the only way to know is to work with a sighted person in examining the T-Mobile coverage map to identify the band 12 availability in central Illinois, southern Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa. If you find it in these areas, you will likely have a much better experience with T-Mobile and a recent model iPhone. I'm looking forward to the upgrade this summer in northeast Illinois. I now have 128 GB of storage on my iPhone and listen to music on my device rather than streaming it in the car or on a long bus trip. I have five to 10 gig of music on my iPhone now and enjoy listening to whole albums or concerts in one sitting during a long drive.
Kelly On 2/12/17, Karen Poulakos <[email protected]> wrote: > Kelly, > > I am in the US, and actually not far from you. I am in Springfield, IL. > I've just found that as we have traveled by car, to other states, I tend to > lose service on my 5S more than I did with AT&T. And it does seem to be > those areas between cities where the service drops. > > I had been putting off upgrading. But if I would get better coverage by > upgrading, I would do it. > > Karen p > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Kelly Pierce > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 12:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Question for Kelly - RE: iPhone 6 vs 6S > > 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. 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