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Maybe if they spent more time investing in 3G coverage

TmobileCustomer83

Jan 20, 2011, 1:30 PM
T-Mobile would blow the competition out of the water if they would just start expanding their 3G coverage faster. I don't see the roll outs anymore. They seem to be ignoring the smaller markets that is why I have ported my line over to Sprint. It's a tough move considering I've been a customer with T-Mobile for nearly seven years. The reality is that Sprint has much better 3G coverage.
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Dizzle1

Jan 20, 2011, 2:03 PM
TmobileCustomer83 said:
T-Mobile would blow the competition out of the water if they would just start expanding their 3G coverage faster. I don't see the roll outs anymore. They seem to be ignoring the smaller markets that is why I have ported my line over to Sprint. It's a tough move considering I've been a customer with T-Mobile for nearly seven years. The reality is that Sprint has much better 3G coverage.


I completely agree. T-Mobile does NOTHING for the smaller markets and that is where the other carriers beat them. T-Mobile needs to understand that if they would cover more than just big cities they would do a LOT better.
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T Bone

Jan 20, 2011, 2:32 PM
It is not question of them not understanding it is a question of having limited resources. You don't think they would like to be in every market in the United States? They don't have the resources to build a network that big. They haven't been around all that long in the US, and the most reasonable long term business strategy is to start in the large markets first and gradually expand as they become more profitable. Cell phone towers don't exactly grow on trees.
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Mark_S

Jan 20, 2011, 3:38 PM
They have not been arond all that long in the U.S.???
Are you on crack?
Omnipoint then Voicestream then T-Mobile USA
They had GSM while Verizon and AT&T at the time were still on AMPS and not even on TDMA yet.
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Dizzle1

Jan 20, 2011, 3:40 PM
Mark_S said:
They have not been arond all that long in the U.S.???
Are you on crack?
Omnipoint then Voicestream then T-Mobile USA
They had GSM while Verizon and AT&T at the time were still on AMPS and not even on TDMA yet.


Exactly. They just suck. As far as cell towers not growing on trees, cell towers are the bread and butter of a cell provider. If they cant supply those, then the fact is they cannot compete.
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T Bone

Jan 20, 2011, 11:43 PM
T Mobile was founded in 1990 and didn't even introduce service in the United States until several years after that.

AT&T and Verizon are each more than 100 years, Sprint is more than 80 years old.

Do you really think that 'less than 20 years' and 'more than a century' are equivalent>
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T Bone

Jan 20, 2011, 11:47 PM
Looking up the exact numbers, Deutsche Telecom (the parent company) was founded in 1990.....while T-Mobile USA was founded in 2001....

It you think that's an old, established company compared to the American telecoms, the youngest of which dates from the 1920's you're nuts.
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Slammer

Jan 20, 2011, 6:43 PM
"Cell phone towers don't exactly grow on trees."

At least they can make them look like trees! 😁
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TmobileCustomer83

Jan 20, 2011, 5:20 PM
Yes but they spend money making their network faster and expanding their 2.5G foot print they can afford to add a some additional markets. I looked on the FCC page they have enough AWS spectrum to cover the entire nation in 3G. They need to post something on their long term goals on complete 3G over haul like Verizon does with 4G. If their deep pocket parent company would see that they would be a force to reckon with.
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