T-Mobile 3G 10.01.08

Which cities? Is it on the dots on the US map in that picture?

 

Probably just a tower in the middle of New Haven, CT. LOL! :lmao:

Seriously, most of these announcements are followed by a depressing foundation. The bare minimum to support their claims. So when they say NJ and Long Island, they probably mean downtown Newark + the airport and JFK/La Guardia Airports and maybe a little bit east of Queens just to get their bases well covered. That's exactly how AT&T started.

But I'm waiting for T-mobile to surprise me. I mean, AWS spectrum has no one else on it, so they have no excuse.

 

I'm confused as to whether those are launch markets or launch cities?

The Los Angeles market is made up of hundreds of smaller cities/towns within the general vicinity. I doubt they'd limit 3G strictly to LA's city limits.

From looking at those dots, it kind of looks like AT&T's 3G footprint. :wink:

 

It would think it's supposed to be markets, versus just those cities mentioned. With T-Mobile, who knows?

I'll keep an eye out for any hints of 3G on my 6263 with the Nokia firmware that actually shows 3g instead of an antenna next to the signal bars.

 

Vegas launches 08/06/08

 

It is a soft launch as far as the spectrum crunch yeah the most populated areas in the market are getting the upgrade first and it trickles down from there. Also Austin TX is scheduled for the following day.

 

The press release that spleck posted specifically says "markets". However, as bobolito points out, this is not necessarily a commitment to blanket the entire market on launch day. On T-Mo's overall coverage map, the "New England" market would include at least: Boston metro, Providence, RI and the I95 corridor through Connecticut. I would expect that Worcester, MA and Hartford, CT would be included as well, since these are each as populous as Providence. How much of that will be lit up with 3G by Christmas? T-Mo is not saying. The commitment to the entire market is pretty clear, but not by a specific date.


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One of the items from their Q2 press release may give some help - TM says that 14,000 of their 42,000 cell sites are 3G-capable. I still see some GPRS when I drive from PA to Baltimore along some rural stretches of I-83 in northern Baltimore county (not the same as Balto city).

 

id have to say that's a pretty good start....but then again.......applause isn't a luxury that T-Mobile can get......they are pretty far behind as far as 3G is concerned

 

True, but nearly every friend or relative or colleague I know does not have 3G service. Only two people who bought the 3G iPhone are using 3G in my group of friends, coworkers, etc. Of course, that's a very small sample but the fact remains an overwhelming majority of subscribers still are not using 3G services.

 

I just hope October 1st will be a real date for their larger 3G launch and not just another close call that will be delayed again...

 

I think so to

 

yes but how good a 3G network is in many peoples' eyes is based not on who's using it but how much 3G there is........the overall progress of the rollout..........T-Mobile seems to be doing it in one fell swoop

 

That is true - AT&T just turned on 3G in my area within the last month or so, and with 500,000 people in the county, and about 2M in the southcentral PA market, it's not exactly isolated around here.

 

yeah............from the looks of it T-Mobile has been setting up a pretty serious 3G network that they're gonna turn on like a light switch.....thats what this looks like

 

Hey guys, I just read that the launch dates for Tmobile were leaked. The just turned it on in Houston. Don't know how true they are that some of the dates already passed and their no shows. Just hope they do stay on schedule with the launch of the other cities. But here's the dates that were leaked and the website I read it on:

Baltimore - Aug 18th
Houston – Aug 19th
Minneapolis – Aug 20th
San Diego – Sept 15th
Los Angeles – Sept 16th
Phoenix – Sept 16th
Sacramento – Sept 17th
Portland – Sept 18th
Seattle – Sept 23rd
San Francisco – Sept 24th

T-Mobile HSDPA Launch Markets Leaked - Several cities should see launch by end of week... - dslreports.com

 

so if these are markets then wont they have a 3G network thats even slightly comparable to AT&Ts

 

Nope, but I'm surprised they are even launching that fast. I wonder if they will stick with that schedule or might delay some cities because of problems, but they better have more coverage because the HTC Dream is coming out soon for Tmobile.

 

I keep waiting for the "3G" icon to appear on my Nokia 6263 (unlocked, and with the Nokia firmware, which allows the "3G" indicator to show) yet...

T-Mobile 3G, where are you???

(Yeah, I know, they haven't "technically" launched it yet in the L.A. market, but I can still hope...)

 

why do their phones not say 3G? it wouild seem to me that they are scared of people thinking down on their network...but they have all the rights to do that i think.

 

Most T-Mobile phones don't show EDGE, either, I believe. Although Blackberries do.

 

the phones generally are altered when it comes to the icons.....

btw is it possible that the pending 3G rollout could be causing problems with Sidekicks again.......my Sidekick friend has been having trouble with hers the past 2 or 3 days

 

tmob is not going 3G in my area, but i have noticed more people porting lately...

 

porting out or in???

anyone heard anything??

 

I haven't heard anything about the 3G rollout, but they just started selling their first HSDPA Phone even though they don't have a large 3G footprint.

Sony Ericsson TM506, T-Mobile's first HSDPA handset, goes live - Engadget Mobile