Coverage?
caesar6591 said:
In March I was looking at new phones. My choices were either the PEBL w/ T-mobile or the SLVR w/ Cingular. I went with the SLVR. Here is why. I really liked the PEBL b/c no one around here has one and it is very different. Well i wanted to do a coverage check to see about T-mobile's service around my house. I brought it home and I got HORRIBLE reception. But then again where I live every cell phone company gets bad reception. So I decided to not go with the PEBL. I was wondering if T-mobile service has gotten any better and will it get better by the beginning of 2007?
Did you even *bother* to use the coverage check tool?
caesar6591 said:
i did but i wanted to make sure...i had the phone in my house when i did that and it was not even close...the coverage check showed full and i only had one bar on the phone...
No carrier guarantees coverage inside buildings.
Sincerely,
Tmobile customer for 4 years
tyman said:
Umm well maybe they oughta start, afterall, where do most people use their phones? Maybe Tmobile should "get more" and offer there customers a coverage check tool that offers a perspective from inside a building (they could even have a little disclaimer too, so they don't guarantee anything). They could be the first carrier to offer this.
Sincerely,
Tmobile customer for 4 years
There is *no* carrier that gives you a tool to do that. There are no tools that will allow you to do that if only because every building is not necessarily the same. It matters if it's a frame building or covered with stucko or whether it's a concrete building. Also, where in a building do you measure? On the t...
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Sincerely,
T-Mobile Customer (not a rep or licensed agent) for 3 years.
littlefuzzbear said:
Did you even *bother* to use the coverage check tool?
The coverage check is a joke!! It claims that I should have good coverage in my neighborhood and I don't. Doesn't matter if I'm in the front, back or a block away.
~J.