T-Mobile 3G goes live, with data (kind of)
by Nilay Patel 
posted May 2nd 2008 at 8:34PM
T-Mobile's 3G network started going live today, and it looks like that early word from a company memo may not hold true for all users. Some markets may in fact have a silent soft-launch of faster data rates, we've heard from several tipsters who've said that they're already getting faster data service, and now the company itself getting the word out that it's launching data as well. But company peeps were indeed instructed to make sure customers don't count on that faster data being present; bottom line is you may have it, you may not (but if you take T-Mobile at its word, you should). NYC is the first market to light up, but others should come online soon -- anyone trying it out? How's it going? Hit us up in comments and let us know!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
henry @ May 2nd 2008 9:18PM
dont have one of their 3g phones yet, still waiting on them to get something out besides low-end craptacular free phones to take advantage of it. Come on AWS HTC Tytn!!!!! gimme!!!!
mingkee @ May 2nd 2008 10:11PM
finally, a corrected one
my effort is not in vain
NYers, grab 6263, add total internet, tether with laptop, and enjoy!
Firtch @ May 4th 2008 11:36AM
Doesn't the old t-zones tethering trick still work by setting your APN to wap.voicestream.com?
Eric @ May 2nd 2008 10:35PM
Hope they get some newer HTC devices. The current stuff is OK but so slow compared to my E51. I thought the shadow would support the 1700Mhz bands but I went to a store in Sacramento today the sales guy and I only saw the "E" light come on. I'm a sad panda.
Prelvu @ May 3rd 2008 11:12AM
I have Nokia E61i and the internet is very slow.
i cant realy use it. Before that i had Sprint Mogul and it was flying.
but i hope they do something or i will cancel the contract in fall.
carlo2 @ May 3rd 2008 1:15PM
e61i has UMTS on the 2100 band. correct me if i'm wrong but i'm pretty sure need a phone that has it on 850/1900.
Jamar @ May 3rd 2008 10:46PM
Nope- T-Mobile uses a weird combination of 1700 and 2100 for 3G because that was all the FCC gave out. Stupid FCC...
Firtch @ May 4th 2008 11:38AM
No, not some "weird combination," just 1700. But their phones are 2100/1700 combo so they're compatible with most 3G 'round the world. Hex-band!
cee2k @ May 5th 2008 10:14PM
Wasn't imate suppose dto release somephones on the 1700 band?
VTiz @ May 5th 2008 7:05PM
No tmobile 3g phones worth having so testing wont happen at all. Tmobile sux. Everyone should join me in jumping ship to att. Im doing it in 3 weeks after my contract expires.
Peace Out!!!