tMobile Network: Expanding, Contracting, or Static?

Probably not contracting.... but is tMobile adding new areas to it's network, or
just sort of riding on what it's got now?
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PeteCresswell

I thought T-Mobile operated exclusively on the 1900Mhz Band.

JP


"Cyrus Afzali" <pnsmnyv@lnubb.pbz> wrote in message
news:25mh41p8pviid60sb45fq7uq3pgtdr04hh@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:58:29 -0500, "(Pete Cresswell)" <x@y.z.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>>Probably not contracting.... but is tMobile adding new areas to it's
>>network, or
>>just sort of riding on what it's got now?
>
> The general trend has been enhancing existing coverage areas, but
> there has been some expansion through some roaming agreements here and
> there. The biggest improvement probably has been seen by those with
> 850 mHz-capable handsets who are now able to roam on certain networks
> that were previously inaccessible.
>
> The last big coverage news was a couple of years ago when a roaming
> agreement was signed with the former AT&T Wireless. But even then,
> that deal wasn't a huge boon for TM users.

Per Cyrus Afzali:
>The general trend has been enhancing existing coverage areas,

Any idea how much area a single cell tower covers?

One of the things I've been wondering about is why they don't do building
complexes.

I'm a contractor and have done work for a couple of clients where there are
thousands of people in just a few buildings (2,000 where I'm working now, close
to 8,000 on the last job) and some providers' phones work a-ok while others are
all but useless - the result being that people are talking about how poor the
faulty provider's coverage is in an enviroment where word travels...

"Negative Buzz", if you will...

Seems like a rational move would be to concentrate on situations like that -
unless a single cell tower costs mils instead of thousands and covers square
miles instead of meters....
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PeteCresswell