Edge?

well i can tell you right now that in 95437 they dont even have any coverage yet.......its all T-Mobile 1900 roaming..........so that site is out of the question........

an answer to your question:

the time at which you will get EDGE depends on if your are located near a major metro area........i live about 1 1/2 hours west of Philly............chances are i will get it sooner than someone who lives in Kansas...........your north of Sacramento and i dont know if T-Mobile will consider them a major metro

 

But if the OP is roaming in that location wouldn't that increase the likelihood of finding EDGE there? Isn't Cingular's GSM network almost 100% EDGE capable?

-Jay

 

Edge overlay is quickly sweeping, I recently got upgraded in rural indiana so I know they are working on it, give it some time and read the cingular news announcements.

 

well i know that cingular and tmobile do have agreements in some of the 1900 roaming areas for GPRS but does cingular share its EDGE network as well?

 

I would think its an all or nothing thing. If you are allowed to use the tower you should be allowed to use any service available on it. I think it would be complicating matters to make the tower slow down the data rate for roaming customers.

-Jay

 

notice that the first thunbnail that you attached says EDGE/GPRS Coverage.........this means that Cingular has data on all of their network but doesnt necessarily mean that the whole network is EDGE-Capable......

 

no i no that a lot of the time when i had tmobile i would roam on local carriers especially when i went down to the outer banks i would roam on suncom and i couldnt get any data access there

 

I think its in the FCC rules that a carrier must offer roaming users the same services it has available for its own customers. It is possible that TMO barred you from data access though, to avoid high data roaming rates.

-Jay

 

its possible........they mentinoed in the COverage section of their website that T-Mobile is allowing data roaming on certain carriers......there is a short list of about 7-10 carriers at least last time i saw it.........it included CIngular and Centennial Wireless and others

 

I read somewhere that T-Mobile's Boston network has EDGE, but my Nokia 6101 flip phone (which has EDGE) still connects to T-Zones (the Internet) via GPRS. The [G] is displayed upon a successful connection.

 

thats odd........i know that sometimes it can be only on certain towers.......youve never seen EDGE at all on your phone........i think there is a setting that allow you to keep data attachment always on then it will basically display the icon that the tower supports all of the time.....

it will display a "G" or and "E" outside of the box at all times then will show the "G" or the "E" inside the box when you send a pic message or access t-zones

EDIT: i.e. my area only has Sprint EV-DO inside a 10 to 15 mile range right on top of the city....as in it doesnt even hand off until you get to the actual city borders

 

Could also be that the phone doesn't differentiate icons between the two, mobilespeedtest.com 115k means you got edge, 50 k means gprs check it.

 

I have never seen the E displayed, only the G in brackets.

Also, mobilespeedtest.com is not a valid host (not found).

 

Ok hmm, try www.dslreports.com/mspeed?jsok=1

 

I've heard varying reports that for a time TM suppressed the E from appearing, whiy I have no idea. I have EDGE in my area, and I'm almost in the boonies now so I see no reason why it wouldn't be available in Boston. Perhaps visit a local store and compare with an employee's phone? Never devices like the Pearl display "EDGE".

 

yeah but i had the Nokia 6103 and I called T-Mobile to see if they had EDGE in Spokane, WA and they said yes and that when i turn my phone on it should show an E instead of a G......


EDIT: went there for vacation.....very nice serene place.........you should all go there sometime!!!

 

It would be nice if I could even use my "G" for some odd reason I cant even use the mobile web in my area. as of recently. I've called T-M0 and they've ran tests and what not and cant figure out whats wrong with it..maybe someone out there has an asnswer..thanks

 

99% chance, bad phone or settings, at least if other people with the same model and the same service can access gprs/edge in your area.

 

yeah if their tests show that there is nothing wrong with the towers then chances are that you need to have your phone reconfigured or replaced....

try this website to reconfigure it....the site will send the settings right to your phone and the site will then give you direction on how to save the settings:

http://tmobileus.wdsglobal.com/phonefirst

it will ask for the brand model then your phone number and maybe a random PIN.....try it then post back

 

They definately do have EDGE in Boston. Ive had it while serving on t-zones. I used a notebook card for a few days, and was able to get EDGE.

 

thanks nkrypte and smartestchild..it's working now though!! Thanks anyway!!

 

If I may ask, what changed to make it work?

 

yeah thats kinda odd.........your phone sensed that you were getting pissed and Tmobile told it to start working....or else.....haha

 

That's it my man chances are if you did nothing with the phone/line, perhaps there were some provisioning issues or a issue with the tower serving your specific locality, but hey it works now so I'm glad it worked out in the end.

 

haha alright......sometimes the cellular networks are a mystery and its best to not ask questions....glad your problem got solved :biggrin: