As someone who doesn't get a decent T-Mobile service (2 or 3G) where I 
live I know all too well about the problems in the field :), but it is 
good to see that Android is being included in the next generation of 
cellular equipment and isn't going to get sidelined.

Al.

JP wrote:
>
> On Dec 10, 6:47 am, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   
>> 4G Android fun for all you US lovelies?
>>     
>
> News from the lab. In the field however...
> As far as T-Mobile's 3G infrastructure here in San Francisco goes, I
> found on-street and in-building coverage pretty sketchy thus far.
> About half of the places I am going around town regularly fall back to
> Edge. Say there's 3G coverage inside 101 California, none at the Ferry
> Building a few steps away. There's coverage in the lobby of the Hyatt
> Fisherman's Wharf, none inside. And so on. When I take the G1 I find
> myself constantly checking the signal indicator. This leads me to
> believe T-Mobile would have to add a substantial amount of towers to
> reach decent coverage. *That's just my experience with my particular
> handset*, others perhaps have gotten more out of it. In any case, the
> air's thin up there in the 2GHz range (talking about signal
> penetration, and I am sure there are more constraining factors) and
> site development is expensive, impossible in cases.
>
> >
>   


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