T-Mobile is on a roll. They converted their existing 3G network to HSPA 7.5Mbps service on January 5. They reduced the prices on their smart phones last Thursday. They're promising to upgrade their 3G network to HSPA+ 21Mbps service by mid-year. And I picked up a 3G signal in Santa Fe last week. It was probably just a test signal, but promising.
-- rec -- On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 5:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Any iPhone can be jailbroken so that it can use services other than ATT, > but a jailbroken iPhone will not be able to load new apps from Apple (altho > some nerds have also figured out how to do this as well.) > Paul > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Owen Densmore <[email protected]> > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, Jan 17, 2010 5:12 pm > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] iPhone on T-Mobile ? > > On Jan 17, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > > > Thanks for the feedback. > > > > <snip> > > T-mobile: I can't quite remember why I got fed up with T-mobile 5 > years > ago, but I am a little leery about going into another contract > until I've > got a better feel for what I'd be getting from them. > Anyone (even > non-iPhone) customers in the Santa Fe area who can > endorse (or trash) > them? > > I've had great service with them for > 10 years. > > When I started traveling to europe quite a bit, they helped a lot, both > here (explaining that I needed both an unlocked handset and international > roaming), and in europe (explaining on their 611 world-wide service number > how to change to the euro frequency for Dede's phone). > > They also gave me an unlock code before they generally do .. I think they > unlock their subsidized phones at 11 months into the 2 year contract, they > did mine much earlier for a trip that needed it. > > They also give you a new deal on a phone after 9 months, I think it is. > They give you a new subscriber price, altho extend the contract for two > years. This sounds odd to want, but for example, I can get a new cheap phone > to lend to family or take to europe (we generally have one phone on a local > pre-paid SIM and one on the home SIM and use international roaming.) It also > lets me decide on a GPhone if I want one and they have a good price. > > Local expertise is important. The guys at the tmobile store at Rodeo and > Cerillos .. next to Blue Corn .. beer & phones, great combo! .. are *very* > expert, and quite helpful. > > I compare this to a 14-day trial with ATT when the iPhone first came out. > Exactly the opposite experience. Local folks not smart enough to answer > questions. No unlock for europe, and clueless about european use. Poor > reception where I hang out. European roaming 50% more expensive. I returned > the iPhone for the 10% restock fee. That was back when you could go to the > Apple Store in Abq and buy it w/o ATT contract. Don't know how to get the > iPhone now w/o ATT. > > No provider is really great, but tmobile has been way ahead of whoever is > second. > > All this said, the GPhone direction may make a lot of this moot. You can > buy your phone from Google (at a price) and independently choose your > provider. > > -- Owen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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