T-Mobile rolling out 3G tomorrow in New York, sorry New Jersey

Our best friends at T-Mobile are getting set to roll out 3G in New York soon -- real soon, as was previously expected. New York will launch on May 1, to be exact, according to TmoNews.com. That's, like, tomorrow. The leaked document promises T-Mobile customers the "great call quality they've come to expect...and more network availability". The rest of the network will be rolled out in 2008 to 20 markets, including Los Angeles, Detroit, San Diego, Austin, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Miami, and several more. As TmoNews.com points out, New Jersey and Long Island are mysteriously off the list. View all the launch cities after the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

New York City
Austin
NJ and Long Island
Las Vagas
Minneapolis
Miami
Dallas
Chicago
Houston
Philadelphia
Denver
Detroit
Orlando
Kansas city
Atlanta
Los Angeles
New England
Portland
Sacramento
San Diego
Seattle
Washington DC
San Francisco
Birmingham
Memphis
Tampa
Phoenix

[mynando Posted Apr 30th 2008 2:55PM]

I know!!! I'm excited that Orlando's in the list too!

[Hate Everything Posted Apr 30th 2008 1:56PM]

@b33eazy

I don't know what to say. I know my experience and the experience of people I knew differs and that's why we're all on T-mo now.

I had an ex-GF on Sprint who literally had to go outside and DOWN THE STAIRS to get a signal. Everywhere we went, the minute she stepped inside, her signal was lost. She upgraded to a new device, same problems.

For one month I switched to Helio because I wanted to check out their all-in-one plan. Had a Helio Ocean... which uses Sprint's comm and EVDO and I lost signal EVERYWHERE I went. I live in Orlando, work in Maitland, have friends in Winter Park, Altamonte, Casselberry and Oviedo and the results were always the same. I could walk through a mall and have signal go in and out. Granted, could be interference in the mall itself, but it doesn't ever happen w/ T-mo.

The number of dropped calls was ridiculous. Helio offers a 30-day guarantee and I jumped back to T-mo as fast as I could.

I won't lie... I afraid to jump from T-mo. All other carriers I've ever tried has burned me or been a huge disappointment. So that's why I stick w/ T-mo. But, I guess that's my experience, and everyone has their own.

But I'm not trying to be T-mo Fanboy here... my friends and I took a trip to Yosemite last year and 2 of us couldn't get signal w/ T-mo. But another friend on At&t had 3 bars and no problems at all!

[Robbie Hottie Posted Apr 30th 2008 8:39PM]

att has a roaming agreement to thank for that.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2008 1:59PM]

Nice! Now I'll get to use the next gen iPhone on t-mobiles 3G network!

[MBN Posted Apr 30th 2008 3:41PM]

I wish, but I doubt that Apple will include 1700 MHz in the next gen iPhone. We who unlock iPhones for use on T-Mobile will likely be stuck with EDGE with the iPhone 2.

[jasev01 Posted Apr 30th 2008 2:15PM]

NJ and LI are like part of NYC it's a metro area. What are they going to do put an antenna in Manhattan or Brooklyn but block the signal from traveling to Jersey and LI?

But on another note perfect timing, it will be ready for when I return home.

[Cris Posted Apr 30th 2008 3:28PM]

Would an unlocked cingular 3125 aka HTC startrek work on Tmo's 3G network?

[MBN Posted Apr 30th 2008 3:38PM]

No. No 1700 MHz.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2008 3:32PM]

Great, gonna connect my n95 tomorrow, been waiting till they roll that $hit :)
gonna use it as a modem with my macbook pro. If iPhone 3G will have hot feature i might switch, till then go go go go n95 :)

[mynando Posted Apr 30th 2008 3:48PM]

Good luck!

[Robbie Hottie Posted Apr 30th 2008 8:39PM]

your n95 has nothing to do with this. will still only be edge. an existing model of n95 will never work 3g on tmo

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2008 4:16PM]

Already? We have had 3G for years in Sweden.

[Tokyo Yuri Posted Apr 30th 2008 4:32PM]

Wooo~ Finally, I'm actually near the Detroit Area =D

Good thing my phone upgrade is in June~

[G building Posted Apr 30th 2008 5:53PM]

dam shame its only for voice

[(Unverified) Posted May 1st 2008 12:18AM]

For those from across the pond: Most carriers in the US *do* have 3G. T-mo is the latecomer. This is NOT THE FIRST OF 3G we Americans have seen – just those of us T-mo customers.

Fucking T-mo.

Oh, BTW, if you think T-mo has good customer service: they were totally wrong about international charges recently regarding a trip to Asia. They claimed "99 cents/minute in any country anywhere". Yeah, they lied – I was getting raped for like $10 a min in China. I'm gonna let loose the FCC on their asses. And this isn't the first time they've done shit like this. Thank the gods we have a governmental entity that stands up for us... I'd be literally hundreds of dollars poorer if it weren't for the trusty ol' FCC.

[zx3junglist Posted May 1st 2008 2:53AM]

Yes! High speed ...voice?!?

[(Unverified) Posted May 13th 2008 3:43PM]

i just hope the sidekick that is coming out in december is 3g capable.