We were already
pretty sure this would be happening, but it's looking real now, if 8.5 x 11-inch pieces of paper taped to a window is any indication: T-Mobile is rolling out its 3G service on October 1 to 27 select cities. The above poster was spotted by TmoNews "outside a meeting" and, as you can see, it says, "10.1.08 3G is Coming." As far as those launch cities, we have a handy little list for you after the break. By the way, it's entirely possible T-Mobile 3G is already live in your market, though, so don't let this confuse you too much. It could just mean you're next, or, at least by October 1.
- 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 (whatever that means)
- Portland
- Sacramento
- San Diego
- Seattle
- Washington DC
- San Francisco
- Birmingham
- Memphis
- Tampa
- Phoenix
posted July 30th 2008 5:23PM
ha.. i just got it. man, that's obtuse!
He's making a joke. In the article they spelled Las VEgas Las VAgas.
oh shit, here i thought he was implying he _bet_ that it wouldn't come to Vegas. yknow, living there and all.
I see.
*slaps self*
How many more years until Cleveland gets added to the list?
They've got two years until my contract is up, if they don't get their 3G together and FLAWLESS by then, I'm getting the heck out.
Cleveland isn't a market where 3G demand is needed.
Please remember 3G isn't coming out so you can surf the web faster. It's meant for data heavy business users who provide the most of the money to cellphone carriers.
Funny.. my friend was just wondering if t-mobile's gonna have 3g. If not, she was gonna switch to at&t.
Damnit! 2 hours away from me!
Damn you Phoenix!
Well, you officially live in the middle of nowhere.
That or Tucson or Flagstaff, same difference I suppose.
Good god, this might actually keep me on T-Mob!
Although, I might never leave with the deal I've got now. I got in on the unlimited messaging for families when it was only $10/month and it's great. With a sister that blows through 8 to 10 thousand texts per month, we need it!
I have to call and see if they offer an educational discount, and it might convince me to upgrade my smartphone to something 3G and buy the data plan! If someone wouldn't mind replying to this, what 3G phones are available for T-Mobile?
Thanks!
I hope Nokia releases some good phones w/ T-mobile compatible 3G. I want to replace my N76 and (prob next year or so) my wife's N82.
what Nokia, sony E phones will work for the 3G network?
Anyone at Engadget heard of the alphabet? It's a great way to organize things like lists of cities making it much easier to sift through.
How exactly do you use this 'alphabet'?
You asked... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collation#Alphabetical_order
The question is....what 3G phones will T-Mo offer? It better be a selection of good ones.
It doesn't matter what ones they get, all the cool ones around the world would be available for your use as long as you unlock the phone or buy it unlocked!
That's what is great about ATT and T-Mobile. All the cool phones from around the world are available.
@kjb434:
not necessarily. tmo usa is using different bands for 3G than most of the rest of the world. it also means that phones specific to att 3G are not compatible with tmo's 3G.
@kjb434
did you use a random name generator to get that alias?
@phanbouy
Could be his HAM radio handle?
Mesa FTW! HAHAHAH!
With Pheonix last on the list, I had no problems???
oh you still had problems...
@ kjb434
That's not true with T-Mobile's 3G because they don't use the standard 2100mhz band like everyone else for 3G, they use 1700mhz :(
I was going to totally wait for iPhone to be offered without contract then jump the AT&T ship and go back to T-Mobile until I found that out!
Actually T-mobile will also have 3G service on the 2100 MHz band but you will only be able to get 2.5G speeds. While there are many parts of the world that use the 2100 MHz band, T-Mo USA's 2100 MHz band is not exactly compatible because true 2100 MHz it is in use by the military.
That's what I heard...
"...8.5 x 11-inch pieces of paper taped to a window..."
Yep, that's the way T-Mo rolls... classy and pro-fesh-uh-null, all the way!
So what type of 3G are they doing? I wanna know which phones can be used.
T-Mobile is too little too late for my brother, sister and I. The 3 of us switched from T-Mo to AT&T. Any day now my Dad will also switch to AT&T. There will be a limited selection of smartphones that will work on TMo's 3G network. Most unlocked 3G GSM phones won't work.
Hailing from the UK, I'm still absolutely amazed at how different the US market is. Why is there such a lack of (or lack of demand for) 3G? It doesn't make any sense to me!
I wonder that myself.
I mean, I get by fine with EDGE on my BlackBerry, but I'm not doing any heavy surfing or tethering to need super high speed internet.
A few websites, check my email, pretty much it.
Any heavy surfing I prefer to do on an actual computer as opposed to a handheld.
I would assume the fact that most Americans have already signed a contract could explain why America's wireless landscape is so different to our counterparts across the pond, as well as the fact that we don't have a wireless standard and the largeness of America's geographic footprint.
And also it has to do with to surfeit of older networks already deployed. Since the US was early to the cell phone game in general the companies here tend to hold on to deployed networks as long as possible to milk every single dime out of them.
Also, since there is an abundance of land line infrastructure in the US compared to other countries, for a long time it was much cheaper and simpler to get a land line. In other countries were the infastructure wasn't available, it was a lot easier to deploy cell towers using the most recent technology. With that happening, most people stated going wireless exclusively in other countries, and when companies aren't subsidizing phones they have to compete by offering the best and fastest service.
The list of factors goes on...
Will T-Mobile ever offer a data plan to those of us that use prepaid?
Will this 3G service be only for voice? I rememner reading on engadget that 3G was only for voice and not data.
T-Mobile America - welcome to the rest of the world.
wooooo hooooo.. finally.. san diego.. i cant wait..
I think I am going to stay with T-Mobile since 3G is right around the corner for me (SoCal) even though I could get out without ETF because of the messaging rate increase.
The SE TM506 aka SE Z780 is coming in September/October and the HTC Android-based phone (please let it be the HTC Dream) is coming in October.
I am happy TMO user. I will wait.
I was on AT&T for quite a while. They are USDA grad-a asshats if you ever have to talk to them on the phone and their data plans nickle and dime you up wazoo.
TMO customer service is awesome.
Sprint is getting ready to launch WiMax and T-Mo is barely getting ready to launch 3G...SAD>>>>>>
Not T-Mo's fault that the bands needed to launch their 3G network were only recently made available to them.
SPRINT IS DYING HAVENT you HEARD?
Actually the Sprint WiMax deployment is going way too slow in my opinion. Isn't it only in like 3 cities this year? That's not even worth getting if you're in one of those cities, if you travel at all.
If this T-Mobile 3G deployment is true, and I can find something close to the HTC Touch/Diamond Pro that uses their 3G, I may well switch from Sprint to T-Mobile this year -- even though historically their coverage isn't as good in my area.
Here is my ranking of the US big 4, by least to most evil: T-Mobile, Sprint, ATT, and most evil Verizon. These rankings are based on known policies, and each carrier's past attempts at ripping off myself or friends with false charges. But here's the order of customer service from best to worst: ATT, T-Mobile, Sprint, and worst Verizon. Unfortunately, evil to me is a bigger detractor than bad customer service, and both are secondary to data speed, which is why I ever tried Verizon (returned phone within trial period because they inflated minutes to double charge on the very first bill), and I'm on Sprint now. If T-Mobile catches up to EVDO speed at all, they may be on the top of my overall rating list now.
Will the iPhone 3G work on T-Mobile's 3G? I thought is was a different band...
Did anyone else read the date on that pic and wonder what type of ip it was :p
Its not coming to New Orleans!!!!!!!! oh well sprint here i come
Just when I was thinking of switching to AT&T for the Blackberry Bold, T-Mobile gives me a deal killer cause I just so happen to live in Orlando. Got now to start saving the $600 for an unlocked Bold.
-LeiTxo
I think their tag line on the bottom of the flier should be changed from "are you ready" to "we're finally ready"
3G, that's really awesome. I mean it truly is.... You know what could top this? T-mobile could actually get a 3G phone to run on it.
iPhone with T-Mobile plan. Screw ATT&T, their expensive plans and bad reception (personal experience).