DirtyDee
Android Expert
Because rumors aren't fact? If it was going down that way it will take a great deal of time and might as well get grandfathered in.
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I want to try out T-mobile network, but questions
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Because rumors aren't fact? If it was going down that way it will take a great deal of time and might as well get grandfathered in.
Whiskeypawz
Android Enthusiast
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
that is a terrible article, the journalist needs to be beaten and retaught how to write.
"The consolidation in the industry has been about spectrum," he said. "All the rumors are about spectrum. But they're spectrum with no legs. The T-Mobile brand and people will stay. How that plays out remains to be seen."
no one is saying the tmobile brand would go away if softbank bought them (its not actually sprint buying them) but the fact that they would be bought and these "wacky and crazy" uncarrier moves would be put to a half.
softbank runs a tight ship over in japan, similar to att/verizon and it wont be long before sprint is similar, if tmobile is bought there will still be tmobile for a while. just a matter of who owns them, the ceo even says how that plays out remains to be seen. that article talks all about how it wont happen and he shut them down when all he did was sidestep the question.
But you don't really rebut the point; Sprint gains very little from this merger except for current customers. Worse, those customers largely aren't held by contract to T-Mobile and many would likely leave, particularly depending on how the merger is handled.
As far as spectrum, T-Mobile's spectrum doesn't really help Sprint; Sprint already owns more spectrum than they are using. The networks are largely incompatible, especially since T-Mobile and Sprint operate on different frequencies. Worse, the networks largely geographically overlap -- Sprint gains very little "new area" that they don't already cover. At best, they get some extra network density/redundant towers.
Which brings me to the real point, I just don't see this meger being allowed by the government. In fact, it hurts that Sprint's objections to AT&T buying T-Mobile will likely be pointed out; since most of the objections Sprint used are valid reasons for Sprint not be allowed to buy T-Mobile, either.
TheAmazingDave
Android Expert
I pulled 30 MBit down on T-Mo LTE in an area that Sensorly claims has no coverage.
In short, I concur.
new optimus
Android Expert
I have always said this, the map is great but its limitation is that it relies on peoples real world use of it.
So just because an area shows no coverage it does not mean there is none, just that no one in the area has used sensorly.
trophynuts
Extreme Android User
i bought a prepaid Tmo sim to try out for 30 days. I got home and as expected had between 2 dots of Edge service or straight up "no service" All carriers are bad where i live. Go five miles in any direction and it changes. I did however compare Tmobile's coverage map to what i was actually seeing and it was HORRIBLY off. It said i should get "very good 4g" , couldn't have been further from that.
jhawkkw
Chinchillin'
The reason you probably only get 2G is because the Verizon iPhone 5 doesn't support T-Mobile's main HSPA frequency. T-Mobile calls HSPA "4G" even though it's really only 3G (AT&T does the same thing). The Verizon iPhone 5 only supports 1900MHz HSPA which is the secondary band only available in areas with LTE coverage. Since it doesn't support the 1700/2100 HSPA frequency, and there's no LTE there, you'll only get EDGE. You should try using a device that supports this frequency before you rush to judgement about the coverage there because it might turn out you're well covered (like their map says).
trophynuts
Extreme Android User
Maybe you're missing my point. Which is overall for voice calls the signal is worse on Tmo. I don't care about accessing HSPA+ or LTE at this time. As that is mainly for data. When i'm at home i'm on WiFi but i would like to know i can make a stable phone call. Currently with VZW i have a network extender at my home that remedies that. Without it i would get 1 bar of VZW edge service, With Tmo it fluctuates between 1 bar of 2G and the words "no service". Also i get great Tmo 4G service when i'm in the city area.
jhawkkw
Chinchillin'
Unlike Verizon, you can make calls on 3g without needing a special phone, so getting an hspa connection would grant an improvement. I agree than many of their 2g only towers seem to be kinda flaky due to not being properly maintained. But the hspa & lte towers put out a much more stable connection. Since you can make calls over hspa, it would be a better experience.
It is also worth noting that T-Mobile has HD voice in those markets, making the quality of voice calls better. Verizon is supposed to start rolling out HD voice this year.