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Los Angeles TMobile service?

Discussion in 'Western US Wireless Forum' started by mithrandir, Aug 5, 2004.

  1. mithrandir

    mithrandir New Member

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    Planning to get a PDA phone and leaning towards the TMo Pocket PC (HTC XDA?). As a result of being a student and not being a US national, TMo requires a hefty deposit twice the amount of the phone. Scouring forums to see if it's worth the investment. Neutral to positive on TMo service in this forum, but Epinions (mostly from 2001-2002, but a few 2003 reviews) very negative on TMo.

    Can anyone please tell me if I can expect sufficiently respectable performance and good customer service from TMobile to justify the huge drain on my student budget? Recent plaudits or horror stories welcome so I know what to expect. Thanks. :headscrat
     
    #1 mithrandir, Aug 5, 2004
  2. BillRadio

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    T-Mobile shares their network with Cingular. They have had capacity problems over the last two years, but have come a long way to fixing them. Within the next year, T-Mobile will buy the whole CA/NV network. Service is good in most areas.

    In a very recent consumer review, T-Mobile ranked near the top in Customer Service satisfaction.

    You might try other retailers to see if they ask for a smaller deposit. Some stores will bend over backwards just to get the business. But dress nice. Your deposit may depend on your clothing.
     
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  3. mithrandir

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    Ah, so there is someone out there. Many thanks. Will look around for competing retailers and I'll remember to wear my good shoes.
     
    #3 mithrandir, Aug 5, 2004
  4. Tony E!

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    as far as signal goes, it's fair, i used their service last year and cancelled because of reception problems, friends that use T-Mobil still, often complain about their calls braking up, they do have nice calling plans though.........
     
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  5. ZaphodB

    ZaphodB Signal Go Down De Hole...
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    Depends on how the signal is where you go. When it's good, it's very very good and when it's bad it's just plain chaloshes.

    Find a friend with a T-Mobile or Cingular phone and check their reception. (If their Cingular phone says "Cingular Extend" then they are on the AT&T network and not the T-ingular network.)

    In general, it works fine. There are some very annoying dead spots up here in the Valley... the Northridge mall... the old Lucky's parking lot on Victory and Ethel... the DMV and its parking lot on Vanowen... more or less all of Calabasas... and any ultra-suburban white ghetto in Glendale.
     
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  6. mithrandir

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    Turns out my roommate just cancelled her T-mobile service ... something about the network being busy all the time. My choice will depend ultimately on cost and GSM. I'd like to be able to use the phone in my own country. Thanks to all who replied.
     
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  7. Rasputin

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    Where in LA are you planning to use T-Mob? Cingular/T-Mob have really built out the SoCal area, I do not believe the interior coverage is as good as Verizon, but I think for most people the coverage will work.
     
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  8. mithrandir

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    Will use it mostly for local calls in West LA. Long distance would be neat but unnecessary. But I'm also thinking about a plan that will enable me to email, surf the Net (like the news), and use instant messaging (to stay in touch with family & friends in my country).
     
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  9. mithrandir

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    I've been brushing up on AT&T-Cingular merger news (prompted by what seems like a cool Treo 600 Cingular deal)

    Would I be correct to think that Cingular clients face uncertainty over the next year or so? Even if they stay 3-4 years on the network that Cingular will later turn over to T-mobile and gradually be transferred to AT&T's network, hasn't AT&T's adoption of GSM been problematic? Shouldn't Cingular customers (esp in southern California) be worried that integration may turn out to be pretty bloody? Er, does that make sense? :confused:
     
    #9 mithrandir, Aug 8, 2004
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