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caesar6591

Aug 11, 2006, 12:56 PM
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?
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littlefuzzbear

Aug 11, 2006, 6:12 PM
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?
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caesar6591

Aug 11, 2006, 11:31 PM
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...
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littlefuzzbear

Aug 12, 2006, 3:58 AM
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.
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tyman

Aug 19, 2006, 1:14 PM
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
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littlefuzzbear

Aug 19, 2006, 4:04 PM
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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scubadvr1

Aug 21, 2006, 6:02 AM
Given that buildings are created differently (frame work, support columns, concrete, rebar, foundations the list goes on) there is NO way any carrier can predict the service you will receive in a building. Also if you are in a multi floor building, where do they calculate the signal strength? It's extremely difficult to do this and then when their assessment is better than the reception you are receiving, what's the next question that will come up...that the coverage map is wrong and one will complain even more.

Sincerely,
T-Mobile Customer (not a rep or licensed agent) for 3 years.
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jdaviso1

Aug 13, 2006, 6:11 PM
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.
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wdoa

Aug 13, 2006, 7:06 PM
I've noticed that occasionally there are some pretty severe discrepencies with the coverage. I know of several areas where the coverage on the map is listed as good, but it is actually pretty weak. Most of the time it is an area on the side of a hill that has a tower at the top. It almost seems that the power from the tower overshoots some places on the side of the hill.
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