cortney

Sorry to resurrect this old thread but I thought it would be good to point out that I've noticed At&t is using 15x15 for its band 2 LTE in the Baltimore and DC market. Screenshot below

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zzjp0bp7p2f5h3r/Screenshot_2015-11-21-23-00-46.png?dl=0

No, it's good to see. Everyone thinks they're the other Sprint. 

Even at the mall (Queen K) I showed the manager the speed problem, they offered me to call retention's department for a discount, Hah screw that I ported to Sprint

Good 

But according to some magentans, 1 megabit is good enough. That's all "big" pink owes you. VZW, AT&T and Sprint must offer you 100 and 40 up at least, but 1-10 down and whatever up is okay from T-Mobile. 

Why do you think the pink Lord went into a rant after Marcelo announced those plans. I think the party is coming to an end. 

I agree -- the desperation is hilarious. It became evident when Legere started attacking Verizon more than AT&T.

The trolls and PR shills don't have a clue what's going to happen in the long-term, either. That's unless some miracle occurs and part of that would likely be a new management, owner, and money.  

In my area there are a lot of B12 only sites. No WCDMA fallback. -118dBm or worse means data might work, but no phone calls.

That's one of my biggest problems with T-Mobile, even trying to be unbiased. T-Mobile can create a halfway decent if not good data network with low-band in numerous places, but there's no low-band WCDMA/GSM for calling being I'd be the only person I know using T-Mobile. Some younger/nonstandard people don't call little if any, but for those that need to at all it's a deal breaker.

In my findings, the areas that show 'fair' are usually -118dBm or worse.  Very usable, but if you hold the phone wrong, it'll drop to H+ or Edge (usually Edge.)  There's some areas that show signal and there's absolutely no signal though.

Thanks for the report. The presumption I'd make is the fair generally equates to no guaranteed LTE, and most if not all outdoor LTE. The areas bordering the next shade are probably okay, maybe even indoors, but the fill-in too far away from sites is just exaggerated².

If they bother adding more coverage and a noticeable amount of B12, I may try them again in the future myself. I'd never use them in seriousness, though. Not anywhere in the Northeast. 

If that was the best the FCC can do, then what the hell was the point with Title II in the first place. I'd be raising hell if I were in the executive suites of AT&T and Verizon. "It's Net Neutrality for Me but not for Thee." Unbelievable.

I hope Joan Marsh and VZW's equivalent trolls the hell out of this nonsense. This time the "duopolists" may have a point. 

FCC chairman: T-Mobile video initiative 'highly competitive'

http://www.seekingalpha.com/news/2942186

 

Fuck's sake, Tom

Unbelievable. Encourage a NN-violating industry. Just great.

Well that one is not as ridiculous as the "queen" of making a 12-hour-a-day profession out of bullshitting and using every troll fallacy known to man for a company they supposed don't even work for. 

Maybe FW will come to their senses with the last 4 T-Trolls. The comments have been far more tolerable without just one. I guess they're just too lazy to moderate and want to resort to ex post facto cleanup every 4-6 months. 

My T-Mobile has become significantly worse from its usual upper 20mbps speed minimum, is now Dow to around 10-12mbps, which I've never seen before this low at my home. 

I'm sorry but so long as the latency is adequate, those are perfectly good speeds. 

T-Mobiles maps updated with gradients now. Much better than before.

FINALLY. And wow do certain previously all dark pink areas now look ugly -- even by their standards. And yes, even worse than Sprint (although they now just claim massive amounts of land have a "fair" signal, but at least we can take that for what it's worth). 

Much better. They are simply not on Verizon or AT&T's level, so glad they got off that pedestal.

HowardForums in the early to mid 2000's was a fairly good wireless forum with some great posters.  It was also fairly well moderated.  The last few years though the moderation got lax and the trolls took over, driving away any posters of substance they had.  As with any forum, go lax on the moderation and let the trolls rule, it will go to s**t in a hurry.  And once you lose your good posters, they usually never come back.  The same thing happened to SprintUsers. 

 

That is why I enjoy S4GRU so much. Zero tolerance for trolls and discussion that is not constructive. 

Thanks. That's what I was asking for and I kind of presumed. 

I also agree this site is a testament to why good moderation and staff is key. Sites rot really quickly without it like you said. 

Cabian Fortez.

I haven't seen a post by him on Fierce in over a week now.  He's still active on Tmonews so I know he's still using Disqus.  Supposedly a number of people kept pointing out his biased views and he got tired of it.

2 weeks ago. And by he I'm thinking someone at FW. 30 days of its posts were removed, so someone at FW got pissed or fed up. That looks like a ban. (Look at the comments on articles from ~October to verify). 

This show you howardforums.com is a crap place for wireless enthusiastics.

It's obviously not moderated much if any. Even worse, it's like a dodgeball match when it gets heated and they do nothing (unless I'm wrong but I rarely ever visit HF). 

Anyone know some brief history on that site? 

Was there no cap before? I honestly never thought about if data stash had a cap or not, just knew it had a 12 month expiration. Talk about sneaky sleazeballs. May as well name uncarrier "re-carrier" now. Next uncarrier will probably be a pitch about how sending out a vacuum to suck your pockets and savings accounts dry is the best thing since sliced bread and how you couldn't live without it. 

The red check's been doing it for over a decade, now we can do it better.

Because we can! 

Not only is T-Mobile increases prices on their "Simple Choice" plans, they're now modifying data stash to cap at 20GB.  This change is for all customers with an opt-out, and customers have until December 16th to do so.  If you choose to opt out, you don't get the benefit of BingeON either. See the FAQ: http://explore.t-mobile.com/csmx84783

Yuck, everything of this event stunk. I wonder if Legere got in bed with McAdam.

After all, pink is just a lighter shade of red. 

Although, I have to admit I focused too much at first on even the NN crap and didn't see the price hikes. They really are professional trolls. You have to do the extra digging yourself or you're going to miss something their fanboy base or damage control trolls aren't going to divulge. 

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/11/9713874/t-mobile-unlimited-data-plan-huge-price-hike (apologies if already posted)

WOW, at least the verge got this right..

 

 

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/10/9706296/t-mobile-binge-on-streaming-net-neutrality-problem-john-legere

Fantastic! The Verge has been on fire this month.

First about the stupid donate your internet for the cause cellspot thing (that basically only has a use in the dead middle of office buildings), and now they're not buying any more of their "it doesn't violate net neutrality because it's free" bs. 

Invite to use T-Mobile as a home ISP. Let's see how hard data gets hit. This is crazy I don't know if its good or bad. It will teach T-Mobile a lesson on allowing people to much freedom though.

These actions alone will invite more abuse. Maybe they want to finish off the rest of the good looking speeds on unloaded sectors and take down the rest. Even encouraging too much 480p video steaming is no help, etc.

On a 5-6 in screen, video resolution is not the issue -- 1080P, 2K, and 4K are a waste.  People confuse resolution with quality.  But  for video at those screen sizes, compression and bit rate are the quality issues, not resolution.

 

AJ

And of course, many magentans will complain about free 480p videos... on their 5-6" screens.

What's that?! Big pink can't deliver free 4k video for me!  But I just speed tested 110/40!!!    

All the AT&T users I know are still with AT&T and would never leave unless the network just literally melted down one day.

Replace AT&T with VZW and Chicago with NYC, but also extend it to the whole entire metro area. It's not just a lean, it's like a belief system for people there. 

I can't wait to be deprioritized for using too much bandwidth on my home internet connection.

But no worries, T-Mobile will go after the 2TB abusers. Hopefully before your ISP goes after you!

My wife says it is John Legere's fault that I broke my phone.  Because I was pulling over to check out a T-Mobile site build when it slid out of the cupholder.  

You tested the Sprint gods (who govern this S4GRU cult) by questioning your faith in Sprint and expressing too much interest in T-Mobile. You tested wrong.

What seems odd to me is the part where it says to connect this to the internet. So then, how does connecting this to home internet do anything different than a regular WiFi router would? Unless it means to have this connect to the T-Mobile sinal, then this acts as a booster to that, though that doesn't seem the case. Or is it?

If you mean how it technically works: it uses your home or a business'  internet as the backhaul to act as basically a mini small cell. It outputs a cellular signal at 1900/2100MHz as opposed to a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi signal. 

Edit: Also, I am unaware if it secondarily or primarily if possible additionally boosts an actual T-Mobile LTE/W-CDMA signal. It definitely uses an actual internet connection, though. 

rofl wtf is the point of this if it counts against your data?!

It seems you basically use YOUR internet to create a small LTE/HSPA+ hotspot, if we verify this is open to all T-Mobile users.  And as of late, there is no word of any option to make an exception to 1 or a few people's data (this use would be to make sure it doesn't count against 1-5 people in a house supplying the backhaul), so that means as far as I know you could indeed easily waste high-speed data you pay from T-Mobile on your own internet connection if there's a dead spot in your WiFi or you forget to toggle it on your phone.

(Edit: Does the device repeat an LTE/HPSA+ signal if there is one? That could make this situation somewhat less disastrous.) 

Most people don't open their internet to people (they password protect their guest network if they even have one), so how would this make any sense, right?

I think it's cool but here's my thought. With T-Mobiles verified mapping, will people start to verify locations of LTE that are using this CellSpot knowing there is little to no coverage in that location?

One of the many strings that are coming to mind. Not to mention this is essentially asking for a socialist approach where people run the backhaul and equipment for T-Mobile. We all know how public WiFi is. It's all over, but which is even usable? Does anyone think this is going to be so much better, even if people in heavy T-Mobile supporting places really took it to heart?

Plus anyone with an internet cap can risk seeing the bill from their provider if there are any abusers in the neighborhood. We need to know what options this thing has to set, but it can be ugly if it's just a plug and play device.

In rural areas, it might NOT be very fast, with average speeds already averaging as low as 3-20 megabits down. Try handing out those kind of speeds, even to just a person or two outside of the network. Does anyone know of this thing allowing you to allocate only so much bandwidth? This is arguably only good for 100+ Mbps/gigabit fiber users, even with not many users. Just two people on this thing can easily suck up to 10-20 megabits a second and if they're speed testing much more. Casual use from 2-3 extra people can easily handicap DSL / slower cable internet. 

No thanks -- I like the way the other 3 are doing it.

And of course: when the power goes out, where does your hotspot LTE/W-CDMA (and internet) go? But I know where you go: outside or down the block (unless the others already simply cover your home) with a Verizon, AT&T or Sprint phone.

Here:
 

Sprint and T-Mobile are trading places -- in both perception and reality.  We have already seen Sprint drop to fourth, T-Mobile rise to third.  T-Mobile finally is improving its rural network beyond "2G" -- much like Sprint did twice over, first with EV-DO, then with LTE.  And in the near future what I see Sprint becoming is the "city" operator -- much like T-Mobile has been for the last several years.  Sprint is not going to engage in a massive rural buildout.  Sprint will focus its ample band 41 resources on cities, aim to be the network speed/capacity king in those cities, and try to thrive in that category.
 
AJ

And I hope that eluded to rural and insignificant areas and not to the entire network as a whole. Otherwise AT&T and Verizon users ought to sit tight and hope for the best. 

And likewise, I'm not concerned about expanding outward, my point was wanting them to fill in gaps and expand "inward". 

I'd love to see them push fast and hard, set some big targets with close deadlines and go all out to hit them. It won't be cheap but it would be good to see them over deliver. I don't think they need a Legere (I'm hoping only one exists) but it would be great to see a consistent experience across their footprint. I have no doubt that sprint as a whole is unrecognizable compared to a few years ago but they left gaps in their upgrades. If I had a phone from each tier one carrier in my hand now only one wouldn't have an lte signal. They have worked wonders doing as much as they have but let's luck it up another notch. Fill the holes and expand the footprint. 2.4G is such a boon,  get it out there,  get 2 or 3 carriers nearly everywhere and kick some ass.

For sure. And the only thing that would keep my faith is if they commit to improving their entire footprint and not selling out to be a city-carrier. My point essentially agrees with yours but I emphasize wanting Sprint to improve to the very edge of their current footprint. 

I understand they have to worry about cities first and foremost for the money. However, the semirural and suburban areas they've covered for over a decade must also get some attention soon.

At least fill in gaps, aim to get full LTE and 1x800 within the current coverage borders including with new or co-existing macro sites. Screw mid-band and Spark for everyone, that's not realistic. But on average, at least a bar or two of 800 LTE and 1xAdvanced available for a customer within a coverage area is far more than good enough for starts. Some Spark only where needed but all 800/1900 LTE available. Any new low band could technically slightly expand the edge of their footprint. This could make a lot of people still leaning on AT&T and Verizon happy and confident to switch. 

I hope I'm not too fanatical but I think that's very well possible if not planned with NGN. Make what they have is great and don't worry about covering grandmother's house over the river and through the woods. Get the commuters and suburban users LTE coverage from work to home where they've have CDMA and EV-DO forever already. 

I haven't left the city yet with T-Mobile service, but from the maps I should be covered quite well in FL. I'll have to test T-Mobile next time I drive out of town.

You'll be fine. The crowdsource maps show Florida's cell coverage superiority quite clearly. Any VZW or AT&T user is golden, and Sprint and T-Mobile users near most populated areas are pretty much worry-free in general.

As such, T-Mobile leaves FL magentans in delusion about the rest of the country. But the RootScore reports show that party is crashing, so only for so long. 

Vacationing in port Aransas, TX and I think I saw 2xCA b41.

 

Phones side by side:

Iphone 6s (can get 2x CA)

http://i.imgur.com/DL7b7sW.jpg

 

My Nexus 5 (can't get 2xCA)

http://i.imgur.com/lULHkdu.jpg

Nice to have. But who could complain about 25/6?