Karen, I trust you are in the United States. This is an international list and many international users of the list do not have e-mail addresses with country specific domains. T-Mobile also operates in Europe, particularly in northern Europe, Germany and the German speaking countries. The answer to your question though is Most likely yes, depending where you are and to where you travel. T-Mobile has been involved in a multi-year effort to upgrade its network. It was not until 2015 did its entire network support LTE. At the end of 2016, the network reached 310 million Americans. However, band 12 service only reached 240 million. Chicago, where I live, and northeast Illinois in general does not have it yet so I have not used it extensively. T-Mobile made a deal to buy Chicago area band 12 frequencies and the company expects to fully deliver band 12 in Chicago this summer. The company continues to buy band 12 frequencies across the country to cover more people but a full upgrade to match its coverage could take years to negotiate the deals to buy the remaining areas that are less populated. Chicago was the last major metro area that lacked band 12 coverage. It will be necessary to work with a sighted person to review the visual coverage map to identify the kind of coverage available in your area and the places you visit.
Currently thanks to band 12, T--Mobile reaches more Americans than AT&T and has announced plans to reach as many Americans as Verizon by the end of 2017. Currently, Verizon has a million square miles more coverage than T-Mobile. It used to be that major metro areas were served well by T-Mobile but not so much the areas between cities. This has changed and is rapidly changing. About 25 percent of Americans live in areas without band 12 service, but that number is rapidly decreasing. I love the prices though. I currently have a prepaid T-Mobile plan that charges $26 a month including the excessive Chicago taxes. It’s $21 without tax. I have a gigabyte of data along with unlimited talk and text. I love T-Mobile’s prices and have accepted the reduced coverage. I’m also the kind of person that sleeps in a hostel bunk bed while traveling and flies discount air carriers. Finally, it is not just the 6s with band 12, it is also the SE and iPhone 7, which is what I use now. Kelly On 2/12/17, Karen Poulakos <[email protected]> wrote: > I currently have a 5S and am on T-Mobile. I have been a little disappointed > that my coverage hasn't been as good when traveling, as it was with AT&T. > > Referring to your message below, would the 6S give me better coverage than I > currently have with the 5S? > > Karen P > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Kelly Pierce > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 8:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: iPhone 6 vs 6S > > Sarah, > > > You For some reason, did not state in which country you live. Apple > makes different phones for different regions of the world. Your > question implies a universal answer for every square kilometer on > earth. If you are in the United States, the 6S supports cell phone > band 12. which has lower frequencies. This would enable you to use > T-Mobile and enjoy a similar quality of service as Verizon or AT&T. > T-Mobile is usually cheaper than the other carriers. You will have > much greater coverage and better reception when you are further away > from a cell tower or inside buildings then you would with a 6. > > > Kelly > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
