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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] zmore:
You all should install and use the Sensorly app in order to see and get your coverage & speedtest data out there. No guessing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MistaSergio:
I would wager real world use over numbers any day :good: but it does look like another resource. I used open signal to see coverage and while Verizon has the most coverage - 4G hasn't been as steady in all that space in my area. It seems more of a where do you need it thing then a "nice to know I can make calls in the middle of a body of water" lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MattMJB0188:
Biggest whiners seem to want 3G in the middle of nowhere from T-Mobile. EDGE is fine as long as it works. It's just annoying when AT&T has my whole area blanketed in LTE. They use the same tower and the best T-Mobile could do is EDGE. But I have wifi.

Can HD voice be used over EDGE?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] spridell:
Check on Ebay for a T-mobile repeater.

I got one for about $100

I had one bar in basement and barely got any service.

With the repeater installed 4 full bars now in the basement and fast as hell data.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MistaSergio:
I'm not sure about he voice but I didn't have issue nor problems with the quality of the call. Sound pretty good to me - I imagine phones on both ends play a factor to "hd voice" clarity do if there is a weak link your signal means less than its source
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Limeybastard:
Lower frequency = better penetration. However less sound quality is what I learned.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] XxLostSoulxX:
And it does truly depend on your location. For instance in my neck of the woods, DFW Area LTE is pretty much everywhere and for me when it switches between 4G and LTE the speed is not that much of a difference except when I'm uploading something. I can go down a street, a road, a whole highway, shoot even a whole town and stay on LTE.

I switched from sprint and it is so much better than sprint that's for sure. Sprint for me was like what Tmobile was for you; so spotty. One of the main differences is for me if I am streaming something like Netflix and I am down the road I can go from LTE to 4G without any interruptions from buffering, etc...

DC HSPA is far superior as its pretty much 4G speeds even though it's really considered 3G Technology.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mingkee:
I usually get decent speed on both HSPA and LTE in Manhattan. However, Brooklyn can be totally different story depends on where you are.

If you're in extremely high traffic areas like 86th Street (D train 18-25 Aves) and Downtown Brooklyn (entire Jay Street), HSPA can be extremely painful even you want to switch, and LTE reception isn't great as Manhattan in Brooklyn.

Usually I get 12-18Mbps in Manhattan and 10-14Mbps in Brooklyn with LTE (Sony Xperia Ion or Note 3).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Z51:
I sell wireless for a living. If you want good call service, pick tmobile. If you want good call service and fast internet, pick AT&T. I did. Couldnt be happier. Plus all the tmo phones arent bootloader locked and work just the same as AT&T

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] glock115:
I have att, Verizon n tmobile right now, little obsessed. Here in jersey, close to nyc, I'm getting great lte speeds outdoor. Unfortunately, I get either edge or no data at work and that's a deal breaker for me. Both att n Verizon get lte at my job. I really wanted to make the switch.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] richB7:
I temporarily have tmobile and Verizon note 3's and have been testing speed on both in and around Houston. I'm anticipating moving to tmobile from Verizon and was thinking I'd lose something on tmobile but to my surprise tmobile beats Verizon 9 times out of 10 even indoors. Unfortunately at home Verizon wins but I can discount that because of available wifi. But just a mile North I get 30+ download.

I'll post stats when I'm done.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mingkee:
It's time Wi-Fi Calling comes to play.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] XxLostSoulxX:
ATT is not that great overall average speeds are too slow. And choose ATT if you want an expensive bill with no unlimited. Choose Tmobile and get fast average speeds and high end speeds.

2014 for tmobile is 20+20MHz, LTE A speeds buddy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] hvacman316:
I moved from Verizon in Richmond VA and I'm very happy I did.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] randpost:
I just moved my lines from Verizon to TMo. I get great speeds outdoors. When I'm at home or in class I'm on wifi for wifi calling and data. I don't miss VZ at all, but I'm in one of TMos better 4G areas.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MERK77:
Lets see thats really a hard one because AT&T has a good network COVERAGE but there consistance in speed is garbage . Tmobile COVERAGE is not the best out side major populated areas but the SPEED of the network dances around at&t .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] XxLostSoulxX:
Verizon will always be king when it comes to reliability and coverage. ATT is just too expensive for nothing in return. Sprint is cheap but not promising to unreliable and spotty, and tmobile is the underdog that soon will change faces. Sooner or later Sprint will no longer be and it'll just be the three. And ATT is going to have to change plans if they want to keep a profit.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MERK77:
I agree to a point but I feel tmobile is going to force everyone how they do business . Just like apple did with the iphone it forced everyone to start dropping new phones like there is no tomorrow . Sprint is gone . Verizon well yes they are big but little by little tgey are losing people again gokd signal but it does not mean its working . . Att well they are nickel and dimeing everyone . And I felt I am really not getting the performance I was paying for . I had unlimited with att and I left them and im not looking back because of tmobile speed . .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Z51:
I pay 60 a month. Unlimited talk and text with 2gb of web. I dont need unlimited data. I never even go over 1 gb. I had tmobile for years. Never had a problem. Tried att and never went back. Better signal everywhere tmobile didnt have service. Ive never seen my phone on edge on ATT. Tmobile sucks because it was always on edge. Im getting 30 mbps down on att lte and love it.

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Its vice versa with me.tmo is slow here in LA compared to att

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] shaungregg:
T-Mo is great but on the drive from South Florida to Orlando (Central Florida) we lost data connectivity most of the 3 hour drive unless near a town, this was driving on 95 all the way. Always had a phone signal tho, Sprint was just as bad I recall and I haven't had ATT since we lived in Washington State almost 4 years ago now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] XxLostSoulxX:
Tmo has a plan for 30 a month that's 5GB of data unlimited talk, text, and web.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] aooga:
No they dont. Its $30 for

100 minutes

, unlimited texting, and 5GB of data.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] XxLostSoulxX:
Whatever 100 minutes or 30 dollars for 2gb and 1500 minutes
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] zenmasta:
Could you guys please provide some feedback on coverage in Orange County CA? Specially in the Tustin/Irvine/Lake Forest area.

I am currently with sprint and looking to move to AT&T or T-Mobile(T-Mo being my first choice since it is cheaper).

I got tired of paying $150 for spotty coverage and call drops. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] vinnyjr:
In Boston area my data speeds are very fast. HSPA+ (10-15 mb down & 4 mb up)

LTE (22-30 mb down & 10-15 mb up)

These are daytime speeds, faster at night.

T-Mobile in my area blows all other Carriers away. I have the iphone 5S and also the Note 3.

Both are unlocked and can run on T-Mobile & AT&T Network. T-Mobile is getting stronger and better every day.

Vinny
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] WO2014WO:
good work thank you​

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] B-Mobile:
I've lived on the east coast all my life, moved to California April of 2013 - in Richmond, Va purchased a galaxy s3 at launch: in the general Richmond area i got good HSPA+ service (3-4 bars just about everywhere) with decent building penetration: as a long time T-Mo customer it doesn't surprised me anymore when i go into a restaurant or a mall etc: and data goes from HSPA+ to edge

i would normally get around 10-15mbps down and 3-5mbps up under optimal conditions I've even smoked Verizon and at&t s3's with LTE connectivity indoors (int he break room) at home: had a basement apt at the time and kept a steady 2-3 bars of HSPA+ my outdoor speeds where about the same indoors

Things changed when i moved to Sacramento: my indoor service (at home) was terrible 1-3mbps down and 1-3mbps up on the s3 i had to get a signal booster at the house just to keep the dreaded Edge symbol off my screen. If i was out and about the speed was better but now quiet the Richmond numbers, 5-7 mbps down 1-3mbps up

So fast forward to the Note 3: i was looking forward to connecting to LTE in Sacramento and very glad I upgraded: with the help of the signal booster at home i average around 10-15mbps down and 3-8mpbs up on HSPA+ on LTE i get around 15-18down and 5-10up. When i'm out and about i see the most improvement average around 20-30mbps down and 15-20mbps up when i go inside buildings i do lose LTE connectivity most of the time but i fall back on HSPA+ instead of falling from HSPA+ to Edge - a much better scenario
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ltmikepowell:
I live in the Garden Grove - Westminster and got really good Lte speed - Avg 10 mbps down 8 up. Even in Cal State Fullerton I rarely got Egde unless I'm in an elevator. Never have much drop calls compare to Sprint (one of my friends complained why do I have better call and data performance than his sprint phone).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kevroc:
This mirrors the experience I had yesterday. I got the TMO unlimited. I signed up for the regular postpaid plan because of rumors I read that prepay/postpaid may differ in coverage, so I went full in to test it.

It's seems that T-Mobile has a lot of bad pockets of coverage. I'll go from LTE to 4G to No Data back to 4G back to No Data all within a mile or two of driving down a straight road. Pretty frustrating when you get the "can't connect to network" which I seemed to get A LOT yesterday. The impression I got was that even where T-Mo had good coverage overall, there would be dead pockets within that area, so you wouldn't be able to rely on a steady connection if you were streaming something. I'm not sure if the "can't connect to network" would apply to voice/text as well or if it was data specific.

The other thing is that maybe I'm just watching it too closely. I don't recall watching my AT&T signal that closely, it just always seems to work okay. Maybe if I were to watch it that closely as well I'd see the same things. I don't mind 4G, but that "can't connect" is dreadful...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] zenmasta:
Nice. Thanks for the info. Have you tried access in Irvine, Tustin area?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] benefit14snake:
Love T-Mobile. So much faster than Verizon and half the cost. Switched about two years ago and haven't looked back. Incase anyone was wondering... Yes they are taking care of the edge towers. They just added another 4 million covered pops on hspa. They now cover 229 million on hspa and 203 million on lte. Verizon just hit 300 million on their slow Congested lte.

Sent from my Note 3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] papabear:
I live in a small area on the coast of California. Where my house is, specifically I get mostly Edge. But, head towards the highway, which is about a mile, and I get HSPA (my area is too small for LTE yet, but the HSPA are good.) I average probably 10-15up/3-10down depending on where I am.

OP, which T-mo APN are you using?

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I live in a small area on the coast of California. Where my house is, specifically I get mostly Edge. But, head towards the highway, which is about a mile, and I get HSPA (my area is too small for LTE yet, but the HSPA are good.) I average probably 10-15up/3-10down depending on where I am.

OP, which T-mo APN are you using?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] XxLostSoulxX:
http://forums.androidtechy.com/forum/google-play-devices/nexus-4/nexus-4-development/188-[apn]-nexus-4-mako-lte-apn-settings

i refer to this for APN's.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] redhatter:
I work in Irvine live in santa ana..I get great coverage
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ortind200:
i got a crazy story. ur story reminds me of smthing. all the way back in 2006 i got my 1st phone, the motorola razr. back then it was top of the line, no phone could beat it. i got it on tmobile. the tmo service was good. although the razr is now considered a dinosaur, guess wat? the phone had such superior signal power that i could make calls from the basement when 99% of phones then couldnt.

back then, most phones couldnt do that. and surprisingly, most still cant. but i was shocked that i was able to make calls from there. now i got the s3, still on tmo and i cant squeeze any calls from it from the basement. this goes to show u 2 things. 1st, just cuz u got the baddest phone on the block doesnt mean itll give the best service. 2nd, phone co.s are making the dumb error of improving all the features of a phone but ignoring to improve the main feature of wat its supposed to do, which is communicate on it.

i miss my razr.. it had the best signal of all phones then and can blow away any phones today... weird but true.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] elzeus:
Motorola's radios > Samsung's
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] XxLostSoulxX:
Samsung phones 》Motorola phones.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ortind200:
so very very true.. the notorola razr was the most powerful phone in terms of call reception i ever had.

ok we got a troll starting trouble here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] XxLostSoulxX:
I'm not really trolling, all I'm saying is that Motorola definitely has better radios simply because of patents back in the 90's. However as in all arounder overall phone wise Samsung is a much better choice in my honest opinion.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] CZroe:
I don't know if this is what he was talking about but there are some differences even with "the exact same model" (A1428).

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6866/test-iphone5-tmo

It was revised at AT&T too so later AT&T A1428 devices will properly support T-Mobile too.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MattMJB0188:
Would using a TMO Monthly 4G sim in an unlocked AT&T iPhone 5S have any reason why my service is crap? I don't remember TMO sucking as much 3 years ago. I am somewhat inclined to try out a TMO branded phone, then judge their service.

Would having postpaid alter service quality in any way, shape, or form versus prepaid?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] glock115:
I'm getting ready to port over from AT&T, T-Mobile has been great at home and I'm getting 4g at my job that was my last stumbling block. Pretty much my entire area is LTE. I'll be paying an etf but I think it will be worth it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] snkrfrkr127:
My 2 cents, but I worked for both companies right after another and used companies overall I'd say tmobile. In the last year and a half or so they have gotten much better. Their lte could definitely use some help but I'm sure the same could be said about everyone elses, but other than that I've stuck it out with them since the G1 and have been happy
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] EvoYas:
Been using it for about 8 months now, and loving it. I came from Verizon, and Im glad I did, soooooo much cheaper and still pretty fast and reliable plus unlimited Data and now global coverage. T Mobile is a heavenly network now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] noobtoob:
At&t in my area is the #1provider. Verizon comes in 2nd. Then t mobile, and sprint. I came from sprint, mainly because of price of sprint was great, but no Wi Max or lte. So switching to t-mobile for me has been awesome. Everywhere there is an att tower, there is a t mobile. Much better signal everywhere I go, great rates, and lte=happy me. Can say att still dominates in speeds, but the 17 down I had yesterday suffices quite well enough fire new.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ortind200:
from wat i and my friends have experienced, tmo is no. 1, then at&t, verizon then sprint.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] KennyG123:
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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ortind200:
thanks kenny. theyre coming out the woodwork.. lol.. thanks again for cleaning up the dirt in here ken.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MattMJB0188:
I will be the first one to admit it when I'm wrong, and boy was I WRONG! T-Mobile's network is night and day difference on the TMO GN3. 4g and LTE practically everywhere and faster than ATT in some places. Edge at home, but a full signal. Awesome LTE speeds inside my school. :D

The iPhone 5S is just crap. Even the iPhone 4 gets a better signal.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ortind200:
thats cool.. where do u live? sounds like u live in a big city like nyc where signal strength is strong.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MattMJB0188:
Chicago land area. The 1900mzh is pretty spotty, but overall, pretty good on a TMO branded device.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] POQbum:
Woah woah woah. Reading through this thread, sprint is making major upgrades including buying spectrum that is on par with Verizon and att penetration, while also getting even more spectrum making their 4g network have twice the capacity and speed as Verizon, att, or T-Mobile. To those ruling sprint out, think again.

T-Mobiles problem is getting lower frequency spectrum that will be able to go further and into buildings easier, which they have not even placed bid or interest into doing so.

I'm currently with sprint but they have extremely spotty coverage and will unlikely deploy their good 4g 'sprint spark' in my area for over a year, so I'm looking towards T-Mobile since they have more towers in my area. Sprint does have better roaming agreements too.. If you don't get a sprint signal, it'll roam to Verizon, anywhere. So if you want reliable text, call then sprint is where it's at for cheap. But.. I want fast reliable data too, and it's insanely spotty where I'm at.

I'm iffy on the change. My brother is getting a T-Mobile phone so I guess I'll just compare his usage when he gets it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] PowerMan572:
I switched to T-Mobile about a month ago. I live in the twin cities and coverage has been great! I'm using the Note 3 and the S4 (T-Mobile branded) and my area has been refarmed to the 1900Mhz band and we now have LTE coverage. I never would have given them a chance a year ago, but things have changed so much and so fast since Mr. John Legere took over. LoL too bad Sprint didn't get him as a CEO.

I still haven't given Sprint a try and nor will I probably ever. Everyone knows their network is slow and horrible. Yet, they're still #3. I don't get it? If T-Mobile keeps going the way they are, they'll pass Sprint in subscribers in a few years.

We just added my parents on to our family plan this past weekend. They live in the Greenville/Spartanburg, SC area. I was absolutely shocked to see they had LTE coverage. They live in Lyman, which is a population of just over 3,000 people. What? And T-Mobile has LTE here? Crazy! My parents get 3-4 bars at their house and they said they haven't had any issues yet! I unlocked 2 AT&T Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate phones for them and they're receiving LTE coverage just fine.

Way to go T-Mobile!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] krelvinaz:
Until they actually get to the point you think they are heading, I can't imagine anyone bothering to try them. Everyone I know that has them thinks their network sucks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] PowerMan572:
Exactly, LOL. When I was on Straight Talk, I was in the car with some friends trying to play a YouTube video/song, and it stuttered. 1 of the guys in the car was like "ohh, what happened? Do you have Sprint?" I think almost everyone that is at least somewhat into cell phones / technology KNOWS not to go with Sprint.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rcombs253:
T-Mobile sucks and has no rhyme or reason as to the inconsistent signal I receive on my S3... I am in Tacoma, WA, and I rarely get to far off the beaten path, but lose my signal all the time, and hardly ever get 4g... Customer services are **** too, plus rather then giving phone with areement, you pay for 2 years on top of service... example, we have unlimited talk, text, data(2gigs full speed, rest of month slowed):what: for 49.95 we pay $170/mo for 2 lines because of all extra bs they charge. I can't wait to get away from them.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] PowerMan572:
You can leave any time. They have no contracts anymore. They are the "un-carrier" LoL, sorry I had to do it. I still don't get the whole "un-carrier" gig as you still end up paying off the rest of your phone up-front if you decide to leave "aka: early termination fee."
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] ortind200:
but dont they have 2 yr plans for some phones tho? so its a contract.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] PowerMan572:
They're not calling it a contract. Basically you're financing your phone at 0% over the next 2 years. That's the agreement you're signing. You can leave any time, but however much you owe on your cell phone, you will owe that much on your final bill. Same as if you were with AT&T, you're still going to owe some money for leaving early. They need to recoup the subsidies on the phone.

Get this though:

1. Say AT&T is offering a special on a Galaxy S4 for $49. You join and cancel the next day- AT&T's early termination fee is $375 (or $350, I can't remember) you end up paying only over $400 then for the phone.

2. With T-Mobile you end up paying full price for the phone no matter what. $600+ if it's the latest and greatest phone that's been released within the last 6 months.

I think people would be smart to buy a phone on AT&T when there are great deals going on ($0 - $49) and then just unlock it and bring it to T-Mobile. LoL they'd save money still by just cancelling the next day.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dwitherell:
There are some grandfathered plans out there yes, but I don't believe new ones of those can be started anymore - at least in the sense that you are contractually obligated to use their service for 2 years or anything. They restructured and relabeled some things, so now you can opt to get on a 2 year payment plan if you choose to finance your full retail phone purchase through them - but the kicker to that is you don't HAVE to finance your phone through them in order to get their service. So as long as you don't finance your purchase of a phone directly through T-Mobile you can leave the service whenever you want without any fees or anything. If you are financing your phone purchase through them though and decide to leave for a different carrier then whatever remaining balance you have left on your phone will become due (reminiscent of the early termination fees of days gone by). The similarities between the old and new approaches utilized by T-Mobile are definitely noticeable, but technically any contract you have with T-Mobile now (with the exception of folks grandfathered in to pre-"uncarrier" plans) will be linked to your financing for the purchase of a phone in the same way you are on the hook for taking a loan out from anywhere else, not for the service itself.

EDIT: What PowerMan572 said :)