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T-Mobile USA Makes Unprecedented Network Expansion
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| Cyrus Afzali 2006-01-30, 5:48 pm |
| It appears that the news we've been hoping for has happened, at least
as much as can ever be expected. Long story short, T-Mobile USA inked
a number of roaming deals with 850 mHz carriers that will expand our
U.S. coverage by just over 50 percent.
An article describing it in more detail can be found here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/0...mobile_us_plan/
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| danny burstein 2006-01-30, 11:48 pm |
| In < jnvst1psvrn32jhv50m9
cn8ftq4nu10g3d@4ax.com> Cyrus Afzali <pnsmnyv@lnubb.pbz> writes:
>It appears that the news we've been hoping for has happened, at least
>as much as can ever be expected. Long story short, T-Mobile USA inked
>a number of roaming deals with 850 mHz carriers that will expand our
>U.S. coverage by just over 50 percent.
>An article describing it in more detail can be found here:
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/0...mobile_us_plan/
Now... the question is if my semi-crippled Nokia 3595,
which was originally designed to be dual band but
which Omn^h^h voice^h^h^ t-mobile claims is single band,
will work on them.
(When I do a network search I do, indeed, find some
providers who are on 850. Can't access them, though,
since I don't have an account with them and my phone
is sim locked. Haven't tried calling "911" to force
the issue...).
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| Cyrus Afzali 2006-01-30, 11:48 pm |
| On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:51:56 +0000 (UTC), danny burstein
<dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
>In < jnvst1psvrn32jhv50m9
cn8ftq4nu10g3d@4ax.com> Cyrus Afzali <pnsmnyv@lnubb.pbz> writes:
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>Now... the question is if my semi-crippled Nokia 3595,
>which was originally designed to be dual band but
>which Omn^h^h voice^h^h^ t-mobile claims is single band,
>will work on them.
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>(When I do a network search I do, indeed, find some
>providers who are on 850. Can't access them, though,
>since I don't have an account with them and my phone
>is sim locked. Haven't tried calling "911" to force
>the issue...).
If T-Mobile has a roaming partnership with an 850 provider, you don't
need an account with them and it won't matter whether your phone is
SIM locked or not -- everything will work seamlessly just like it does
when you roam abroad, only there will be no extra charges.
If you're doing a search, since I know you're in NYC, most likely
you're turning up Cingular's 850 mHz system here. We indeed cannot
roam on Cingular's 850 system in the NY metro area.
Calling 911 wouldn't force anything. It would just place an emergency
call.
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| klugja@hotmail.com 2006-01-31, 2:48 am |
| I think some of this is old news. Dobson roaming has been available
for at least two years. GPRS only worked in the last year or so. So
far they don't charge me internet roaming charges on Dobson. Nor do
the record SMS messages or Alerts while on Dobson.
The real news for me is RCC and Alltel.
Are Alltel and RCC going to put up GSM in CDMA areas for T-Mobile? RCC
could really help out in MN, but then they might lose customers,
because right now RCC customers can't roam on Dobson, and Dobson can't
roam on RCC. Also, Alltel could lose customers if they allowed GSM
roaming in rural northwest Ohio. GSM coverage is missing from Tiffin
Ohio, for instance.
So will T-Mobile co-locate CDMA for Alltel & RCC to help them out?
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| In article <1138681093.545103.233360@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
klugja@hotmail.com wrote:
> I think some of this is old news. Dobson roaming has been available
> for at least two years. GPRS only worked in the last year or so. So
> far they don't charge me internet roaming charges on Dobson. Nor do
> the record SMS messages or Alerts while on Dobson.
>
> The real news for me is RCC and Alltel.
>
> Are Alltel and RCC going to put up GSM in CDMA areas for T-Mobile? RCC
> could really help out in MN, but then they might lose customers,
> because right now RCC customers can't roam on Dobson, and Dobson can't
> roam on RCC. Also, Alltel could lose customers if they allowed GSM
> roaming in rural northwest Ohio. GSM coverage is missing from Tiffin
> Ohio, for instance.
>
> So will T-Mobile co-locate CDMA for Alltel & RCC to help them out?
What is RCC?
I'm in Mn and just completed a trip to SD. I found T-Mobile good all
the way West for 125 miles from MSP then it dropped until East of
Watertown S.D. The latest coverage map shows a good coverage with 850
roaming in that area, but I found a large empty space of about 60 mi.
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| Doug Warner 2006-01-31, 11:48 pm |
| rocky <mar.sv@mars.com> wrote:
>I'm in Mn and just completed a trip to SD. I found T-Mobile good all=20
>the way West for 125 miles from MSP then it dropped until East of=20
>Watertown S.D. The latest coverage map shows a good coverage with 850=20
>roaming in that area, but I found a large empty space of about 60 mi.
I jsut wish they'd expand it to my neighborhood in the Atlanta, GA
suburbs. At my house & street, I'm lucky if I get 1-2 bars. If I go
1/2 mile in any direction, it's all bars, maxed out. =20
I've called them several times, and nothing was done.
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| Cyrus Afzali 2006-02-01, 2:48 am |
| On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:40:55 -0500, Doug Warner
<dwarner22@ccharter.net> wrote:
>rocky <mar.sv@mars.com> wrote:
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>I jsut wish they'd expand it to my neighborhood in the Atlanta, GA
>suburbs. At my house & street, I'm lucky if I get 1-2 bars. If I go
>1/2 mile in any direction, it's all bars, maxed out.
>I've called them several times, and nothing was done.
In all likelihood, that's due to the difficulty of siting cell towers.
Everybody wants reception, but nobody wants a cell tower in their
neighborhood. This is especially a big problem in an around
urban/suburban areas.
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| In article < 2ic0u1dl7vqvuolni0h3
r04uit2mlgg2gf@4ax.com>,
Cyrus Afzali <pnsmnyv@lnubb.pbz> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:40:55 -0500, Doug Warner
> <dwarner22@ccharter.net> wrote:
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> In all likelihood, that's due to the difficulty of siting cell towers.
> Everybody wants reception, but nobody wants a cell tower in their
> neighborhood. This is especially a big problem in an around
> urban/suburban areas.
T-Mobile made inquiry as to installing a cell site in the local park,
one and a half blocks from my house. It would have been a very good
deal for our parks and rec department and visual impact would have been
nil because they were to replace one of the ball parks light poles with
the cell tower. The city asked for comments from residents and I sent
them a very positive letter. T-Mobile must have found a more suitable
location because it's two years later and still no tower.
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| ^'^BatAttaK^'^ 2006-02-01, 11:48 pm |
| On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 09:29:53 GMT, rocky <mar.sv@mars.com> wrote:
>In article < 2ic0u1dl7vqvuolni0h3
r04uit2mlgg2gf@4ax.com>,
> Cyrus Afzali <pnsmnyv@lnubb.pbz> wrote:
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>T-Mobile made inquiry as to installing a cell site in the local park,
>one and a half blocks from my house. It would have been a very good
>deal for our parks and rec department and visual impact would have been
>nil because they were to replace one of the ball parks light poles with
>the cell tower. The city asked for comments from residents and I sent
>them a very positive letter. T-Mobile must have found a more suitable
>location because it's two years later and still no tower.
More than like your positive note was countered by a dozen from your
local NIMBYs.
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