T-Mobile to Operate 2G Network Through 2020

They could've been refarming their 1900 GSM space into LTE during their 700 and 1700/2100 upgrades, but instead they're going to keep up 2G for the 5% of their customers/IOT devices still on their network. I'm still getting EDGE in many rural areas or roaming on AT&T 2G even where their coverage maps show LTE being deployed. I really doubt their claims that they are going to see an increase due to at&t 2G churn. Probably most of those devices are SIM locked to at&t anyway. They should've killed 3 birds with one stone and just ditched 2G GSM at the same time they did their 700 rollout and 1700/2100 upgrades. Should also update their roaming agreements with AT&T to include HSPA roaming privileges. So tired of 2G, it's nearly useless thes...
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