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Which is Better? MetroPCS or Tmobile?

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i got tmobile with my samsung galaxy s3. i'm thinking about switching to metropcs. which is better in terms of call quality, range and data speeds? tmobile or metropcs?
 
koolx said:
i got tmobile with my samsung galaxy s3. i'm thinking about switching to metropcs. which is better in terms of call quality, range and data speeds? tmobile or metropcs?
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It depends on where you live. Where I live t-mobile is the dominate carrier. Towers everywhere. I had t-mobile before I had Metro and switched due to cost. I get good service with metro, but still not nearly as good as t-mobile because of tower locations.
Check out sensorly.com check the coverage/tower locations and compare both. Also check out metro and t-mobiles own coverage maps for where you live.
 
i have metro my friends have tmobile and sprint. metro is better than both in my area san jose area sprint is just crappy with their wimax and tmobile sometimes doesnt get 4g while metro does.
 
koolx said:
i live in manhattan, nyc



i live in manhattan, nyc.



i live in manhattan, nyc. please let me know guys..
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If you look on the coverage maps on sensory.com like I mentioned you'll see that t-mobile has a lot better coverage then metro. Metro isnt bad where you are, but t-mobile has a lot more. The site doesnt show 4g for t-mobile though just 3g for whatever reason. metro does show 4g and has decent coverage. The 3g for metro isnt the best though. I'd say t-mobile would be a better choice for you from looking at the maps.
 
sincarafan said:
If you look on the coverage maps on sensory.com like I mentioned you'll see that t-mobile has a lot better coverage then metro. Metro isnt bad where you are, but t-mobile has a lot more. The site doesnt show 4g for t-mobile though just 3g for whatever reason. metro does show 4g and has decent coverage. The 3g for metro isnt the best though. I'd say t-mobile would be a better choice for you from looking at the maps.
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i heard ny is very good for metro they have high speeds and excellent coverage
 
I attached screen grabs of the coverage for you. First one is Metro 2g/3g, 2nd is metro 4g and 3rd is t-mobile 3g. I dont know why they dont have 4g in the drop down box for anywhere.
 

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allstarmike2k5 said:
Tmobile is in the process of obtaining metro so either
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Even when T-Mobile takes over this year nothing will change with signal, service, etc. it will remain exactly as it is now (this comes from a metro faq page).
The reason why nothing will change is because t-mobile is a gsm network and metro is cdma. Two dont mix.
T-Mobile is talking about shutting down Metros cdma network, but if they do it wouldnt happen until 2015.
I assume rather then make people buy new phones in 2015 to run on gsm once t-mobile shuts the cdma network down if they even do they will start selling gsm phones at Metro that run on t-mobiles network. That would make a smoother transition. T-Mobile is still the way to go unless you want to save some money imo.
I had/have both and as good as a signal I get with Metro I plan to go back to t-mobile in 6 months.
 
sincarafan said:
I had/have both and as good as a signal I get with Metro I plan to go back to t-mobile in 6 months.
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so youre not happy with metro? where are u located? i myself am in nyc. and i got tmobile paying $55 prepaid (including taxes). but metro charges $40. so let me know if i should stay with tmo or move to metro. thanks.
 
koolx said:
so youre not happy with metro? where are u located? i myself am in nyc. and i got tmobile paying $55 prepaid (including taxes). but metro charges $40. so let me know if i should stay with tmo or move to metro. thanks.
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I live near Tampa Florida. I'm happy with metro just not as happy as I was with t-mobile. My wife and I had t-mobile, but our monthly bill was way to high and even with us being able to upgrade our old phones they wanted way to much to upgrade. Since we were on an expired contract we switched to Metro because we got really good new phones at an incredible price and service is pretty good here. The bill also dropped to $70 a month for both of us.
Its nowhere near as good though at t-mobile was with signal. Even with full bars calls can be choppy at times. Didnt have that issue with t-mobile. We have to wait 6 months before we can go back and be considered new customers. We both want an SG3 but dont want to pay full price on the pre paid and didnt want to pay t-mobiles upgrade price so we'll go back on contract to get them at a lower rate later on.
T-Mobile has many towers around us (more then any carrier) which is why its better then Metro.
Honestly if you are on t-mobile pre paid and get good signal and call quality which I assume you do after looking at the coverage maps for your area I'd stick with them even if you are paying a little more. You probably get more data with t-mobile too. That's what I'd do if I were you anyways.
 
akikhia said:
its actually a reverse aquisition. metro will be running tmobile. tmobile in europe will just own majority of stocks
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Actually no existing T-Mobile will be the leader. Its just called a reverse acquisition because T-Mobile is going under the metropcs stock ticker (PCS) but T-Mobile/DT will own 74% which is the majority & metropcs with the existing shareholders will have the remaining. You can also tell T-Mobile is in charge since the only executive from metropcs that will be staying is the Chief Financial Officer, J. Braxton Carter
 
koolx said:
so youre not happy with metro? where are u located? i myself am in nyc. and i got tmobile paying $55 prepaid (including taxes). but metro charges $40. so let me know if i should stay with tmo or move to metro. thanks.
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You do know the $40 plan is 500MB @4G speeds then you get throttled down.
 
Gman9831 said:
Actually no existing T-Mobile will be the leader. Its just called a reverse acquisition because T-Mobile is going under the metropcs stock ticker (PCS) but T-Mobile/DT will own 74% which is the majority & metropcs with the existing shareholders will have the remaining. You can also tell T-Mobile is in charge since the only executive from metropcs that will be staying is the Chief Financial Officer, J. Braxton Carter
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i read DT no longer wishes to manage tmobile US which is why this merger happened.
 
sincarafan said:
Honestly if you are on t-mobile pre paid and get good signal and call quality which I assume you do after looking at the coverage maps for your area I'd stick with them even if you are paying a little more. You probably get more data with t-mobile too. That's what I'd do if I were you anyways.
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thanks man.. i think i'll stick with tmo then
 
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