coverage.
I don't knowv how it is down there, but up here its very common for people to commute an hour everyday or more for work, so "rural" coverage matters, a lot
Menno said:
Most are. They only know, at best how coverage works in their area. So a lot of people don't care how a carrier works in a city they might onnly infrequently visit
I don't knowv how it is down there, but up here its very common for people to commute an hour everyday or more for work, so "rural" coverage matters, a lot
Oh, you've magically forced me to change my mind and rethink everything. Thank you.
Even 'rural' carriers have 'rural' coverage problems. Every carrier has its problems. Tmobile covers people where they live and work. If you don't agree with that, then we'll have to agree to disagree.
Come-on, I drive through there all the time.
How can you ever expect them to roll out 3g when they already fail at making calls anywhere.
Not a SINGLE one of the "10 companies not likely to last another year" are out of business, and that article was written a year and a half ago.
T-Mobile is raking in cash, turning huge profits and has a growing customer base. It's also parented by one of the largest telecommunications companies on the planet, Duetch telecom.
So maybe you haven't heard the news yet, but T-Mobile is here to stay, no matter what your Metro PCS salesperson tells you.
Gobbled up by another company? I don't think so, talks of T-Mobile purchasing Sprint have been around forever. Dann Hess and T-Mobile have publicly stated it's a possibility, albeit unlikely.
The headline "T-Mobile for Sale" was used by a lot of journalists as an eye catcher to sell papers, magazines and get more hits on their websites. It worked, but none of them actually reported the company was literally "for sale".
I love how you're an expert on...and even what magazines really mean when they say "T-mobile for sale".
Not an expert on what people really meant to say, I just read the articles, thats all.
And you don't really have to be a Wall-Street analyst to know that when a company puts their company on the stock market it doesn't equal selling the company. (well, for the most part.)
If you're here to discuss the topic, cool. But I'm not sure anything you've said here is relevant.
I also love how you appear to have opened an entirely new account just to make this comment.
There is no reading into that, it is what it is. A mildy misleading and sensational title to draw people in to reading the real story.
No inside information, no special insights, I just read the articles. I needed a little help with some of the terminology so I looked up the definition of "IPO" and "Spin-off". Turns out, all DT wants to do is find ways to quickly EXPAND the network and infrastructure, an Initial public offering (IPO) would genera...
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