OT: Does anyone have T-Mobile?

[SanfordRJones]

I'm thinking about switching mobile providers. Does anyone have any experience using T-Mobile?

 

[MagicDawg]

I've been with them for 16 years - since they were VoiceStream. Despite a drop-off in customer service over the last couple of years, I think they are still the superior carrier. Call quality far surpasses my experience with others. Best international plans in the biz. However, I live in the Atlanta area and most of my travel is near large cities or at least on interstates. In some rural areas I have crap service unless I'm on wifi, and then I'm at the mercy of the local internet pipe.

If they have coverage in your area, I've had a better experience with them than others I know seem to have with their carriers.

 

[msstatelp1]

I'm thinking about switching mobile providers. Does anyone have any experience using T-Mobile?

Had it for 6 months about a year ago. Don't believe anything that they say about coverage. I live near Memphis and travel over much of West Tennessee and Northwest Mississippi. I had good coverage along the interstate but get a mile off it and I was lucky to have voice much less data. Going into a building in downtown Memphis was an almost guaranteed loss of signal. I had a Verizon company phone and there were numerous places I'd have 4G on Verizon and nothing on TMo. Switched to Verizon because I couldn't trust TMo to even have voice coverage where my family was when they were out and about. Lower bill ain't worth it if you've got no service.

 

[Palmettodog]

T-Maybe

 

[aTotal360]

You'd be better off throwing your phone in the river.

 

[SanfordRJones]

Thanks for the input.

I live in the Jackson area and travel to Starkville, Birmingham, and Louisiana a good bit. The coverage map for MS looks spotty in rural areas, but I don't go to rural areas very often. I'm on Verizon now, but the last time I bought a new phone, I was grandfathered in to the discounted phone price. I'm about due for a new phone, and I would be paying about $20 more per month for the new phone and 8 GB of data vs. unlimited data that is supposed to be faster on T-Mobile.

 

[Hugh's Burner Phone]

Thanks for the input.

I live in the Jackson area and travel to Starkville, Birmingham, and Louisiana a good bit. The coverage map for MS looks spotty in rural areas, but I don't go to rural areas very often. I'm on Verizon now, but the last time I bought a new phone, I was grandfathered in to the discounted phone price. I'm about due for a new phone, and I would be paying about $20 more per month for the new phone and 8 GB of data vs. unlimited data that is supposed to be faster on T-Mobile.

Their coverage map for MS is BS. I live about three miles outside the city limits and had no service. Hell, I lost service on 25 on the way home from Jackson. Two days later I went back to CSpire.

That said, by the end of the year they are supposedly ramping up coverage in MS to the level of Verizon. If they do then maybe I'll look at switching January 2019.

 

[revereno]

I've had a pretty good experience with Total Wireless (Verizon's discount carrier).

$57 a month for 2 phones with 15GB.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

I have had a pretty good experience with it. In most cities and suburbs it's great and the WiFi calling feature provides a seamless VoIP solution. If you fly a lot they give you a free hour of WiFi on every flight that has Gogo. Very useful.

 

[msstatelp1]

Thanks for the input.

I live in the Jackson area and travel to Starkville, Birmingham, and Louisiana a good bit. The coverage map for MS looks spotty in rural areas, but I don't go to rural areas very often. I'm on Verizon now, but the last time I bought a new phone, I was grandfathered in to the discounted phone price. I'm about due for a new phone, and I would be paying about $20 more per month for the new phone and 8 GB of data vs. unlimited data that is supposed to be faster on T-Mobile.

If you're interested, here's a link from cellmapper showing T-Mobile coverage around Jackson. If you're not familiar with cellmapper, it's a program where users provide actual data to show coverage. Green dots are good, black dots are so-so, red are no signal. Options on the left let you choose other cities and you can zoom in and out on the right.

https://www.cellmapper.net/map?MCC=...d=0&mapType=custom_map&showSectorColours=true

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

This ought to shake some things up

T Mobile...Sprint merger

http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/29/news/companies/t-mobile-sprint-merger/index.html

 

[The Peeper]

So, we're combining the 3rd and 4th largest cell companies, who also happen to have the worst coverages in the business. Now, they'll be the 3rd largest company with the worst coverage of the 3. What am I missing, who besides Sprint benefits from this?

 

[patdog]

Only thing missing is less competition and higher prices for consumers. But yeah, I'm not buying what either of them are selling at any price.

 

[goindhoo]

Ill never understand why everyone isn’t on cricket. $60 per month. Uses att towers. Never any issues. Only drawback is no hotspot on phone.

 

[HotMop]

T-Mobile is the superior carrier in Europe.

 

[xxxWalkTheDawg]

I know someone who had it one time.

Basically playing off the Verizon commercial it was basically like this.

can you hear me now? Damn

can you hear me NOW? DAMN

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? DAMNIT!

sound of phone plopping into water.

come to think of it, I don’t know of a single T-Mobile store in my area.

 

[ezsoil]

I'm thinking about switching mobile providers. Does anyone have any experience using T-Mobile?

Today’s announcement of the merger was huge .....they will have far better coverage as they will have the most 5G but that will take months but they have been gearing up for this...

 

[ezsoil]

Ill never understand why everyone isn’t on cricket. $60 per month. Uses att towers. Never any issues. Only drawback is no hotspot on phone.

i have Cricket and love it and I do have a hotspot on my IPhone

 

[HotMop]

Coverage will still suck.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

If you're interested, here's a link from cellmapper showing T-Mobile coverage around Jackson. If you're not familiar with cellmapper, it's a program where users provide actual data to show coverage. Green dots are good, black dots are so-so, red are no signal. Options on the left let you choose other cities and you can zoom in and out on the right.

https://www.cellmapper.net/map?MCC=...d=0&mapType=custom_map&showSectorColours=true

That map explains a bunch about my reception from AT&T at home.

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[The Peeper]

How so? Their coverage as 2 companies is terrible, especially Sprints. Combine the 2 and their coverage isnt any better. Its like combining Tampa Bay and Cleveland NFL teams into 1, you might fill a few holes but...... I don't understand.

 

[msstatelp1]

Today’s announcement of the merger was huge .....they will have far better coverage as they will have the most 5G but that will take months but they have been gearing up for this...

They are using the LTE network to try to get 5G and they hope to have that in place by 2020. Full benefits of 5G won't be available until we have 5G standalone networks. T-Mobile reminds me of a certain school in that they make claims that they can't back up.

 

[ezsoil]

How so? Their coverage as 2 companies is terrible, especially Sprints. Combine the 2 and their coverage isnt any better. Its like combining Tampa Bay and Cleveland NFL teams into 1, you might fill a few holes but...... I don't understand.

All I know is what my daughter who is in senior management with TMobile says ...they are going to be the first to launch the 5G network and they have prepared the infrastructure and within months of the deal being approved through the Justice Department, they will hit the ground running. Any technological advantage is fleeting so they will look to move fast, as the other carriers will have to adjust. Given that the Justice Department is more concerned with lateral expansion (ATT deal) than a vertical expansion that this would entail, approval should be swift....they have their meeting with Trump tomorrow and they are going to demonstrate job growth, US suppliers and better service....all things that are what he wants to hear.

 

[vhdawg]

All I know is what my daughter who is in senior management with TMobile says ...they are going to be the first to launch the 5G network and they have prepared the infrastructure and within months of the deal being approved through the Justice Department, they will hit the ground running. Any technological advantage is fleeting so they will look to move fast, as the other carriers will have to adjust. Given that the Justice Department is more concerned with lateral expansion (ATT deal) than a vertical expansion that this would entail, approval should be swift....they have their meeting with Trump tomorrow and they are going to demonstrate job growth, US suppliers and better service....all things that are what he wants to hear.

If you have 5G and no coverage, it still doesn't work.