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I have had my TP2 for a few weeks. I really like Tmobile' 3G, Where I live it's fairly reliable, I was wondering for others in the U.S. how is the coverage?
DC Checkin' in..
Here in the Nation's Capitol I'm loving the High-speed 3G plus being in the City there various Open Wi-fi Spots.. Sometimes i think there's 3G+ here from the blazing speed i get..
Bargsbeer said:
I have had my TP2 for a few weeks. I really like Tmobile' 3G, Where I live it's fairly reliable, I was wondering for others in the U.S. how is the coverage?
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And where do U live?
It rocks in Vegas...
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galaxys said:
And where do U live?
It rocks in Vegas...
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Sorry, I'm in Tampa FL, just south of Orlando my coverage is good.
I do field work all over the northeast, from Delaware to Maine. 3G coverage is spotty between cities, as expected. There are parts of the NJ turnpike where there's no signal at all! In Maine there's hardly any 3G up there. Compared to AT&T's 3G coverage, T-mo's is a step down, though the speeds are very comparable. I have a company supplied Verizon wireless modem that has 3G coverage almost everywhere.
New England is spotty at best...not completely upgraded there..NY is not bad, Chicago is great...
aragorn771 said:
New England is spotty at best...not completely upgraded there..NY is not bad, Chicago is great...
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That's good to hear, I can't wait to switch to TM. AT&T has **** coverage just about everywhere for me. At work I'm getting 2 bars at the moment, which is 1 bar higher than I've ever seen before. My boss has an iPhone and he constantly has to walk to a window to make phone calls.
Bargsbeer said:
I have had my TP2 for a few weeks. I really like Tmobile' 3G, Where I live it's fairly reliable, I was wondering for others in the U.S. how is the coverage?
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I live in Atlanta, and I must say the coverage is REALLY good. I get great connection speed as well. It's weird, I actually get better reception on my TP2 then I did on my Wing.
ATL GA, Coverage is good!
Decent in Denver
It's not too bad in the Denver area. Sometimes just a couple of bars, but seems to work fine.
Question on "My Location" Service (e.g. google maps). w/o the GPS turned on. For me, it only works if I disable 3G.
Perhaps there's not enough towers to triangulate.
I'm in Phoenix & I get 3G just about everywhere I go except work, but that's because that's 30ft underground at the hockey arena.
When I went to El Paso, Tx they had 3G in only parts of the city. I don't know why Tmobile would just implement it in certain parts. From what I hear the whole West side & most of the NE of the city has no 3G til January-ish.
@david Google Maps will not triangulate while on 3G with Tmobile. Its a known issue if you want to search.
david31262 said:
It's not too bad in the Denver area. Sometimes just a couple of bars, but seems to work fine.
Question on "My Location" Service (e.g. google maps). w/o the GPS turned on. For me, it only works if I disable 3G.
Perhaps there's not enough towers to triangulate.
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This is pretty normal. GPS doesn't use a ton of battery life, so just leave it enabled in Google Maps.
And I am in Orange County, CA. Coverage here is awesome overall. I have issues at my home, but that is all. I have it solid otherwise with HSPA.
Here in Queens, NY and the 3G is great!!! 2-3 bars at home, mostly 2. But I don't have any problems at all with 2 bars on 3G. At work I get full bars!!!
I'm all good.
I live in Portland and I rarely have more than 1 or 2 bars of 3g. I'm a bit disappointed because my wife has almost full on her G1.
It sounds like TMO has done a fairly good job at rolling out their 3G. I must say they have been modest when it comes to bragging like At&t.
I am out in the west burbs of chicago. I get 1 bar 3g, if it's on 3g at home. Usually goes to 2g. I am in a bit of a weak spot for 3g. I don't use 3g much at home. Everywhere else it is very good. Doesn't cover as much as edge though. Just past aurora and it's gone. (Orchard rd at I-88 seems to be as west as it goes). They updated edge in western Illinois with the 3g rollout. It used to stop at dekalb but now it goes all the way to the quad cities. Sweet!
I was in Tampa when it was rolled out there. Near Brandon/Tampa/Riverview. (kinda near 301 and causeway). I get 1-2 bars edge. Nothing 3g. Very weak spot. They need a tower there!
Seattle Washington area. So far so good.
I'm in Tampa also, and the 3g here always has full bars!!!
Bargsbeer said:
Sorry, I'm in Tampa FL, just south of Orlando my coverage is good.
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SUXX here in NJ in certain places ( my home...lol) I have 1 bar and no 3G or even Edge in my house ...Tj
Within the last week, updated again.
http://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/pcc.aspx
Accuracy
Well, I have been very weary of this map. The map now says it covers 3G where I live (Outskirts of Tucson) I don't remember seeing 3G at my house last night. 3G coverage in Tucson seems spotty at best for me and I definitely haven't seen the 7.2 Mbps 3G. But I'll wait and see I guess. Anyone else see 7.2 Mbps in Tucson?
Lol wow can they make a more hard to use confusing map?
Yay for T-Mobile and their confusing map.
But looks like they have plenty of coverage, atleast the service doesn't cut off for hours like A*T..
Yep. Just checked. No 3G at my house. Driving into town, 3G does pop up about 2 miles closer and the signal is stronger.
Just wondering if anyone knows when the Sarasota / Bradenton Florida area can expect to see Sprint 4G coverage. Closiest coverage area is about 30 miles north in a town called Gibsonton, just south of Tampa.
Thanks
im already receiving spotty coverage. they seem to have two towers in sarasota already; one on clark and one on 17th and one by oneco in bradenton. their coverage map is a little optimistic with coverage but from my 3rd floor apartment i can pick it up.
Thanks Bro, my office is just west of the Blue Dolphin car wash on Cortez. I do not have 4G here. But your news is good and I see light at the end of the tunnel.
Thx again....
Wow you guys really dont have 4g over there yet that sucks. Hopefully soon!!!!!
Nope, we don't. Had to drive up to Gibsonton to try it out the 1st time and even then it was spotty. A good job does take time however....
I'm south of you in Ft. Myers, and very very spotty 4G coverage just started popping up here too. I haven't actually been able to do anything on 4G yet, thats how weak it is, but at least it's a start, right?
ah, gotcha, thanks for the update and YES, a good job does take time.....
I live in Bradenton and work in Sarasota off of fruitville and honore near i75 , and can pick up a connection for MAYBE 2 minutes at a time . Near the Sarasota airport however I've picked up a signal for a decent amount of time ... hope it's coming soon, especially since Verizon's LTE kicks in on Thursday in SRQ / Bradenton
slickrick54 said:
Wow you guys really dont have 4g over there yet that sucks. Hopefully soon!!!!!
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Im in Long Island,NY with no 4g..That really sucks....
Sarasota Bradenton is large and there is just a little bit in sarasota and none in Bradenton
I'm in a so called "best" coverage area and still get spotty 4G outdoors and none indoors.
I'm just outside of Tampa.
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I am able to get 4g lte downtown b-town but kind of on/off
Cortez and 14th st area 4g lte 3-4 bars
Between university and fruit ville on 75 4g lte 2-3 bars but drops out quickly.
Wish I knew where that tower was...
So how happy is everyone with the LTE coverage so far? I was in downtown San Antonio today and couldn't get a whiff of it anywhere. Very disappointing. I haven't gotten a chance to use it until now as I spend more time in the outskirts of the city where I don't expect coverage to be very good. It's one thing to have no coverage a few miles out from the city limits, its another to have absolutely no signal across the street from the Alamo itself.
I live in San Antonio, and outside at my work downtown I catch it every now and then. Keeping a connection is difficult, it will show 4g then time out while trying to load something, and revert to 3g.
That's pretty much everywhere around town. I've also noticed that turning data off then back on will cause 4g to reconnect. I dunno if its the hardware, the network or what.
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I live in town Atlanta, first city to go live. Live my ass. Never had a whiff of it in most any part.
Evo LTE. Biggest disappointment of a new device ever. Throttled by the very worst data speeds of any carrier, Sprint.
Got me a T-Mobile prepaid account. Speeds are 10x faster and up.
In the words of Lewis Black......
f Sprint!!!
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4G LTE? I'd be happy with 3G ...
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I've hit good spots of LTE here in the houston area. As a matter of fact, about 1 mile down the road from where I live, I've gotten speeds as fast as 35 mbps down, but usually 15-18 mbps. The sad part of this is that I have to live 1 mile from this, where I am getting only 1 bar of consistently dreadfully slow 3g signal. I would say the LTE coverage is definitely growing, and I'm probably getting an LTE signal almost half the time I drive around town. It hasn't gotten to the point I expected it to be, but not the worst.
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When tmob releases the T999L will it still support HSPA+ and will you be able to switch between the two? It would be nice in case you are in an area where one is a stronger signal than the other or LTE uses too much battery and you want to use HSPA+ instead. Thanks.
I believe so. T-Mobile is pushing a "Dual 4G" premise where both LTE and HSPA+ serve as 4G. So HSPA+ will be a fall back in most metropolitan areas. I live in a big city, so I expect LTE earlier than most people. HSPA+ as a fallback is not bad for me since I can get about 12-16 mbps for download speeds, which is great With LTE, I expect around 25 mbps.