MetroPCS to fully integrate AWS in one year

metro in the NE......question.....is MetroPCS any good when it comes to CS and plan value and stuff like that???

 

I cant speak for them but if you look at the plans they are really good. I mean I think it is great to have an unlimied minute family share plan. Also I hear the CS is good.

 

Good for MetroPCS and good for competition.:thumb:

 

yeah well i could have sworn that when i did the search thing on WAs front page it said that Metro had a future license in my area and now it disappeared and i'm sad cuz thats one less bit of competition

 

Could just be a system glitch. If Metro has spectrum covering the greater Philly area, and for that matter, Reading, eventually they'll have service. I would think having service in Metro Philadelphia would be an asset for them (another major market).

 

i dont know it was there for a while and it was the AWS frequencies i think.......but yeah Philly has some pretty serious subscriber potential...........

 

Yes, you are covered in your area of Pennsylvania. Check out this map of the AWS spectrum winnings by MetroPCS, as you'll see, eastern PA is within the area they've purchased. So the odds are very good Metro will be available in Greater Philadelphia, including Reading.

A Visual Guide to AWS (Phone Scoop)

According to that same map, you may get Cricket in Metro Philly as well.

 

wow thats a really nice page!!! very informative.....and provided explanation!!

 

Phonescoop really outdid themselves with their thorough analysis of both the 1700mhz and 700mhz auction.

 

but that really was an incredible page cuz i felt likei was reading motives.....and even insider information.......well anyway i do hope we get MetroPCS in Reading because some competition would be appreciated.......i get perfect Sprint service everywhere but Verizon charges a lot and they dont even have great service everywhere.....AT&T prolli gives you the best......

 

A Visual Guide to AWS (Phone Scoop)

There's some useful info in there (the maps are really nice), but I'm generally not a fan of PhonePoop, they mean well but it's obvious they aren't coming from a technical/engineering background. Just a quick example, when you abbreviate 30,000 Hz to 30kHz it's due to the decimal system, not the metric system

If I have some time I'll try to get some stuff about AWS up on my site. Unfortunately, my site is just a hobby and not a full time job, so it's slow going for me :O

...but I do have some explanation of the GSM frequency bands up now:
RadioRaiders GSM Frequency Bands

 

well i like how Phonescoop keeps it simple for those of us who just cant get too technical

 

I am really happy Metro PCS get spectrum here hope that they come soon.

 

I live 30 miles south from SmArTeStChIlD421 and I heard good things about Metro so I'm hoping we will get it too

 

it seems that with smaller companies they sometimes cant give you as much but what they do give you is better quality than anything else out there......kinda like small carrier CS

 

And you know if they also have good roaming agreements then nationally you will have coverage.

 

Actually no. Phonescoop is more correct. The "decimal system" defines a base-10 number system as opposed to octal (8), hexadecimal (16), binary (2), etc. The "metric system" as we Americans call it, is the International System of Units (SI). SI defines all the prefixes such as giga, kilo, milli, etc. PhoneScoop would have been better off saying "SI units are used to abbreviate that..."

Metric system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
International System of Units - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Decimal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Very true. This is what benefits Alltel, and T-Mobile for example, even though they're beyond the point of being considered small carriers, like USCellular, MetroPCS, and Cricket.

 

True. "SI units" would be the most accurate. Thanks for pointing that out. The SI abbreviations are still however based on the decimal scientific / engineering notations, which is what I was referring to:
Engineering notation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia