I'm on the t mobile 4g package but thanks so much for your valuable input.I'd change the thread title. First you say very slow 4G speeds then in your pic it is showing edge speeds.
You have a "4G" data package doesn't mean you will always get "4G". For iPhone and other non T-Mobile phones (which doesn't support AWS 3G frequency), you need to be in the refarmed PCS (1900) 3G area to get 3G (or call it 4G if you like as 4G is only a marketing team for T-Mobile HSPA+ network). Check out http://www.airportal.de/ for other T-Mobile users reporting for refarmed PCS 3G area.So I'm getting such slow Internet using edge in manhattan. Does anyone else have this issue?
42mbsI used to have T-Mobile when I first moved to NYC and the coverage is okay but the speeds are terrible.
What can you really expect from HSPA+?
You have a "4G" data package doesn't mean you will always get "4G". For iPhone and other non T-Mobile phones (which doesn't support AWS 3G frequency), you need to be in the refarmed PCS (1900) 3G area to get 3G (or call it 4G if you like as 4G is only a marketing team for T-Mobile HSPA+ network). Check out http://www.airportal.de/ for other T-Mobile users reporting for refarmed PCS 3G area.
What most people do not understand about T-Mobile is that they are a struggling carrier. They are now refarming their existing HSPA+ network so that the iPhone will work on it. They don't want to pay Apple for a subsizdized phone. I personally like T-Mobile, but I don't think they'll be in the game much longer without the iPhone.
Their "4G" network is nice, but not consistent. You'll have 5 bars of full 4G and then move down the block and have EDGE. They use 1700mhz and 2100 mhz bands for their 3G which are really bad for building penetration.
AT&T uses 850mhz and 1900mhz which is why their 3G is way more consistent. It seems much more mature than T-Mobile's 3G/4G.
I don't think I'd invest into an unlocked iPhone for use on T-Mobile. By year's end, their new 1900mhz 3G will still be buggy and will fall back to EDGE.
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Is there a no contract pay monthly alternative you could recommend that will perform better? Straight talk perhaps?
What most people do not understand about T-Mobile is that they are a struggling carrier. They are now refarming their existing HSPA+ network so that the iPhone will work on it. They don't want to pay Apple for a subsizdized phone. I personally like T-Mobile, but I don't think they'll be in the game much longer without the iPhone.
Their "4G" network is nice, but not consistent. You'll have 5 bars of full 4G and then move down the block and have EDGE. They use 1700mhz and 2100 mhz bands for their 3G which are really bad for building penetration.
AT&T uses 850mhz and 1900mhz which is why their 3G is way more consistent. It seems much more mature than T-Mobile's 3G/4G.
I don't think I'd invest into an unlocked iPhone for use on T-Mobile. By year's end, their new 1900mhz 3G will still be buggy and will fall back to EDGE.
Okay I didn't realise they were allowed to advertise something that they don't actually deliver but there you go...
According to airportal there was a 3G sighting right where I live but I have not got 3G speeds so far.
Does anyone know how these refarms are being planned? You would think New York would be first??
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Is there a no contract pay monthly alternative you could recommend that will perform better? Straight talk perhaps?
I'm on the t mobile 4g package but thanks so much for your valuable input.
Have you noticed those percentages increase a lot lately? Maybe I should stick it out if they're upgrading in the metro areaI'm getting 3G 90% of the time when I'm in queens ny
60% when in manhattan
80% in long island
At the rate 3G is poping up in New York I can see it completed by the end of the year
I'm on the t mobile 4g package but thanks so much for your valuable input.
Yes, i would stick it out.Have you noticed those percentages increase a lot lately? Maybe I should stick it out if they're upgrading in the metro area
So I'm getting such slow Internet using edge in manhattan. Does anyone else have this issue?
They probably removed downvoting to stop trolls and nerds like you from clogging up the forums! Jeez...God I wish you could downvote still.
Your phone was on EDGE at the time of that test.
Low intelligence?!Wow, the intelligence of this thread is rather low.