Excuse me while I do my happy dance for a second (queue Flashdance dance sequence). Great news for those who love T-Mobile’s low monthly rates, but wish unlocked phones from AT&T or other parts of the world worked on their network. Tonight, T-Mobile has officially flipped the 4G switch on for their 1900MHz network in 5 new markets around the US — my home area of southern California being one of them. Here’s the other 4 markets lit up as well:
Chicago, including the surrounding areas of: Aurora, Berwyn, Chicago Heights, Cicero, Des Plaines, Downers Grove, Evanston, Evergreen Park, Naperville, Oak Park, Schaumburg, Wilmette and Winnetka.
Reno, Nev.
Sacramento, Calif., including the surrounding areas of: Antelope, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Fair Oaks, Folsom, Loomis, North Highlands, Rancho Cordova, Rio Linda, Rocklin, Roseville, Vacaville and West Sacramento.
Fresno, Calif.
Southern Calif., including: Alhambra, Anaheim, Claremont, Culver City, El Monte, Encino, Garden Grove, Granada Hills, Inglewood, Irvine, La Crescenta, Laguna Niguel, Monrovia, Monterey Park, Newport Beach, North Hills, North Hollywood, Paramount, Pasadena, Redlands, Reseda, Rosemead, Santa Ana, San Fernando, San Gabriel, Santa Monica, South El Monte, Temple City, Torrance, Upland, Valley Village, Van Nuys, Westminster and Wilmington.
What does this mean to you? Well, where normally AT&T and unlocked devices from other parts of the world would only get 2G speeds on T-Mobile, suddenly find themselves capable of 4G speeds. Found a good deal on an unlocked quad-core Samsung Galaxy S3? Activate it on T-Mobile. Have an HTC One X+ but hate paying up the wazoo for AT&T service? Activate it on T-Mobile.
And for those keeping count, T-Mobile now covers 100 million people in the US with their enhanced 4G HSPA+ network, making the #4 largest carrier in the US a viable option for those feeling like they’re paying too much on AT&T. As for me, I’ll be picking up Verizon’s HTC Droid DNA and loading it up with my T-Mobile SIM for super quick HSPA+ data speeds at half the monthly rate. Woot!
Source: http://phandroid.com/2012/12/13/t-m...arkets-southern-california-being-one-of-them/
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1900 MHz lit up or not, T-Mobile still can't push a decent signal into large buildings. I was at the LA Convention Center the other day...pretty much a dead-zone for my Note II once I got inside any exhibit halls, but my Verizon S3 was pulling LTE the whole time. Not sure how AT&T would have done in there, I didn't bring my AT&T phone with me.
Granted, Santa Clarita isn't on the published list of 1900 MHz cities yet, but in my office in a factory building up there, it's the same thing, T-Mo dead-zone, AT&T dead-zone if more than few feet from my window, but VZW pushes a good data signal all the way into the elevators in the center of the building. Pretty frustrating.
I've got a little less than a week to return my Note II to T-Mobile and cancel my plan. Probably won't, but very tempted to just upgrade one of my VZW phones to their Note II and be done with T-Mo's weak signals. Although it's much better than it was a few years ago when I had a T-Mo Nexus One, I now get a good HSPAP:15 signal in my house, which was a dead-zone two years ago.
So has anyone tested to see what kind of speeds theyre gettin? Im very curious. Because I know my hspa beats att data speeds almost all the time. With these new bands well smoke em dead
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1900 MHz lit up or not, T-Mobile still can't push a decent signal into large buildings. I was at the LA Convention Center the other day...pretty much a dead-zone for my Note II once I got inside any exhibit halls, but my Verizon S3 was pulling LTE the whole time. Not sure how AT&T would have done in there, I didn't bring my AT&T phone with me.
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In building penetration is largely a factor of the frequency that you are on. the lower the frequency the better the penetration. So carriers using 850 will get a way better signal than ones using 1900.
Of course smart carriers like their customers to be on their networks burning up those minutes/megs and so put micro or pico cells in big buildings that have poor coverage....
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does this mean iphone user on T-Mobile will get 3G speeds?
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does this mean iphone user on T-Mobile will get 3G speeds?
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Oh, yes! That's actually the reason why Tmobile made this move, to get iphone
users to switch.
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In building penetration is largely a factor of the frequency that you are on. the lower the frequency the better the penetration. So carriers using 850 will get a way better signal than ones using 1900.
Of course smart carriers like their customers to be on their networks burning up those minutes/megs and so put micro or pico cells in big buildings that have poor coverage....
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I guess Tmobile isn't smart around here. The lack of 850 for data on Tmobile is a serious handicap for them competitively.
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Yes HK the iphone currently works on T-Mobiles 3G/4G in certain areas mainly California and some surrounding states like Nevada
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Any word on when iys gonna be avaliable in NY?
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Yes, im gettin 26 to 30+ megabits
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Yes, im gettin 26 to 30+ megabits
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??? I was getting 20+ megs in the eastbay. No more then that
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??? I was getting 20+ megs in the eastbay. No more then that
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Are on wcdm to get it
Or gsm
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Dang I would love those speeds
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??? I was getting 20+ megs in the eastbay. No more then that
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Are on wcdm to get it
Or gsm
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http://www.airportal.de/#
Here is a map that shows the places the refarmed frequencies have went into effect, and it's updated daily.
Does this mean that the places where I only had edge speeds before, I will now have hspa+ on my note 2?
Assuming the area has been updated.
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Does this mean that the places where I only had edge speeds before, I will now have hspa+ on my note 2?
Assuming the area has been updated.
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Not HSPA+. 3g.
I cannot get that page to load for some reason
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distortedloop said:
1900 MHz lit up or not, T-Mobile still can't push a decent signal into large buildings. I was at the LA Convention Center the other day...pretty much a dead-zone for my Note II once I got inside any exhibit halls, but my Verizon S3 was pulling LTE the whole time. Not sure how AT&T would have done in there, I didn't bring my AT&T phone with me.
Granted, Santa Clarita isn't on the published list of 1900 MHz cities yet, but in my office in a factory building up there, it's the same thing, T-Mo dead-zone, AT&T dead-zone if more than few feet from my window, but VZW pushes a good data signal all the way into the elevators in the center of the building. Pretty frustrating.
I've got a little less than a week to return my Note II to T-Mobile and cancel my plan. Probably won't, but very tempted to just upgrade one of my VZW phones to their Note II and be done with T-Mo's weak signals. Although it's much better than it was a few years ago when I had a T-Mo Nexus One, I now get a good HSPAP:15 signal in my house, which was a dead-zone two years ago.
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Here in Vegas, no matter what building I go into its a dead zone...
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Yeah I haven't got over 20mb here in Vegas its disappointing
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Yeah I haven't got over 20mb here in Vegas its disappointing
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Same for me in the suburbs of Los Angeles.
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I am actually in Schaumburg IL, I have to say data runs somewhat faster!
I live with my brother for a few weeks, and his living room is a complete dead spot for T-Mobile. I ran speedtest before and it would not even get through 1000kb download sometimes. I had done some tests already, and I am hitting over +5000 download and +1500 upload constantly
I see improvement... might not have much to do with 1900mhz lol... but a few of my friends reported spotty 3G in the suburb. Downtown is getting a good 3000 download at least
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i just got the int'l note2 today just to see if I could get 3g or H+. couldnt wait for tmobile brand. Turn it on and bamm its got H+ in my part of NYC anyway did a speedtest and avg 12down and 2 up. Now we have more choices to get an unlocked intl phone or tmobiles branding. Live in Harlem NYC.
How much you paid for it?
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I wish they didnt reframe the 3g 4g spectrum. Physics says lower frequency deeper coverage. Hence why CMDA has great coverage on their 850 MHZ bands. But i received a letter from T-Mobile about the MetroPCS merger. And T-Mobile is starting a "Bring your own device" thing. After reading this it makes sense why they are reframming the spectrum.
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How much you paid for it?
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Check out this link for Spectrum Spotting...
http://www.airportal.de/ :good:
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Check out this link for Spectrum Spotting...
http://www.airportal.de/ :good:
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New York City seems to be blanketed.
I live in NYC and I plugged my sim card in my iPhone 4 and I still only get edge, but I'm right next to the radius of a cell tower. So I'm technically not covered. Do I really have to be inside the radius? Because there is really not a lot of places in NYC covered when you zoomed in since the radius of the towers are so small.
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679 newegg
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My Lord.. people really have that much money now a days to spend on a phone?
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My Lord.. people really have that much money now a days to spend on a phone?
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And they say the economy is bad -.-
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I live in NYC and I plugged my sim card in my iPhone 4 and I still only get edge, but I'm right next to the radius of a cell tower. So I'm technically not covered. Do I really have to be inside the radius? Because there is really not a lot of places in NYC covered when you zoomed in since the radius of the towers are so small.
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Yes you do.. I'm on the edge of the radius and only way I get it is with an external antenna
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Spectrum has been refarmed in my part of NYC since August, guess they're still doing the rollout though.
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Check out this link for Spectrum Spotting...
http://www.airportal.de/ :good:
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I was on my old E63 with 1900mhz band for two weeks while I was waiting for my SIII, and supposedly I was in an area of 1900mhz coverage. I never got 3g, even tried manually searching for it in UMTS mode...
We got here downtown l.a california 3g ... and tested ...
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Tax?
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No tax.
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I just arrived in NYC with an international galaxy s3, went to T-mobile for a prepaid, they told me that "3g" is not gonna work, so I selected the "2$/day" plan for GSM data.
If I change to 3$ per day, for 4/3G do you recon it will work, at some places, even though my device is not a "TMOB" ?
I mean is it both an issue of band frequency AND a device-brand ? or is it just a frequency thing?
(thanks for the help)
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I just arrived in NYC with an international galaxy s3, went to T-mobile for a prepaid, they told me that "3g" is not gonna work, so I selected the "2$/day" plan for GSM data.
If I change to 3$ per day, for 4/3G do you recon it will work, at some places, even though my device is not a "TMOB" ?
I mean is it both an issue of band frequency AND a device-brand ? or is it just a frequency thing?
(thanks for the help)
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Just a frequency thing.
They ALWAYS tell you that non-T-mobile phones won't work. (Either the 1900mhz refarm hasn't been completed, or they haven't been updated on it) (they said the same thing about my One X (tegra 3)) try www.airportal.de to see where the refarming is taking place. Your phone WILL get HSPA in those areas if you are on the correct plan. (Try changing it online)
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I am getting H+ on my area but its not constant, and if you go 1km far thn you will only gets 2G. Basically to getting full coverage it will take 1 more yr i guess.
So I am going to sell my international version, and thinking to get the t-mobile version.
We got 3G here in Houston,TX
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According to that map there's 1900 MHz 3G around my neighborhood so I'm good for an international phone if I decided to get one (like that new One X+)
Well, after getting tired of AT&T Data Throttling me to Edge speeds, And knowing that coverage is not 100% in my area, I went ahead and got the 69.99 Monthly Unlimited Everything Plan from T-Mobile ( I Was on ATT's Grandfathered in Unlimited plan etc cost around $120-130 Month) Now I'ts just $69.99.
Here are the results Keep in mind speeds will improve as coverage does as well. It's very sensitive at the moment if I move a few feet away signals lower and speeds vary depending on where I'm standing And in Certain parts of my house I have Edge, But if I move towards the bedrooms or living room it just picks up HSPA+ (Yeah it's funny how 20-50 feet make a huge difference) but it's very encouraging to say the least I expect when it's fully re farmed to be getting 15-20mbps down!
And without further a due here they are!
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Well, after getting tired of AT&T Data Throttling me to Edge speeds, And knowing that coverage is not 100% in my area, I went ahead and got the 69.99 Monthly Unlimited Everything Plan from T-Mobile ( I Was on ATT's Grandfathered in Unlimited plan etc cost around $120-130 Month) Now I'ts just $69.99.
Here are the results Keep in mind speeds will improve as coverage does as well. It's very sensitive at the moment if I move a few feet away signals lower and speeds vary depending on where I'm standing And in Certain parts of my house I have Edge, But if I move towards the bedrooms or living room it just picks up HSPA+ (Yeah it's funny how 20-50 feet make a huge difference) but it's very encouraging to say the least I expect when it's fully re farmed to be getting 15-20mbps down!
And without further a due here they are!
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You won't get 20mbps down. It's too close to the Note II's theoretical peak 21mbps HSPA+. 15mbps may be possible though.
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Well I'm just touching 12mbps now, I'll keep testing this as time goes on and network improves and see where I end up. However like AT&T is worthless now I was getting 3-4 and now I'm getting constant 9-12mbps at half the price And no throttling.
http://www.airportal.de/
Not sure if you have/want to post your findings there! Every time I check the site, it seems like a new pointer pops up to a new location!
That sounds good. I live in NYC and I am thinking about pulling the trigger on the international version. But I am not sure that I could live with 2G service most of the time. If it were a little bit of H+ and then 3G the rest of the time, I think I could live with it.
In any case, i'm gonna wait and see what price I can get the T-mobile version for.
wait... I thought N7100 does not support the AWS band for voice?
Can someone please confirm if the N7100 supports AWS?
Thx
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wait... I thought N7100 does not support the AWS band for voice?
Can someone please confirm if the N7100 supports AWS?
Thx
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The Int'l Note 2 does not support 1700mhz AWS, correct. T-Mobile is, however, in the process of moving their HSPA+ service off of 1700mhz AWS over to 1900mhz instead so that they can use the (soon to be) old 1700mhz AWS band for LTE service.
Heres mine
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Nice Virus,
I went ahead today and bought a T-Mobile branded version to see the difference in speeds, and At home My n7100 on the 1900 band beat it. I drove around and the highest I got was 15. However that same area is not yet re-farmed. So I'm returning the t-Mobile branded version and keeping my N7100 I Just had to compare both devices
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Nice Virus,
I went ahead today and bought a T-Mobile branded version to see the difference in speeds, and At home My n7100 on the 1900 band beat it. I drove around and the highest I got was 15. However that same area is not yet re-farmed. So I'm returning the t-Mobile branded version and keeping my N7100 I Just had to compare both devices
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Yes moving 4G to the 1900 band was a good idea. Now a lot international phone will get 4G insead of 2G. I made the switch coming from AT&T cause now I dont need to. Had the Quad one x so I don't miss lte plus. Well have lte soon anyway. I always buy the latest and gratest phones but I think im a one phone man now. Thanks Samsung.
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Here are some more updated numbers I saw it pass 13! Im rooting for 15
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T-Mobile....meh..
I was a long time customer of T-mobile, had the HTC Amaze 4G and Galaxy S2 on T-Mobile.
Saw speeds up to 15-17mbps in some very few parts, but the thing was.... it loaded pages and generally felt slower browsing and using the web than my friend's equivalent S2 on ATT and he only saw 3-5mbps in probably 90 percent of the locations we went to. Something was up with that...
When T-mobile is fast...it's very fast (which is very rare), but when it's slow, it's VEEEEERRRRY SLOW which was most all places.
Anyways, I'm very happy with my international GT-N7100 on ATT's HSPA.
18.9 highest
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18.9 highest
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I wins hehe
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Mister_Mxyzptlk said:
You won't get 20mbps down. It's too close to the Note II's theoretical peak 21mbps HSPA+. 15mbps may be possible though.
Looks like your wrong see above^
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19.8 mbps down, 1.68 mbps down.
Here is the test from the intl note. I had to switch my network mode to wcdma only. Otherwise it kept switching to edge.
Irvine, CA
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I get 20 with my note 2 in some places
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I hit 13 recorded so far ive grazed 14 down while the test was running.
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I get 20 with my note 2 in some places
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Idk but i think rochester mn has 4g lte. Got some of it. It was fast! Does anyone else got it where they live? Now im feelin sprint cause they unlimited data on 4g lte. The cool thing was i had full bars too. Download was at 25.62 mbps and upload at 6.26mbps
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Good to hear they spreading LTE fast. I got lte signal from my place to my work. Northside Chicago to Ohare Airport. Got the same speed as you but usually 16-25Mbps is the highest Ive ever seen so far.
Where I live in ny gets lte late feb ):
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me- So when is San Diego getting LTE?
Sprint- What is San Diego? Is that a drink or something?
me- No. It's the 8th largest city in the U.S.
Sprint- Sorry but our "8" key is missing and we don't like "8" anyways so the answer is never.
San Diego has not been mentioned on any official lists but Ardmore,OK had LTE. All 24,553 humans and 30,000 cows with cell phones. Hope this is not another San Diego 4G WiMax trolling by Sprint.
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me- So when is San Diego getting LTE?
Sprint- What is San Diego? Is that a drink or something?
me- No. It's the 8th largest city in the U.S.
Sprint- Sorry but our "8" key is missing and we don't like "8" anyways so the answer is never.
San Diego has not been mentioned on any official lists but Ardmore,OK had LTE. All 24,553 humans and 30,000 cows with cell phones. Hope this is not another San Diego 4G WiMax trolling by Sprint.
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setting up 4G LTE in small towns is cheaper than in big cities and allows them to have a better "number of 4g towns and cities" that 4g carriers love to mention in ads.
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setting up 4G LTE in small towns is cheaper than in big cities and allows them to have a better "number of 4g towns and cities" that 4g carriers love to mention in ads.
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This ^
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Idk but i think rochester mn has 4g lte. Got some of it. It was fast! Does anyone else got it where they live? Now im feelin sprint cause they unlimited data on 4g lte. The cool thing was i had full bars too. Download was at 25.62 mbps and upload at 6.26mbps
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At least it's in Minnesota! I heard December for up here (Forest Lake) and still not getting it. I've gone this long without it so it's not a big deal but I'd be nice if they could stick to what they said. Almost February now and nothing! I update my profile almost daily.
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I received an email a year ago that Portland, OR would have it by the end of 2012. That did not happen, and now Oregon is not even one of the States listed as a market that is getting it. I guess they moved us to phase two or three. Kind of sucks because we were early in the wimax roll out.
I have to travel 30 miles to LA to even get LTE. Orange County is small but very compact. We were one of the first ones to get 4G WiMax but probably last for LTE
Is there a log or something where it shows all the cities that have been announced?
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I have to travel 30 miles to LA to even get LTE. Orange County is small but very compact. We were one of the first ones to get 4G WiMax but probably last for LTE
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I think you are correct in that statement.
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Idk but i think rochester mn has 4g lte. Got some of it. It was fast! Does anyone else got it where they live? Now im feelin sprint cause they unlimited data on 4g lte. The cool thing was i had full bars too. Download was at 25.62 mbps and upload at 6.26mbps
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They're deploying through the New Orleans Metro area now. Not much so far but it's progress.
I'm so jealous of people that get LTE. I live in San Francisco and on the old 4G WiMax network, I used to get 4G at home and at the office. Now that I'm on an LTE phone, I only get 3G at home and at the office. The sucky part is that if I walk 1 block in any direction of my house or office, I'll get a 4G LTE signal. I really hope Sprint boosts the signal or add additional antennas so I'm not stuck in a 4G LTE deadzone for the next 2 years.....:crying:
Sprint Is just pure BS when it comes to any network rollout or advancements, thats just fact. even though they were bought out, its their corporate structure they need to change. On every level they are one of the most sloppy companies i have ever dealt with in my life. And seriously why would they roll out LTE IN BUTTVILLE and in ghettos. aND YES IM SERIOUS about that statement too. In Los Angeles, There is LTE alright but not where there are many people like to travel such as south LA, (south Central) yeah the LTE is crackin there!! No Lie
Here's a couple speed tests of when I went to GA a couple weeks ago. I got lte 80% of the time. It was nice. Can't wait to get it in NC.
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Lte is available in Portland and some random town a few blocks from where I work here in Washington state.
Btw Porto Rico is nearly completely covered with lte... Is anyone in that country even wealthy enough for an lte device? I didn't even know sprint was available there lol
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Lte is available in Portland and some random town a few blocks from where I work here in Washington state.
Btw Porto Rico is nearly completely covered with lte... Is anyone in that country even wealthy enough for an lte device? I didn't even know sprint was available there lol
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Wtf kind of ****ery statement is that?! I'm 100% Puerto Rican and although I was born and raised here in the states I travel a lot to PR. I have a good job in the medical field and can afford an lte device. In fact I have three on my account right now with two wimax devices. That statement is a bit offensive bro..
I'll just leave this here for you.
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Yeah, that wasn't to nice. Maybe they were just envious of the hot women and beach.
There isn't much to check out on Arizona.
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Yeah, that wasn't to nice. Maybe they were just envious of the hot women and beach.
There isn't much to check out on Arizona.
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Yea, that was uncalled for.
For the last part of 2012, I was getting great LTE speeds in downtown Houston. They ranged from 22 - 25 down and from 7 - 9 up. Nowadays, however, I'm only getting about 3.86 down, but still averaging ~8 mbps for upload. Do you think this drop in only download speed is due to people getting more and more LTE capable phones?
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So, I just ran a speedtest on T-mobiles LTE network with my new Note 3, and I am VERY impressed!
32Mbps Down and almost 18Mbps up
Color me jealous. I don't have T-Mobile LTE where I am, only HSPA. They do list a couple of cities in my state that have LTE, but I'm not really near them at all. Hopefully they'll expand out quickly!
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Color me jealous. I don't have T-Mobile LTE where I am, only HSPA. They do list a couple of cities in my state that have LTE, but I'm not really near them at all. Hopefully they'll expand out quickly!
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Absolutely not trying to make anyone jealous! I am just very impressed with the speed.
In Los Angeles county
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So, I just ran a speedtest on T-mobiles LTE network with my new Note 3, and I am VERY impressed!
32Mbps Down and almost 18Mbps up
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That is pretty impressive. where are you located?
I don't know why, but with my S4 and Note 3 HSPA (4G) I get 27 down and 9 up on average, but on LTE I only get 13 down and 12 up. HSPA seems to be a little faster here in Tampa, Florida than LTE. T-Mobile's HSPA is capable of 42 MBPS and so are the phones. So i keep my phone set at hspa instead of LTE. I also get 4 to 5 bars of signal on 4G and only 1 or 2 on LTE which might explain the speed difference
Just did a test outside near a tower. I got 22 down and 11 up. Pretty decent.
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I think they are testing LTE in the Louisville, Kentucky area. LTE hasn't offically been announced, but I'm connected to LTE with 2 bars. I got 9.78 down and 3.34 up which isn't great. On HSPA+ I got 7.15 down and 1.30 up with full bars.
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On my way to work ...first time back on Tmobile since my sidekick days and I can say I'm very happy
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Southern Nevada. 31.54 down & 18.5 up. 55 ping.
Just pulled 30ms, 25.5 down, 1.15 up in my 1st floor APT where Sprint barely gets a 3G signal. Needless to say, I'm happy with my change of carrier
idtheftvictim said:
So, I just ran a speedtest on T-mobiles LTE network with my new Note 3, and I am VERY impressed!
32Mbps Down and almost 18Mbps up
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The more I run Speedtest, the faster it gets Also, I've used about 500MB worth of data through Speedtest... So this is what it's like to have a usable data network, eh? I'm loving it! DIAF, Sprint
Wow that great speed. In what area of the country are you?
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Im really jealous lol im on the sprint slow network lol is anyone from Miami that could show me if miami has some good decent speeds im thinking of going to tmobile today and try them out for 15 days see how coverage and speeds are in Miami.
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Carver County, Minnesota
South Seattle. Getting around 20 at my house in Renton and averaging around 20 elsewhere around Seattle. Sorry about the huge pic. Posted it with my phone. Don't know why I was locked in on a server in KS
N3 with T-mobile in NoCal
This is the best I could get here in Hawaii.. Apparently the nearest server is 3500 miles away.
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With the ads that T-Mobile is paying ETF's and seeing I can get the Note 3 for $0 down and that it's rootable with Odin and CF Auto Root, and there are even ROMS (although I didn't really look through them yet), AND T-Mobile has 4G here, would I miss anything from US Cellular?
All depends on your location. I'm in Denver and rarely have any trouble with service. Have been happy with my switch from evil red.
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I'm in the Tampa area and I love it. Strong coverage with the only issue being building penetration
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Since I have great coverage and 4G right now with US Cellular, I'd assume T-Mobile would be the same. I might have to stop into a store and see what's up.
In the metro Atlanta area, awesome service. Left sprint when the note 3 came out, best decision ever.
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I'm in Seattle (go hawks) and service is amazing. lte is fast and everywhere. Been with them 12 years in 3 markets. The service and products is top notch, but it's probably sketchy if you live or travel frequently in a rural area. Metro areas and along interstate routes are good though, in my experience.
Better than Sprint in Tampa. Thats for sure.
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I'm in the Tampa area and I love it. Strong coverage with the only issue being building penetration
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I am also in the Tampa area (live in Wesley Chapel and work by the airport). I recently left Sprint and am loving the service so far. Both give me great signal in my house, but the key area is my job. With Sprint, i barely got a signal at my job and my battery would be lucky to last by lunch with my Note 2. With my Note 3 on Tmo Im getting great signal at my job (switches between 4g and 4g LTE). Im also getting calls with Tmo where there were times when my wife called on my Sprint phone, it would go to VM.
The only concern I have is that Sprint is supposed to launch their new network in my area and its supposed ot be better at building penetration. My wife and I have been with Sprint over 10 years and think we have found a new home with Tmo
elosogrande7076 said:
I am also in the Tampa area (live in Wesley Chapel and work by the airport). I recently left Sprint and am loving the service so far. Both give me great signal in my house, but the key area is my job. With Sprint, i barely got a signal at my job and my battery would be lucky to last by lunch with my Note 2. With my Note 3 on Tmo Im getting great signal at my job (switches between 4g and 4g LTE). Im also getting calls with Tmo where there were times when my wife called on my Sprint phone, it would go to VM.
The only concern I have is that Sprint is supposed to launch their new network in my area and its supposed ot be better at building penetration. My wife and I have been with Sprint over 10 years and think we have found a new home with Tmo
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My parents are up there and my dad makes the same trip lol... I'm out in south lakeland by Lakeland Regional and I cannot complain.. The great thing about T-Mobile is the WiFi calling. If you don't have great coverage it helps big time..
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I live in Orlando (lots of floridians in here lol) and I have awesome signal in the entire central Florida area, also in Puerto Rico when I went last year if that helps lol
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My parents are up there and my dad makes the same trip lol... I'm out in south lakeland by Lakeland Regional and I cannot complain.. The great thing about T-Mobile is the WiFi calling. If you don't have great coverage it helps big time..
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I found a lot of people are making this trip lol.....but its worth it and with Tmo, i think i will like my service better. My only concern was that my wife has an Iphone 5S and it doesnt have WiFi calling. So i need to make sure that she is good with the coverage. Even with new service Sprint is going to get in Tampa, I think its a case of little too late.
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I live in Orlando (lots of floridians in here lol) and I have awesome signal in the entire central Florida area, also in Puerto Rico when I went last year if that helps lol
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I was in Orlando this weekend (usually go up there with my wife one a month or so). I noticed the coverage was great! My wife and I had signal in places where our Sprint phone didnt. Since we are testing it out during the return period, we were able to do side by side comparisons and the Tmo phone did better every time where we were up there.
I'm in the Orlando area, I'm happy with my T-Mobile service and I wouldn't have it any other way.
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I'm also in Orlando and coming from Sprint I've seen a dramatic difference in coverage and network speed when I jumped to T-Mobile. Sprint was robbing me!
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For the 8+ years I've been with T Mobile it's been good so far. Some areas I do have signal issues but with Wifi calling it's not an issue. Each carrier have their pros and cons. For me T Mobile suit my needs and for a very good price.
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Folks, lets take this to the sticky here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466107