T-Mobile Coverage Map
Anyone else notice how the street level T-Mobile coverage map has recently got much more aggresive?
Previously the map seemed to be on the conservative side. Anywhere on the map that showed a week signal or even in some cases no signal I could get a signal. Now I notice that suddenly areas that showed marginal coverage are now show good coverage, and areas that before showed no coverage are now showing coverage, even though there really isn't any coverage to speak of. I have a Nokia 6010 which can pretty much pull in any signal if it exists, and now there are plenty of places that T-Mobile is claiming service that there really isn't any. It seems as if they made a decision to basically BS up the map to push sales.
Previously the map seemed to be on the conservative side. Anywhere on the map that showed a week signal or even in some cases no signal I could get a signal. Now I notice that suddenly areas that showed marginal coverage are now show good coverage, and areas that before showed no coverage are now showing coverage, even though there really isn't any coverage to speak of. I have a Nokia 6010 which can pretty much pull in any signal if it exists, and now there are plenty of places that T-Mobile is claiming service that there really isn't any. It seems as if they made a decision to basically BS up the map to push sales.
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I have noticed this as well. It is somewhat misleading. Maybe potential customers were turned off by the coverage map since none of the other cell companies give that detailed of a coverage map.
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Other wireless companies do not need to give that detailed of a map! There service is usually gonna work with T-Mo it's a 50-50. But maybe T-Mo actually added some towers and thats the reason there appears to be a difference
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no i think they are BS'ing b/c i looked at the map for my area and where there is a state park there is absolutely no service on the road through it for 2 minutes but on the map it says fair-good which there really is NONE! unless of course in the last month they added towers but i doubt it b/c they would say new towers....of course they would want to let customers know when they upgrade your area
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Now, now. Calm down folks. The changes took place because of customer and employee feedback. (Mainly customer feedback.) According to our customers, the 10 colors of coverage was too complicated to decipher. So, what the engineering team did was generalize the coverage based on the amount of mHz put out by the radios. When it came to employees, it was also just too complicated to give an accurate depiction and sometimes lead to customer mis-perception because we would say the coverage was only FAIR in an area when it was really GOOD. As far as new towers being added, this is always ongoing but the map doesn't actually show when new towers go up anymore. It just hasn't been updated to remove that icon. Overall, T-Mobile still leads the pack w...
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This is true for all carriers: when a carrier provides a customer with a coverage map, it is "suggested" that there will be some kind of service available in that area. Maps are never 100 % accurate, even T-Mobile's online street coverage system is not 100% accurate. All coverage maps are designed to suggest where signal should be, the maps never guarantee your signal.
If you want 100% coverage with perfect signal, use a land line. Wireless phones are only a convenience. Thanks.
If you want 100% coverage with perfect signal, use a land line. Wireless phones are only a convenience. Thanks.
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