t-mobile's national coverage
How does T-Mobile's national coverage compare to Cingular's? Is it just as good or worse?
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It really depends. I love TMo but if you are going to be spending a lot of time in boonies and country forget about tmobile. If you are a city guy who stays to the main highways...TMo will work out just fine!
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Not Exactly True. Since T-Mobile added 850 roaming it's pretty much the same coverage even in rural areas.
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TMobile would be roaming mostly off Cingular's 850 GSM Network. I'm not sure how extensive the agreements are, of if perhaps both companies are just waiting for Cingular to "merge" with Tmo???
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Whitehorse said:
TMobile would be roaming mostly off Cingular's 850 GSM Network. I'm not sure how extensive the agreements are, of if perhaps both companies are just waiting for Cingular to "merge" with Tmo???
Trust me Whitehorse, a merger will NOT happen. Cingular just needs some cash, why else would they let TM roam.
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Just a clarification, most of the 850 roaming is NOT with Cingular. T-Mobile used companies with GSM and 850 where the roaming agreements would be advantageous. T-Mobile will not be selling out to Cingular. Remember the key is T-Mobile is owned bt DT. 55 million customers in Europe and 20+ (added 10 million+ in two years WITHOUT buying them!) in the USA = 75 million customer base. Not to mention the launch of UMA for USA, and oh, T-Mobile is running 4G in Europe and is purchasing 6b in spectrum at auction. Last but not least T-Mobile, USA has recently purchased 5K towers from what used to be AT&t and is currently bringing these towers on line. This will add to the foot print and expand some of the rural coverage.
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Until T-Mobile gets serious about expanding their network, Those who stay mostly local or travel mainly in areas where T-Mobile has coverage might do ok. But if someone travels all over the USA will likely roam more than be on the network. Like Cingular, if you roam more than 50% of the time in a 3 month period, T-Mobile reserves the right to terminate your service. Since where I travel locally is mostly roaming, I decided T-Mobile wasn't for me. In Indiana, I would roam mostly on Centennial Wireless & Cingular if I had T-Mobile.
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