Better T-Mobile reception? - FCC radio sales to T-Mobile
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fightdirrty Posts: 16
Phone Model: Blackberry 8100
Service Provider: T-Mobile
Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:54 pm
Hi! I was just reading that T Mobile got all these radio stations or something from the FCC. It's so beyond my head. Does this mean that the reception for T Mobile will get better with more towers? I refuse to put up with Verizons BS any longer but I fear all these comments about poor reception in my area.
Do you think this will change?
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Tigress Posts: 192
Phone Model: Moto V360; Blackberry 8100 Pearl
Service Provider: T-Mobile
Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:35 pm
T-Mobile just purchased Spectrum agreements/liscences. The bands that were purchased were for the most part 2100 and 1700 frequencies which are used more for data than anything else. So what we are looking at his higher data speeds because of recent purchases.
On the voice end though - T-Mobile expanded it coverage by 56% in 2005, and working at it again hard this year. As for comments about poor reception - Have you checked out www.T-Mobile.com/coverage ?
fightdirrty Posts: 16
Phone Model: Blackberry 8100
Service Provider: T-Mobile
Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:12 pm
I have. At my house it's 2 bars coverage. Of course if I'm home and someone calls me they will get a call back from my house phone. (Home girl don't play with her minutes) If you put my zip in its a whole blob of 5 bars but if you zoom to my house it's 2 bars. Where my school is in the city is its five bars.
Thanks for your help. At this point I'm convinced Verizon is screwing over all other carriers in my area so I don't care if I get my call dropped a million times, I'm not supporting BS carriers.
steva11 Posts: 1677
Phone Model: w810i/pearl
Service Provider: Rogers
Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:56 pm
t-mobile is going to be using the new spectrum to rollout their 3g services.
fightdirrty Posts: 16
Phone Model: Blackberry 8100
Service Provider: T-Mobile
Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:59 pm
What will 3G be for?
mpapple10 Posts: 1132
Phone Model: T-Mobile Shadow/HTC Juno
Service Provider: T-Mobile
Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:22 am
High speed data services.
fightdirrty Posts: 16
Phone Model: Blackberry 8100
Service Provider: T-Mobile
Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:59 am
Oo that sounds really exciting. Thanks!
Hippysmurf420 Posts: 5
Phone Model: Samsung T809
Service Provider: Tmobile
Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:41 pm
Yes, yes.. so that means everybody hold off on handset upgrades if you want to use the 3g data cause you'll need an upgraded handset!! (i don't know when Tmobile will rollout 3g, it may be a while)
mpapple10 Posts: 1132
Phone Model: T-Mobile Shadow/HTC Juno
Service Provider: T-Mobile
Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:26 am
Hippysmurf420 wrote:
Yes, yes.. so that means everybody hold off on handset upgrades if you want to use the 3g data cause you'll need an upgraded handset!! (i don't know when Tmobile will rollout 3g, it may be a while)
Right now we are looking at seeing 3g at year end 2007. Only about 12 months to go. Haha
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