Arysyn

Right now, I'm on T-Mobile, but don't have any active service to my device, due to not having it unlocked, something MetroPCS was unwilling to do, despite taking my device to nits parent company. I'm not blaming MetroPCS much for it though, as I am towards T-Mobile and the store I was at for not being more informative to me about this when signing up. Then despite being promised by them they'd resolve this issue, just a few hours later at the exact same store they denied doing anything realistic to help. The only reason we didn't already cancel is because we don't want to lose our telephone number, which I'm now going to wait a bit on a few other options, though need to move it by the end of the month, no later. At this point, I just really hate T-Mobile to where I can't be impartial about them anymore. I had a lot of hope for it on Tuesday after a nice experience in store with all the talk of getting my device connected on it no problem, and the store's "once their (MetroPCS) computer system is back running, they'll unlock it for you within minutes and you'll be connected, no problem", then having MetroPCS tell me Wednesday morning that they have a 90 day no unlock policy, which since I had service with them something like 72-78 days, I didn't qualify for the unlock, despite taking it to their parent company on the same network, not like it was competition for them. Granted, the store employees agreed they should have done it, along with the promises and guarantees of them getting it resolved, I sat there for a few hours on Wednesday after coming from a horrific doctor appointment that was a reunion of sorts with a doctor I had for several years up until a few years ago when she got a promotion and couldn't see patients anymore. Now that she was back to seeing patients, I had hope for my medical issues to have a reliable place to be taken care of. Instead, things were a lot different, and without going into much detail, especially since I don't mean to venture off topic, but basically I was told that I should basically just suffer in excruciating pain rather than take the pain medications I'm on that is helping me not to be screaming all the time, just because there is a possibility the pain medication could make the pain worse, which it doesn't, my terminal neuropathy is doing this to me. The T-Mobile store knew I was already not doing well, as the transaction with the sales representative the day before and also working on Wednesday, was a personal experience, communicating life experiences and such. I didn't have any issues with explaining things to him about my life struggles, particularly because my need for wireless service involves having an emergency backup, if need be, which is why I'm hoping eventually to have this line of service, while my mother adds on a smartwatch plan for herself to use, or vice versa where I have something with me whenever I'm away from the computer but might have an emergency fall or something like that. So for a store to make such a strong promise and guarantee towards me, along with not being informative upfront in regards to this device working or not being locked to MetroPCS, put me at risk. Once the port went through, my Sprint service was cancelled immediately, losing all connectivity. Although T-Mobile was so sure there wouldn't be an issue with the device being unlocked by MetroPCS, even after reviewing all of the paperwork my mother had with her. I had wanted to go with Verizon, but she was so strongly for going to T-Mobile and saving money with them. Go figure. Makes me think Verizon has a point with their "Never Settle" campaign.

I wrote a topic post here this morning about the Dish possibilities, among others : http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/6990-googlesprint-and-a-little-bit-of-disht-mobile/ I'm hoping Dish will purchase T-Mobile, or at least sell their spectrum to T-Mobile, particularly here in Chicago, since T-Mobile needs it in order to bring up their AWS LTE, at least sell maybe a 5x5 portion of AWS spectrum to T-Mobile here in their Chicago market, so T-Mobile, which already is bringing AWS LTE here to 15x15 in July, with this added spectrum could bring it up to 20x20.

Hey Everyone, I was reading an investment article here, http://seekingalpha.com/article/3183056-sprint-is-worth-more-than-you-think I got to thinking about a post I made a while back about the possibility regarding Dish merging with Sprint, but it being done by Softbank purchasing Dish, then merging it together with Sprint. I thought of that from an article I read regarding Sprint and Dish working together on a home internet plan of some sort, then taking all the history Sprint has had with Dish and Softbank, figuring it as an indicator for a good buyout of Dish by the big company in Japan. On that level, it made much sense to me. However, I neglected a major aspect of this idea being feasible. That being the spectrum Dish has in contrast to Sprint's spectrum. We all know Sprint doesn't use AWS spectrum, which is the spectrum Dish now has a whole bunch of. While it might benefit Sprint to incorporate this spectrum onto its network, there are major issues in doing so that might outweigh those benefits, particularly in the hassle of integrating it with its 800/1900/2500 plans. Much work would need to be done to make this work, adding in to the already huge workload Sprint is doing in its various network upgrades it already has planned and funded for. Adding in AWS spectrum would be a massive undertaking Sprint just does not need at this point. Even if it were, it wouldn't be done evenly among the markets of Sprint's network, which is a point I take against T-Mobile in their 700 plans that are being left out in certain markets, some major ones at that, such as Chicago. Yet, when reading the investment article, I noticed in the comments section someone mentioning possibilities of whom Sprint might be sold to in the future. While Softbank is heavily invested in Sprint, particularly as it relates to Masa Son's goal of a global wireless network, there are issues where Masa might consider his goal, while very admirable, just not feasible considering the nature of how the U.S. business industry works and all of its mergers, consolidations, etc. Even the mention of companies such as Comcast and Verizon possibly buying Sprint made me think more of this. Noting here I have nothing against the Softbank ownership of Sprint and I think Masa has some great ideas, among my wanting success for him, for Softbank, and for Sprint, I imagine he will end up selling Sprint, though not because of any particular negativities or regrets regarding his investment. Companies such as Dish and Comcast need to grow, especially with the decline in cable television, of which I was reading another article about earlier. Sprint would be a great choice for either company to purchase from Softbank, though Dish's spectrum now makes me think it less likely for a merger to take place between it and Sprint. I'll refrain from mentioning the advantages Comcast has for buying Sprint, as I can imagine the thought of that happening might anger some people here on S4GRU, which I don't want to happen, nor that particular merger to happen either. I'd much rather see Google purchase Sprint, as Google already has established a connection with Sprint using Google Fi. A merger between the two shouldn't be difficult, and once established, I think there may just be a way for them to capture Dish. My theory is Google purchases Sprint, along the way, or even before it, Dish purchases T-Mobile, as Dish and T-Mobile have AWS spectrum (particularly here in Chicago where T-Mobile really needs it), and then there could be some form of a merger-like situation between all of them. Dish, which wants to have a wireless setting established, can have a really good start with T-Mobile, whereas Google would do the same in expanding Fi with a purchase of Sprint. They could keep Fi open in some capacity, using T-Mobile as another network, in exchange for allowing Dish access to Sprint's network,for content usage, just without implementing spectrum on Sprint. The companies would legally be separate, but operate on shared networks as an advantage for Dish to have content views, and Google to have ad views, especially paired with Dish's content, where they could place ad spots. So they get around an official merger while still having a merger-like environment. Big win for both companies and for consumers who will have more choices for wireless between both networks and Fi.

Ah, this thread brings back memories! I remember when SERO first came out. I was an avid reader of HowardForum back then when I use to hang out in the expansive two story lobby of the luxury apartment place back in 2005-2006 I lived at then. I'd sit on one of the couches and have the huge projection television on while I sat reading about wireless. I never registered as a member there, but did enjoy reading about stuff, especially SERO, with all the people going on there to request employee email addresses and codes. It was huge! I almost joined Sprint back then because of SERO, but I was so tempted at the idea of having wireless data before any devices for it were even available, other than the T-Mobile sidekick, which is why I went with them for a while. The sidekick really sucks compared to Android, which is what I was naively expecting at that time, made me disappointed, so I left T-Mobile and tried out a device Verizon had at the time, some sort of high-end Samsung data enabled flip phone I really liked. I would have kept the service, but then despite having Verizon's unlimited National Access data, they tried to charge me over a thousand dollars in data usage fees. Their district manager was in the store at the time overheard me yelling about the charges to the manager, which this district manager stepped in and eliminated the charges and cancelled my contract, refunded us on the device, and I left. I also tried Nextel back then, which was my favorite of all, though not for data so much, yet it was okay. The devices were really great being they were quality made, unlike so many of the smartphones today. However, Nextel suddenly got worse at some point, where I did a drop call test in my living room. This was way before SERO though, when I lived in a condominium where a neighbor of mine called me, we talked, then I'd sit up and walk five feet away. The call dropped. I'd call him back from the same chair, I get up from the chair, the call dropped again. We repeated the process over several dozen times. It was hilarious.

I was at the local T-Mobile store Tuesday, as a resolution with my mother who really wanted to get T-Mobile postpaid as the alternative to my Sprint service we are cancelling later Wednesday afternoon/evening, though not because of the Sprint network, but a bad situation where a Sprint saleslady lied to me about us getting Framily, as confirmed by several people on S4GRU that I should have been able to get it. Although, Sprint has been unwilling to help us convert plans and at least the retentions person while not willing to work with us at all on any resolution to the issue, was very eager and willing to help my mother with the cancellation, even got a number to call for help once the port went through, which did almost instantly at the T-Mobile store. So, while setting up the new service there, I was discussing the merger history of T-Mobile with the very nice sales representative, who mentioned the hassles involved for T-Mobile employees had Sprint merged with T-Mobile, and that many of the employees were relieved it didn't happen. BTW, the sales guy use to work at the nearby former Sprint corporate store and still has friends working at Sprint retail, so it wasn't an anti-Sprint situation at all really. The matter of Dish purchasing Sprint would be a lot easier on the employees at T-Mobile not having to deal with network integration issues. All the staff would have to learn is Dish's television service offerings and any potential new services through the T-Mobile network using Dish services. The great thing to me, is Dish's AWS spectrum purchases recently here in Chicago are quite massive. That would give T-Mobile much needed additional spectrum here in Chicago, which would make the competitive landscape here very interesting. Sprint and T-Mobile would dominate Chicago, which being a massive market, might have an impact on AT&T and Verizon, that could affect their wireless rates which would need to decrease, in order to compete. At risk of being unrealistic, I still am going to mention this idea anyways, that if Dish and T-Mobile merged, then somehow Sprint got involved merging with the other two, despite employee discontent of course, imagine the spectrum and network power involved. Chicago would be a wireless oasis. If someone here could calculate the spectrum holdings between the three companies in Chicago, and give approximate estimations for how much in paired mhz x mhz such a combination could bring to Chicago, I'd be grateful. While there is a lot against the likelihood of such a mass merger happening, it could happen, especially if there is a new government administration with an FCC a bit lighter on mergers, as such may not happen until 2017/2018, but its nice to think about such a powerful network.

I'm beginning to doubt there will be a merger between Sprint and T-Mobile, plus many T-Mobile employees wouldn't want that. They wouldn't be happy about the extra hassle involved with customers issues with network compatibility issues, unless Google were to give their solution over to the newly merged Sprint/T-Mobile. There seems to be a greater likelihood Dish will purchase T-Mobile.

I don't hate GoogleFi's pricing because of not having a family plan. I'm disappointed because the pricing per gb is so expensive, at $10 for every 1gb. Google has decided to use both Sprint's network and T-Mobile's network, yet they price the data so high, purposely aiming their service to people who mainly use wifi. So, it doesn't end up making much sense. Why bother using two wireless networks together to create one really awesome network system for Google's service, when they are trying to limit the usage of that system, in favor of using wifi? The per gb data pricing is more expensive than Verizon's promotional per gb data pricing together with the 1st line included overall. Google ought to have charged $5 per gb. Then they'd have something to really enjoy. Right now, only wealthy people can find value in what they are charging which might make it worth for them to drop AT&T and Verizon for, though only if they like the Nexus 6. I figure they likely have either an Apple Iphone 6plus 128gb, or some custom phone company that wouldn't work with Google's wireless service anyways.

My idea isn't for right now, it is a futuristic plan meant to happen after the networks get all of their lte advanced network upgrades done and are at the point where 4g networks are pretty much completely stable enough to handle unlimited data usage, which because I think people will use more data under those conditions, those who have unlimited, that is, I'm thinking of a good replacement for unlimited should the companies at that time decide to get rid of it, though I'm hoping they do not. I forgot to mention my idea does include tethering.

I'm a few days late with my posting of my rate plan idea, but here now I have it for everyone. Please keep in mind I'm thinking along the lines of Cricket's recent Advanced Plan which no longer is offered, but as I liked how that plan was, and if only the speed cap were set a bit faster than 8mbps, say 15mbps, I very likely would have gone with that plan. Heck, sometimes I regret not going with it at the speed it is, but oh well. With that in mind, I'm using that idea, the part where so much data was offered at a great rate, in exchange for a speedcap. Now when I've mentioned this before, I used the notion of it helping both the rate and congestion, but since the debate over the congestion issue, I'd really like to put some sort of compromise to the prices I'm offering, not necessarily something that limits the quality of service for the user, but something that benefits the network by having the rates I'm going to be listing here, because in full disclosure, I'm going to be suggesting some may question whether this is even fiscally plausible. However, instead of hearing things such as "You're crazy, Arysyn, another insane unrealistic idea from you", etc., I'd like to know options as far as how to make this work, rather than hearing how this won't work. What I'm trying to do, is to come up with a way I believe would be a good alternative to unlimited data plans, if they ever were to go away. Along with that, I want to bring back the Fair & Flexible idea people here suggested, but for data instead of for voice. I believe I came up with a way to do that, but while not completely getting rid of overages, unlike the original Fair & Flexible, I want to make them reasonable, and only after a whole bunch of data has been used, which I imagine will rarely happen. Also, I'm thinking that if people are going to be heavy data users and pay a higher fee, there ought to be a point where that rate lessens, ending the trail of the Fair & Flexible portion of the rates designed for lighter to moderate unlimited data users. So, here we go. On the sliding scale upwards of Arysyn's Fair & Flexible, or some may so, Fiscally Foolish, but oh well, I'd love for this to work somehow : This plan is a single-line plan, not a family plan, though by all means, make suggestions! When a data allotment has been reached within a given month, users have a choice of paying $5 per gb overage if they expect only to use a few extra gbs within that month, or they can choose to slide between rates, but might end up paying more than overage, if they don't use much of the extra data offered, but will pay less than overage, if they do use most of the extra data offered. Here is the sliding scale rates, Fair & Flexible style... $35 Monthly for up to 15gb, $55 Monthly for up to 25gb, $75 Monthly for up to 35gb, $95 Monthly for up to 45gb, $115 Monthly for up to 55gb, $135 Monthly for up to 65gb, $155 Monthly for up to 75gb, $175 Monthly for up to 85gb, and the last bit being $195 Monthly for up to 95gb. The reason it stops there, is that the plan covers what is the range I'm familiar with hearing about from unlimited data users, with the over 100gb usage being less. I figure for those using more than that don't really need a sliding scale rate system, and let the overage rate go to where higher usage isn't punished, simply because the rate already is fairly expensive to be paying for wireless service, outside of the comparison to what is included, just looking at $195 Monthly is a lot in itself. My suggestion for the rate at this point, to be priced at $1 per 1gb of data overage. Some people might want that rate higher, as it represents to them abuse of the network, regardless of what they are paying.

Another consideration I've had, which would be the best of both worlds, and still let me help some around here with Sprint, though not actually paying service through them directly. I've mentioned before many times how my mother really dislikes the idea of going to Verizon, almost as she has a deep disdain for the company. I don't really want to go with T-Mobile, though my opinions of T-Mobile don't seem to be as seriously against them, in contrast with my mother's disdain for Verizon. The idea is, if I can do the less important stuff I need to do on wifi at home, using a wireless device, which I'd also preload music downloaded from music streaming services such as Tidal, Deezer, and Google Play All Access, I wouldn't have to use so much data for streaming. One of the main reasons I wanted a wireless device and service, besides emergency use, was to replace a several years old mp3 video player made by Creative, that gets around 5-10 minutes of battery life. I wanted something that could actively stream music to the device, though these services have really good offline modes that would save me several gbs monthly. With that, i still would need around 5gb monthly, as a safe figure in the meantime, which with Google Project Fi, I could get it all for $70 monthly (5gb for $50, plus $20 for the basic stuff), same as what Sprint charges. I also figure there will be months where I'll use less data than 5gb, which eventually would pay off the cost of the device, or I could sell it for a future less expensive Google Nexus, as being speculated that the upcoming models will be. My mother seems fine with the idea of buying it outright from Sprint, then making back the money over time. At least with Google Fi, I'll have both Sprint and T-Mobile, so a definite plus regarding the network coverage I really want.

No offense taken, AJ, I'll try limiting posting of these ideas so much here on S4GRU, other than ones with more likelihood to be possible in the current system of things. The reason I think this way so much is because there are a lot, and I mean a lot of things I'm severely limited on in life. I won't go into detail about it here on the forum, though if anyone is interested, i wouldn't mind sharing some of my background through pm. However, I'll say that I'm almost to the point of not being able to walk at all, likely end up bedridden in a few years, which is dependant on if my body still is able to let me breathe on my own by that time keeping me alive by then or not. I'm in near chronic pain and have no chance at ever being employed. So taken into consideration, most of what I can do is imagine things that would be helpful to society, even if they aren't practical or even possible in real world terms. It helps me get through the day.

The only reason I mentioned this idea, was as an alternative to the test drive idea, which could check all carriers network quality in one device, rather than there being the need for test drives, which this also possibly could help ease up on returns, due to network dissatisfaction during the trial periods.

If it is some sort of engineering grade quality product, then yes, it would be very expensive. What I'm thinking about is some sort of device that uses nothing but common apps already on Android, or something similar to them, such as Speedtest and Signalcheck. The screen could be a cheap low res screen, something like 320x240 on a 2-3 inch display, doesn't even have to be a color screen, though better if it were. The main cost of it, I imagine, would be the chip reading all the carrier's signals. Still, it wouldn't make the device that much more expensive, which at the total cost of the device probably wouldn't be any more than $100, and can be leased out cheaply too.

I just had another idea which might be better than all of the companies having a test drive program, while still addressing the issues of data coverage/signal, though not voice. Then again, voice isn't the important thing anymore anyways. There ought to be an inexpensive device that checks data speeds/signals from all the wireless companies people could either purchase or loan from multi-carrier retailers, as I doubt corporate stores would want to carry this product, as it often would show other carriers as better than theirs, though certainly it could be available at other kind of outlets. The device would have a screen and would do tests similar to what speedtest and signal check do, but there'd be an option to select various carrier signals, for comparative testing. That way, the user could choose what network works best for them, without any need for temporary devices given out by specific carriers and all of that, and would be less expensive, as it wouldn't have active internet and all the features of a smartphone.

I ought to have been more clear about my thinking in regards to the credit issue. I wasn't thinking so much about credit history, but the sudden charges that appear on a credit card for security deposits that are needed for these test drives. If there are so many of these deposits happening, I would imagine that it would set off a flag, but I'm not certain about that. I've been trying for years to get a credit card for myself, but my mother who manages my banking is very against the idea and lets me use her card when I want to purchase something. I definitely don't have personal experience managing my own money and credit, so I'm just going by what I think would alert credit card companies from what I hear on the news regarding the credit security issues and how closely monitored charges are nowadays.

I couldn't possibly agree more with what you both stated. I've observed some, but not many, who've mentioned Cam's placement as the site editor as being not the best fit, throughout comments on TmoNews. However, those comments usually get shot down by others there who are fanboys of that site, in general. Hopefully that is changing now though with better options available for T-Mobile information online, which Phonedog ought to consider, if they hope to maintain and grow its viewership, etc. Although placing more ads certainly isn't going to help with that.

My intent was not to evaluate a carrier. I didn't even ask to post speedtest/signal checks for T-Mobile here, but to respond to people asking for it. If anything, the staff here could make a note to members not to ask for such to other members, as it is not allowed. All I was doing was trying to appease those who asked. So, how about this. If anyone is interested in a speed test/signal check from me, pm to me and I'll respond to you through pm, when I have one available. As of the moment, I still have Sprint, so I cannot respond with a speedtest/signal check of T-Mobile, until I get it. However, please no one suggest I join T4GRU, as I'm not going to do so, at least until I get T-Mobile, if that is what ends up happening. At this point though, I'm still hoping for success with the conversion over to the Framily plan, which if that fails, my preference is with Verizon. If I end up with Verizon and you want a speedtest/signal check from me there, please pm to me about it, rather than to ask me on the forum. Staff, please understand, I'm not against you or trying to violate your policies in any way. I was staff/admin on many other forums in the past, including as an admin for a major rtd organization, which I had to be extremely careful with policies regarding content, because of so many legal parameters, with respect, are far more than what a wireless information site has to consider.

Ugh! TmoNews now has ads in the article selection listing! I may not use that site for T-Mobile news much longer, instead just rely on Google search for news about T-Mobile. The site has been adding so many annoying popup ads that get through the popup blocker, top ads, etc., but this is just too much. Thanks to S4GRU for not doing this too. Edit Note : Just thought of something... Might be a good time to get the word out about T4GRU, get more people there from TmoNews, since T4GRU doesn't have ads, and is becoming a better site.

In all my time reading thousands and thousands of comments and posts regarding various topics since around 2006, when I started being online regularly, I've never seen any commentary being made about a person's typing "style" or long posts, except when there were issues such as caps, long blocks/walls of texts (I use proper paragraphing short enough most of the time), then the only other kind of complaints have to do with content issues, such as spamming or trolling by people who don't respect the sites they are on I'm respectful, and would never intentionally do something to break the rules, nor criticize someone because of how they write. Maybe it is because I'm use to seeing and experiencing things far worse in life than long posts on a website. Anyways, I think better that we all drop the subject now, as this isn't an appropriate thread to discuss it. I addressed the comments made about it, now it should be done. Staff, if you have an issue with my writing, please respect me as I respect your site, and pm to me of any issues you have about my posts. It is what I did when I was staff/admin on forums in the past.

I responded to the person above who responded to me, their response being right after a post I made that actually was pretty short. So no, it was a jab, or else why post it. Besides, it was much different from the more tactful advice given recently, which was the first time I had seen anything mentioned about my writing publicly, but was after I had posted about some of my issues started with the Nexus 6.

Google Wallet might be a good alternative for those who don't want to use PayPal. Personally, I'm skeptical of bitcoin, despite others having recommended it to me as a way to make money.

Are you going to keep your plan, or switch to another plan, if available?

Hi cortney, I like your posts here and on TmoNews, and find it unfair when people accuse you of being others, though that seems to happen towards anyone on TmoNews where anyone going against the tide there gets labeled as being a troll, etc. There is some population of any fan/info site who are tolerable of criticism, while others are not, and will attack no matter what, just to defend their turf/their beloved whatever it is. Regarding networks though, I've become very unsatisfied with how the whole process the companies have taken to get spectrum has been, and its a fault of both the companies involved and the government. Always inflated prices for bits of spectrum fought by markets, where there are gaps in coverage, and unfair differences in spectrum levels between markets. I know if it were my decision, I'd call all the companies together and take big slices of spectrum to divide equally among the carriers and have it deployed nationwide, rather than by market. Then they can focus on competing with each other by price, rather than network quality which varies so much based on where someone lives, which again, is very unfair and actually is uncompetitive in itself. Then regarding websites again, it would be nice for there to be a forum for Verizon, if it could be safe in existence from any threat of shutdown by Verizon, as I think Verizon ought to see a benefit for such a news site/forum. I had a difficult time finding the exact spectrum for Verizon in Chicago, which a site like this for the company could provide, and even more. I may have to go to Verizon if my plan issue with Sprint isn't resolved, and it would be nice to know the spectrum of Verizon around here in detail, so I can do a fair comparison towards T-Mobile, hopefully in convincing my mother to go with Verizon instead of T-Mobile, this again if the Sprint plan transfer to Framily turns out not possible. Though I still hope the best for Sprint regardless. AT&T isn't matching Verizon's promotions anymore, according to a store employee, which makes it an expensive option for me and many people looking between the two companies. They can't demand a price premium over Verizon while having an inferior network, where they do. I'm hoping they fix the issues though and have more success to compete with Verizon, especially if rates do get lower, as I'm also hoping for.

I have a severe terminal neuropathy, and I type with my thumbs, because my fingers remain in a permanent constriction, almost to the point where they form a fist and can't loosen much past that, at least not nearly enough to be able to type with. So, I'm not going to be having to worry bout my typing style, unless there is a valid comment about something that is more fair about it, and less harsh of a criticism. Look, it seems that just because I had a bad experience with Sprint, now people are at me for my writing style, something no one did prior to my mentioning my experience. If I'm overreacting, I apologize, though I thought there was a bit more tact around here than go after someone's style of writing, unless the person's writing were a clear indication of trolling or attacking others, neither which I've done at any point since my arrival as a member here just days ago. Do people care to see just how bad a situation I'm in physically, just so you can lay off going after my typing skills? I really don't mind sharing the news articles I've been in with photos of me, and for those who might not believe its me, I can certainly prove it. I didn't come here to attack and criticise others and i don't expect it done to me.

Since I have no plans of being an active member of that site, I don't want to spend the time and difficulty it is for me to do that, mostly because my lack of involvement on that site wouldn't be worth it to me. Not that I see anything wrong with that site, just that it isn't convenient to join for those reasons, especially when there is only one post planned to address the requests that have been made, most of which haven't been for me to do speed tests/signal checks for T-Mobile, but rather for Sprint.