T-Mobile/GoSmart Mobile 3G on iPhone 3G/3GS/4/4S/5 Confirmed Areas

[ben824]

Setup my brother's old factory unlocked 3GS for a friend of his who is on T-Mobile and to my surprise it picked up 3G here in Roswell, Ga.

[Anonymous Freak]

Nice to see someone else pegged the tower nearest me. Sadly, it doesn't give 3G to my house, but once I get a block away, 3G it is. One of these times I'm not driving, I'll have to compare T-Mobile 3G on iPhone 4 to AT&T "4G" on iPhone 4S.

[sanches12]

If you have an iPhone 5, I believe Verizon can also do this, but only over LTE.[/QUOTE]

Even on LTE Verizon customers cannot talk and surf the web at the same time. Verizon and Sprint still use CDMA radio to talk which means using the internet simultanouesly is a no go for them where as with at&t and T-Mobile 3G or higher it is the standard.

[gkarris]

Originally Posted by gkarris

Interesting.

Driving around today 3G appeared here and there in the west suburbs.

Soon the whole Chicagoland!

Originally Posted by google

Which burb were you in?

I was passing through Northlake, but it was intermittent. Maybe testing there as well?

[victorbd]

Just got my T-Mobile micro SIM. Activated it on T-Mobile.com, picked the $30 plan without any problem (no taxes.) Cut it down and put it in an iPhone 5.

Got very good 3G at home here in San Francisco (up to 11mbps), and got 3G around Central Richmond, and around Sunset Bld. I also got 3G at school, and I know you can get 3G around Pacific Heights, Van Ness...

Looks like SF has done most of its refarm already...

[sanches12]

It looks like 1900mhz 3G is official in three more cities. Of course mine is not one of them.
http://blog.t-mobile.com/2012/11/07/...w-metro-areas/

[iPhonesandMacs]

Getting 3G in areas all over the Denver metropolitan area... Here's a screenshot from aurora Colorado

[Agent-P]

Originally Posted by iPhonesandMacs

Getting 3G in areas all over the Denver metropolitan area... Here's a screenshot from aurora Colorado
Attachment 375772

Sweet. I hope some of that makes its way over to Boulder.

[boxpin]

I was sitting in my chair at Kaseberg park in Roseville, Ca watching my kids soccer game. I pulled out my iphone and what to my surprise!??

[dtbratt]

Has anyone been to Disney World lately? I wanted to see if I will be on Edge or 3G within the park before I go in December.

[iPhonesandMacs]

Getting pretty fast 3G at my house in aurora, co now...

[chestvrg]

Originally Posted by sanches12

If you have an iPhone 5, I believe Verizon can also do this, but only over LTE.

Even on LTE Verizon customers cannot talk and surf the web at the same time. Verizon and Sprint still use CDMA radio to talk which means using the internet simultanouesly is a no go for them where as with at&t and T-Mobile 3G or higher it is the standard.[/QUOTE]

Wow I ways though that LTE 4G on Verizon & Sprint did support simultaneous voice and data. I wonder why I keep seen those AT&T commercials bringing up this feature as PR.

[boxpin]

Originally Posted by dtbratt

Has anyone been to Disney World lately? I wanted to see if I will be on Edge or 3G within the park before I go in December.

I had Edge coverage the entire time I was there....went to 4 parks.

[dtbratt]

Originally Posted by boxpin

I had Edge coverage the entire time I was there....went to 4 parks.

When did you happen to go?

Looks like I may have to use StraightTalk for the 2 weeks I will be there.

[boxpin]

Originally Posted by dtbratt

When did you happen to go?

Looks like I may have to use StraightTalk for the 2 weeks I will be there.

August 2012 and used 'Undercover Tourist' the entire time.

[dtbratt]

They have done alot of reframing in the last 3 months or so. Curious if anything has changed since August.

[AutoUnion39]

Originally Posted by chestvrg

Even on LTE Verizon customers cannot talk and surf the web at the same time. Verizon and Sprint still use CDMA radio to talk which means using the internet simultanouesly is a no go for them where as with at&t and T-Mobile 3G or higher it is the standard

Wow I ways though that LTE 4G on Verizon & Sprint did support simultaneous voice and data. I wonder why I keep seen those AT&T commercials bringing up this feature as PR.

Depends one on the phone. VZW/Sprint Galaxy S3s can use LTE data while talking on the phone.

AT&T has the one up because it will work on every one of their phones, but it isn't LTE data. Just HSPA+, because none of the radios out there can support HSPA+ voice and LTE data at the same time (yet)

[ann713]

Looks like most of Los Angeles is picking up 3G as well. This is great!

[Anonymous Freak]

Originally Posted by AutoUnion39

Depends one on the phone. VZW/Sprint Galaxy S3s can use LTE data while talking on the phone.

AT&T has the one up because it will work on every one of their phones, but it isn't LTE data. Just HSPA+, because none of the radios out there can support HSPA+ voice and LTE data at the same time (yet)

There are two ways that Verizon and Sprint can do simultaneous voice&data.

1. Dual antennas. One antenna for LTE data, one for CDMA voice. The iPhone cannot do this with any current design, it would require a redesign.

2. VoLTE - Voice over LTE. This uses the data connection to transmit voice, much the same way Skype or even FaceTime do. The iPhone *COULD* do this with a software upgrade. This is entirely up to a combination of Apple and the carrier.


Note: This is semi-true on AT&T as well. AT&T LTE is data-only, but since GSM (HSPA+,) supports simultaneous voice and data, the AT&T iPhone 5 just drops the data connection from LTE to HSPA+ when you're using voice. So when you're talking, you'll get slower internet speeds, but you do get data at least.

(The older EDGE network, similar to CDMA, does not allow simultaneous voice+data, so the original "2G" iPhone can't do simultaneous on any carrier; and until T-Mobile's rollout of 3G, even the 3G-capable iPhones couldn't do it on T-Mobile.)

[victorbd]

San Francisco, CA.

You can see that 3G is even faster than my home network, which is Comcast 20Mbps.

[iPhonesandMacs]

Getting great speeds all over Denver! It seems that I have 3G coverage in lots of places but my phone still insists to use edge, even though when I switch 3G on and off I pick up 3G in lots of places... So I wonder why it is choosing edge over 3G when it's available....

[Minhimalism]

Getting 3G in random parts of the school now, which means Richardson, TX is starting to go live

[gkarris]

Was shopping around Melrose Park area (Chicago western subs) and 3G was going in and out... I'm assuming Chicago will get it mostly before Black Friday so that T-Mobile can market it to unlocked iPhone purchasers/users/hand-me down owners/people off AT&T contract...

*keeps fingers crossed that we $6/month T-Mobile Web unlimited EDGE users get grandfathered in*

[Sixth Street]

Originally Posted by sanches12

It looks like 1900mhz 3G is official in three more cities. Of course mine is not one of them.
http://blog.t-mobile.com/2012/11/07/...w-metro-areas/

I'm a bit surprised at that press release, at least as it concerns Houston. The areas covered are a fairly small portion of the Houston metro, not immaterial, but not too far from it.

I might try a prepaid tmobile sim in my ATT iphone 5 just for kicks though.

[papaalex]

Originally Posted by Sixth Street

I'm a bit surprised at that press release, at least as it concerns Houston. The areas covered are a fairly small portion of the Houston metro, not immaterial, but not too far from it.

I might try a prepaid tmobile sim in my ATT iphone 5 just for kicks though.

I live close to Humble / Kingwood area and I only get spotty areas of 3G