T-Mobile LTE & Network Discussion V2

[JWMaloney]

Anyone here used the T-Mobile 700 MHz expansion coverage?

Yes, what about it?

[joshuam]

Anyone here used the T-Mobile 700 MHz expansion coverage?

It helped central Maryland go from decent LTE coverage, to completely continuous LTE without any gaps that I've found.

[RAvirani]

It helped central Maryland go from decent LTE coverage, to completely continuous LTE without any gaps that I've found.

I want to hear that about B26 so bad...

[reedacus25]

So I took a business trip from Houston to Baton Rouge in I-10 and T-Mobile was not up to the task. My Verizon iPhone with Unlimited data was working without any issue 99.9% of the time while T-Mobile dropped down to EDGE several times. Even in Baton Rouge, LTE data on T-Mobile was extremly slow and not working at times. Ran several speedtests and T-Mobile was at or around 1MB down. Sprint was working well, not as well as Verizon but close and even into Denham Springs, you were able to see what a difference Sprint made in a year. B26 all over the place and areas that had 3G last year are now running B25/26 & B41.

 

I'm really curious where you had issues along I-10, at least from the LA state line to Baton Rouge.

 

It gets really thin near Jennings, and the site on the Basin Bridge near Grosse Tete is still GSM only, but I do not drop LTE between TX/LA line and Jennings, and from the drop in Jennings to Grosse Tete.

 

Also curious where you were seeing issues with TMo in BR/Denham, because even though its only 10x10 L2100, they've got tons of 5x5 L1900 on air, especially along I-10,I-12,I-110, and quite a few sites along/near Airline and Florida. No L700 on air yet however.

 

My only trouble issues in BR are near I-10/Seigen and downtown BR north of Florida, LSU's campus (and Tigerland). Just curious of the discrepancy in our two experiences. Not saying its perfect, far from it, but we've had two very different experiences.

[orangeblue]

I'm really curious where you had issues along I-10, at least from the LA state line to Baton Rouge.

 

It gets really thin near Jennings, and the site on the Basin Bridge near Grosse Tete is still GSM only, but I do not drop LTE between TX/LA line and Jennings, and from the drop in Jennings to Grosse Tete.

 

Also curious where you were seeing issues with TMo in BR/Denham, because even though its only 10x10 L2100, they've got tons of 5x5 L1900 on air, especially along I-10,I-12,I-110, and quite a few sites along/near Airline and Florida. No L700 on air yet however.

 

My only trouble issues in BR are near I-10/Seigen and downtown BR north of Florida, LSU's campus (and Tigerland). Just curious of the discrepancy in our two experiences. Not saying its perfect, far from it, but we've had two very different experiences.

 

I had Edge before crossing the river into Baton Rouge from the west but between the Texas border to Baton Rouge, there is a lot of area that is very badly covered. I had some massive problems around the Hollywood Casino in BR.

 

Denham Springs was pretty bad as soon you drove into sub-devisions and I got always NO SERVICE, no fall back roaming.

[danlodish345]

What are people's thoughts on the Tmobile One + plans?

Those plans are not available for class A post paid accounts or prepaid

 

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[DanielB]

Those plans are not available for class A post paid accounts or prepaid

 

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Why wouldn't they be available for class A post paid? That doesn't even make sense.

[reedacus25]

I had Edge before crossing the river into Baton Rouge from the west but between the Texas border to Baton Rouge, there is a lot of area that is very badly covered. I had some massive problems around the Hollywood Casino in BR.

 

Denham Springs was pretty bad as soon you drove into sub-devisions and I got always NO SERVICE, no fall back roaming.

 

Now I'm also curious what device this was, because my daily driver an iPhone 6, even without B12, still has almost steady LTE service except in my stated problem areas. And while T-Mobile isn't blanketing Denham top to bottom, T-Mobile is colocated with Sprint on 2 sites, and T-Mobile has a third site in Denham proper, and so most anywhere LTE coverage should tilt in favor of T-Mobile, though Sprint will edge out T-Mobile with 1x, especially 1x800 outside of LTE.

 

Here's all the CellMapper data from myself and others. Personally I've used Samsung Galaxy Avant and Moto E to map to CellMapper, just to add a level of transparency for what devices I personally used to map in these areas. It pretty well matches my experience.

 

https://www.cellmapper.net/map?MCC=310&MNC=260&type=LTE&latitude=30.208992405679787&longitude=-92.27828216552733&zoom=9&showTowers=true&clusterEnabled=true&tilesEnabled=true&heatMapEnabled=false&showOrphans=false&showFrequencyOnly=false&showBandwidthOnly=false&DateFilterType=FirstSeen&showHex=false&bands=0,2,4,12

Edited September 6, 2016 by reedacus25

[danlodish345]

Why wouldn't they be available for class A post paid? That doesn't even make sense.

I call T-Mobile customer service they said it's not available yet and not even prepaid it's only available 4 customers with good credit

 

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[DanielB]

I call T-Mobile customer service they said it's not available yet and not even prepaid it's only available 4 customers with good credit

 

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That does not make sense - class A is the group with the best credit.

[payturr]

https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-and-blogs/lte-advanced.htm

 

T-Mobile announces 4x4 MIMO, 256 QAM. Says the S7 and S7 Edge can use both after a software update.

[danlodish345]

That does not make sense - class A is the group with the best credit.

Oops thank you for correcting me...I meant post paid no credit check...

 

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[RedSpark]

https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-and-blogs/lte-advanced.htm

 

T-Mobile announces 4x4 MIMO, 256 QAM. Says the S7 and S7 Edge can use both after a software update.

 

Throwing some shade at Sprint:

 

While carriers like to announce every. single. device. they test in the lab on new technologies, the Un-carrier acts. We put new technology to work for our customers in the field, not in press releases.

 

We'll see who has the last laugh though.

[Volaris]

https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-and-blogs/lte-advanced.htm

 

T-Mobile announces 4x4 MIMO, 256 QAM. Says the S7 and S7 Edge can use both after a software update.

 

This is great to see. Should really help them out in some of their congested markets like Chicago. So the S7, S7 Edge, and I assume Note 7 will go from 150 to 400 Mbps on 20x20 band 4 LTE. It's also nice to see that all their LTE cell sites will support 256 QAM by end of October.

[EvanA]

This is great to see. Should really help them out in some of their congested markets like Chicago. So the S7, S7 Edge, and I assume Note 7 will go from 150 to 400 Mbps on 20x20 band 4 LTE. It's also nice to see that all their LTE cell sites will support 256 QAM by end of October.

It'll bring more benefit once the majority of devices can utilize it. The S7 and S7 edge probably don't make up the majority on the network, so initial benefits will be limited.

 

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[derrph]

Throwing some shade at Sprint:

 

 

We'll see who has the last laugh though.

That was some shade TUH. I'm sure Sprint will come back with their famous line, "We have more spectrum than any wireless carrier"

 

Honestly opinion, I don't think we will see Sprint fully blossom until we get closer to 5G.

 

 

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[red_dog007]

How fast the supported devices move depends on the iPhone 7 too. 

[Camcroz]

This will still help boost speeds for all devices right. Since phones that can utilize it will be getting there tasks done more efficiently and they won't be using network resources for as long.

 

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[NYC126]

Throwing some shade at Sprint:

 

 

We'll see who has the last laugh though.

Seems they have been having the last laugh for a while now. Sprint was talking the 4x4 Or 8x8 MIMO 256 QAM  in 2014 at the Chicago demonstration. 

 

http://www.lightreading.com/mobile/4g-lte/sprint-promises-180mbit-s-peaks-in-2015/d/d-id/709518

 

I asked here if this was possible and I was told no. So Now Tmobile is launching 4x4 MIMO and it seems to be a reality. 

[EvanA]

Seems they have been having the last laugh for a while now. Sprint was talking the 4x4 Or 8x8 MIMO 256 QAM in 2014 at the Chicago demonstration.

 

http://www.lightreading.com/mobile/4g-lte/sprint-promises-180mbit-s-peaks-in-2015/d/d-id/709518

 

I asked here if this was possible and I was told no. So Now Tmobile is launching 4x4 MIMO and it seems to be a reality.

Whoever told you it wasn't possible was misinformed.

 

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[Paynefanbro]

This is great to see. Honestly T-Mobile needs it the most because they do have the least amount of spectrum so they need to squeeze every bit possible out of it.

[S4GRU]

 

 

I asked here if this was possible and I was told no. So Now Tmobile is launching 4x4 MIMO and it seems to be a reality.

What people have been saying around here was there were no devices that supported it, regardless of whether the network was capable of it.

 

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[danlodish345]

That was some shade TUH. I'm sure Sprint will come back with their famous line, "We have more spectrum than any wireless carrier"

 

Honestly opinion, I don't think we will see Sprint fully blossom until we get closer to 5G.

 

 

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And upgrade all remaining 3G sites to LTE

 

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[Terrell352]

 

What people have been saying around here was there were no devices that supported it, regardless of whether the network was capable of it.

 

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lilotimz.

[S4GRU]

lilotimz.

And that's what he was saying. Until devices support it.

 

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