Can T-Mobile customers use Cingular/Att towers in their home area?
I know that they are all GSM, but a T-Mobile agent told me that their phones "use the same towers as Cingular" when I expressed concern about hearing rumors that T-Mobile's reception/coverage is not all that great. I know that if you are out of your service area that phones would roam on other carriers systems, but what about if you are in the middle of a big city with T-Mobile coverage and just happen to be in a pocket with no T-Mobile signal? Will the T-Mobile phone connect to a Cingular tower in this case?.....or just simply have no reception period? I would think that it won't use Cingular's tower if the area is "supposed to be" covered by T-Mobile.
I would appreciate some info on this.
Thanks in Advance,
rodybmw
I would appreciate some info on this.
Thanks in Advance,
rodybmw
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You have heard right... TMobile Coverage is mediocre at best. If you live in a major city then you will have either good or very good service. However, if you live in a non-major town, you will get poor or no service.
I travel over 4 midwest states to get to school every year, and it has been my experience that your TMobile phone will switch carriers automatically IF you are "roaming." For example, when I travel through Madison and Wisconsin in general, my phone banner changes from TMobile to Einstein PCS (a Wisconsin carrier) or ATT Wireless. When in a supposed TMobile coverage area, my phone does not switch to a different carrier. At school I am supposed to be in a TMobile area, but my coverage is marginal at best. My roommate has Cing...
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I travel over 4 midwest states to get to school every year, and it has been my experience that your TMobile phone will switch carriers automatically IF you are "roaming." For example, when I travel through Madison and Wisconsin in general, my phone banner changes from TMobile to Einstein PCS (a Wisconsin carrier) or ATT Wireless. When in a supposed TMobile coverage area, my phone does not switch to a different carrier. At school I am supposed to be in a TMobile area, but my coverage is marginal at best. My roommate has Cing...
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T-Mobile's partnership agreement with AT&T and Cingular only applies in very specific areas. Here in Massachusetts there are many, many, areas where there is no T-Mobile coverage. I go into my phone and scan for available networks and sometimes see either AT&T or Cingular (indicating that there is a signal for those providers available), however if I try to connect to them I get a "no system access" message. I asked T-Mobile about having the Cingular and AT&T as fallback in areas where T-Mobile doesn't have coverage and they said that is only in very specific areas. Most of the time be prepared that if you don't have a T-Mobile signal, you are not going to have any coverage. T-Mobile has recently stated that instead of expanding coverag...
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On the other hand, my friend was sitting in my living room cursing his Verizon phone for no service at all and I always have at least four bars--Verizon is way overrated!
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