They would look much better if they worked on adding new towers in the US (not upgrading existing towers). I like everything about T-Mobile except their terrible coverage
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T-Mobile Expands Simple Global Coverage to All of Europe and South America
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They would look much better if they worked on adding new towers in the US (not upgrading existing towers). I like everything about T-Mobile except their terrible coverage
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They would look much better if they worked on adding new towers in the US (not upgrading existing towers). I like everything about T-Mobile except their terrible coverage
They're adding new native coverage areas every day, though we won't be seeing much of this until they acquire more low-band spectrum. Nothing dramatic will happen for a few more years.
I am currently in Europe for three weeks and having TMo as my carrier has saved me a TON of money, not to mention the added convenience of not having to buy a local SIM. Now add to that free WiFi calling to the US (thank you hotel, Starbucks, and random apartment with open WiFi) and you have the best deal possible.
As for the domestic coverage I will say this: this summer my wife and I traveled America for 40 days going down the east coast to Key West, across the south to San Diego, "locally" to Grand Canyon, Zion, Vegas, San Francisco, down on the CA1, then back to the east coast via Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska... all the way back to Philadelphia. I used my TMo phone (iPhone 6) for navigation and it only started losing native TMo signal (even going for long stretches without any service) in West Texas, so after we passed the Dallas/Austin line going to New Mexico. From there we were in no service country or roaming most of the time if too far off the main highways or towns (US roaming from TMo sucks... you only have 50MB included and you use them up in one address lookup), but hey, we had full TMo coverage pretty much everywhere else (even in Oatman, AZ!). My wife has an iPhone 5 and she had bigger signal issues, so I will definitely get her the 6S to deal with that. Back home in Philly signal strength is great and indoors we have WiFi, so no need. Again, that iPhone 6S will solve her signal issues.
All in all we would not consider any other carrier. TMo is the best deal for us for now, and it's getting better every month.
We can live without fancy rural area coverage.
As for the domestic coverage I will say this: this summer my wife and I traveled America for 40 days going down the east coast to Key West, across the south to San Diego, "locally" to Grand Canyon, Zion, Vegas, San Francisco, down on the CA1, then back to the east coast via Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska... all the way back to Philadelphia. I used my TMo phone (iPhone 6) for navigation and it only started losing native TMo signal (even going for long stretches without any service) in West Texas, so after we passed the Dallas/Austin line going to New Mexico. From there we were in no service country or roaming most of the time if too far off the main highways or towns (US roaming from TMo sucks... you only have 50MB included and you use them up in one address lookup), but hey, we had full TMo coverage pretty much everywhere else (even in Oatman, AZ!). My wife has an iPhone 5 and she had bigger signal issues, so I will definitely get her the 6S to deal with that. Back home in Philly signal strength is great and indoors we have WiFi, so no need. Again, that iPhone 6S will solve her signal issues.
All in all we would not consider any other carrier. TMo is the best deal for us for now, and it's getting better every month.
We can live without fancy rural area coverage.
Oof. Yeah, that's not good. Even inside my Garden apt, i can get 3mbps on cellular data in Boerum Hill. But WiFi calling fixes that problem anyway. On my stoop, I get 3 dots and 20mbps. In the city, I've gotten anything from 15 - 40mbps. All of that was better than what I had w/ AT&T. I think they are expanding here in BK. They are growing faster than the other networks. 2 years ago, I couldn't switch because there was no service on my street. I moved over last year after I tested it again. It just keeps getting better, which is nice to see from a carrier. Hopefully they'll get to your neighborhood soon!!
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I am in the same boat; had Tmob and liked it, just moved to East Iowa and they have no presence here except for some "partner" but no real coverage
I tethered and was not charged nor disconnected. Traffic shows up on the bill as other data roaming. Probably they disconnect you if you abuse it. I use 50-100MB a day for my phone and jumped to 200 when I had to tether, and so far no angry texts or tweets from John
These arguments are absurd. T-Mobile has tens of thousands of employees, and you want them all to work on the exact same thing? I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the people working out deals with service providers overseas and different from those figuring out where to install new towers within our nation's borders. Your expectation is akin to Ford designing a new Mustang and having EVERYONE work on the steering wheel together and then having them all move on to the hazard lights button. Different work groups, different projects, same goal: improving customer experience.
...no, I don't work for them, just a customer that appreciates what they are doing in the marketplace.
This came in very handy when I spent 4 weeks in Europe this summer. VoIP worked just fine over the throttled connection.
It's nice that they're getting roaming agreements in place internationally; but they've still got a ways to go in the U.S. to be a viable alternative to AT&T and Verizon for many people.
T-Mobile has announced the expansion of its Simple Global coverage to an additional 20 countries to now cover all of Europe and South America. Simple Global is now available in the Bahamas and 145 total countries worldwide, covering more than 90% of the areas that Americans travel abroad each year.
Simple Global provides Simple Choice postpaid customers with unlimited low-speed data and texting at no extra cost, and flat-rate calls for 20 cents per minute, outside of the United States. It is complemented by Mobile Without Borders, which allows full talk, text and 4G LTE data usage in Canada and Mexico at no extra cost.Simple Global is now available in these additional countries and destinations:
Caribbean: Bahamas, Haiti
Europe: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Monaco, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Guernsey, Alderney, Jersey, Sark, Isle of Man
Others: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, KyrgyzstanSimple Global provides a standard data speed of 128 Kbps. No tethering is allowed.
Article Link: T-Mobile Expands Simple Global Coverage to All of Europe and South America
Heres what I was thinking. I live in BC Canada just across the border and the price of plans up here are ridiculous compared to the US plans. And the US plans just keep getting better. With this plan I was just wondering if I could get one of these and just use it up here like normal for a fraction of the cost of a comparable plan up here? Any thoughts or anyone tried this?
T-Mobile will go after those who are in international locations for extended periods of time. Unless you can get a T-Mobile signal where you are most of the time, they probably won't let you on for long.
No, they'll shut you down pretty fast if most of your service is above the border as soon as you start service. Were you going to sign up with a friend's US address?
After nearly 15 years on VZW (mostly because of their Canada plans), we jumped to T-Mobile recently and haven't looked back. Our local coverage is good (in HI, pretty much any where you go statewide) and the spouse has had excellent connectivity on a recent business trip to London, UK. We look forward to using our iphones in Canada the way we do in the US without being gouged up the wazoo for it, the way VZW does. As for patchy coverage, VZW had & probably still has plenty of that both at home & on the US mainland. It's a myth that they're everywhere. They're not and we've experienced LOTS of coverage gaps, including No Service, over the years we had VZW.
Yes, all this and a bill that's significantly lower with significantly higher data buckets. What's not to like?
Yes, all this and a bill that's significantly lower with significantly higher data buckets. What's not to like?
For what it's worth, earlier this year I signed up for T-Mobile to use during an international trip. I activated the SIM card a day or two before leaving the U.S. and traveled to six Simple Choice countries over the course of three weeks and never had any problems.
I think you could probably squeeze out a full cycle before they do start to wonder. Also that 2G speed in Europe on vacation is nothing compared to the LTE roaming in Canada as every day home use. Similarly, Three UK has a similar service called At Home. I had kept my SIM card active for my trips and popped it my spare when they announced their program. It worked for 3 months here in the US. Not that I was using it very much anyway.
You do realize that T-Mobile is a subsidiary of Deutsch Telecom, one of the largest wireless phone providers in Europe? This is one of the reasons why they can offer this. They don't have to negotiate with other carriers in many of the European countries because they have a presence there already.
So your complaining because they have better coverage in Europe is akin to someone in the UK complaining that Apple Pay was available in the US first...
I've been a tmo customer for a few years now. Prior to that I was ATT. When I switched I worried about coverage, but calls dropped in the same places that my ATT calls dropped. The coverage has gotten better over that time, and I love the EIP method of buying the phone. Even non-tmo customers should thank them for driving the funny business out of contracts and plans.
The Europe coverage is awesome. When I go on vacation with friends who are on ATT, it is amusing as they deal with plans and data caps and/or SIMs. Meanwhile I get a welcome to country X text from tmo where it explains how it just works.
The Europe coverage is awesome. When I go on vacation with friends who are on ATT, it is amusing as they deal with plans and data caps and/or SIMs. Meanwhile I get a welcome to country X text from tmo where it explains how it just works.
I'm sorry to say but T-Mobile just cannot keep up with demand if they keep adding more and more subscribers and not enough capacity.
Try using T-Mobile in a crowded mall or stadium or even disneyland. Your signal will not be an issue because it'll be there but you'll have no data or have way to make a call due to overloading.
Once T-Mobile starts increasing capacity then I'll decide to switch back. Right now, I'm willing to pay a bit more and be actually able use my service then to be stuck with signal but no reliable data service.
Try using T-Mobile in a crowded mall or stadium or even disneyland. Your signal will not be an issue because it'll be there but you'll have no data or have way to make a call due to overloading.
Once T-Mobile starts increasing capacity then I'll decide to switch back. Right now, I'm willing to pay a bit more and be actually able use my service then to be stuck with signal but no reliable data service.
This was actually one of the reasons I left AT&T. I actually pay less on TMO and have much better service. If the time comes when they can't handle all of these people joining their growing network, maybe I'll consider going back to AT&T. But to be honest, TMO over the past few years has responded much more quickly to service issues than AT&T ever did IMO. At the end of the day, I think TMO is actually trying to make their customers happy, though some just never will be.
As a T-Mobile customer I used free international roaming in Europe and I loved being able to use my iPhone while traveling. I was connected to 3G in most places and data speeds felt fast - no trouble using Facebook, Snapchat, or browsing websites in Safari.
Another case of location, applicable to all carriers. T-Mobile is the fastest at Disney World and at Daytona International Speedway, two busy areas. Of course, YMMV.
I moved from Winnipeg back to the states a couple months ago and got the service a month before leaving (right as they announced the mobile without borders plans). They didn't seem to care about my 5 weeks of Canadian-only service.
You might be able to do this. Especially if the Wifi at your house supports the Wifi Calling feature. Then it definitely wouldn't matter as much. Slight downside though is that when people call you, it would be an international call for them.
