Discussion - T-Mobile takes the lead on a new breed of networks

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Banks84
Banks84
Arena Apprentice
• 1mo ago

Y'all doing a lot of boasting about T-Mobile but T-Mobile has most terrible coverage out of the big three Verizon has more coverage. Ain't nobody using 5G like that. So what are you saying? It doesn't even matter the technology is not even up to date

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bcodd13
bcodd13
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• 1mo ago

I’ve been with T-Mobile since March. I hate it! Mobile coverage sucks and home 5G internet is frustrating at best. I’m going back to Verizon tomorrow!

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SirStephenH
SirStephenH
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• 1mo ago

T-Mobile has excellent coverage and speeds pretty much everywhere but our home, the other two don't come close. We have gigabit internet at home so it's not a problem unless our home internet and/or power goes out, but that's when the towers get slammed and our service slows to the point where usually only texting can be done reliably unless we stand outside in the northeast corner of our property. No other carrier has closer towers so changing our carrier wouldn't fix that, it would only degrade our service elsewhere.


P.S. Putting "Even MVNOs are fine" as an answer to the poll question, "Is T-Mobile the connectivity king?", is stupid because they just resell service from the big three carriers, the connectivity is the big carrier's connectivity, not the MVNO's. Plus, about 40% of MVNOs run on T-Mobile so chances are more likely than not that the MVNO you're so happy with is just rebranded T-Mobile service.

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BobmC8
BobmC8
Arena Apprentice
• 1mo ago

Oh lord. Can't wait for the AI to hallucinate and take down half the country. Glad I switched to US Mobile which will let me swap networks, for a small fee, any time I want.

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BobmC8
BobmC8
Arena Apprentice
• 1mo agoedited
↵Banks84 said:

Y'all doing a lot of boasting about T-Mobile but T-Mobile has most terrible coverage out of the big three Verizon has more coverage. Ain't nobody using 5G like that. So what are you saying? It doesn't even matter the technology is not even up to date

It all depends on where you are. Nationally its been well proven that T-Mob has by far the best 5G coverage. Where i am its great. Faster than most wifi, never drops. If another carrier is better where you live, then by all means switch.


Oh, you clearly know nothing about the "technology. "

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Anam Hamid
Anam Hamid
Phonearena team
• 1mo ago
↵SirStephenH said:

T-Mobile has excellent coverage and speeds pretty much everywhere but our home, the other two don't come close. We have gigabit internet at home so it's not a problem unless our home internet and/or power goes out, but that's when the towers get slammed and our service slows to the point where usually only texting can be done reliably unless we stand outside in the northeast corner of our property. No other carrier has closer towers so changing our carrier wouldn't fix that, it would only degrade our service elsewhere.


P.S. Putting "Even MVNOs are fine" as an answer to the poll question, "Is T-Mobile the connectivity king?", is stupid because they just resell service from the big three carriers, the connectivity is the big carrier's connectivity, not the MVNO's. Plus, about 40% of MVNOs run on T-Mobile so chances are more likely than not that the MVNO you're so happy with is just rebranded T-Mobile service.

You are correct, but T-Mobile customers are prioritized over MVNO customers, especially in crowded areas or times of congestion.

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Greggs
Greggs
Arena Apprentice
• 1mo ago

So far the benefits of 5G have gone to the carriers using the additional bandwidth to sell home internet. T-Mobile forced me off my plan, killed my perks, and made customer service an AI laden PITA. Another oligopoly in the USA. Free markets depend competition instead we get three companies dominating the market (among many others.)

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