Talk:T-Mobile US

I'm planning in the next week or so to take a picture of the headquarters in Bellevue to use instead of the store in San Jose. -- 12.116.162.162 19:24, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Major changes completed

I cleaned up the whole article, but that meant some major changes. I wanted it to be as transparent as possible, so I did it section by section.

The changes were based on a fork I made a few days ago. I tried to make sure I wasn't loosing anything by checking what changed recently, but I may have accidentally lost somethings. If so, I apologies and ask that you let me know and reinsert the removed thoughts. Hope this is helpful! - Davandron | Talk 16:16, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Interesting data to include?

The financial statement has the following info that might benefit the article:

• of 26.877 million customers, 4.253 million are prepaid (~16%)
• for 2006, the number of customers grew by 13%
• They have revenues of ~$53 per month per customer
• It costs them ~$300 to acquire a new customer, primarily in "subsidy loss" (aka paying for the device and accessories)
• contract customers used an average of 1,150 mins/month in 07Q2, and that number is up 10% over the same period last year.

What does the group think? - Davandron | Talk 13:50, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

I think it's notable, and encyclopedic. BURNyA 15:03, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

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question the article stats that

"As part of its winnings, T-Mobile gained nationwide coverage of 10 MHz or 20 MHz, with numerous areas being supplemented with addition licenses. Examples include New York City, Chicago, and Boston where T-Mobile acquired 30 MHz (one-third) of the available spectrum, or San Francisco, Houston, and Miami where they acquired 40 MHz (45%) of the available spectrum."

but the statement of "Boston where T-Mobile acquired 30 MHz (one-third) of the available spectrum"
30 MHz is not the same thing as 1/3 of the available spectrum. 30 MHz is the something as 3.0 GHz it is a Radio frequency not a % of the radio spectrum

I think what it is trying to so is they now own 1/3 of the market on the 1.0 GHz /2.0 GHz spectrum also "San Francisco, Houston, and Miami where they acquired 40 MHz (45%) of the available spectrum." is running in to the same problem. thank you tauri5663

i went in fix the wording to make it more inline with what the person was trying to say —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.166.180.133 (talk) 16:09, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

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—Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.43.162.146 (talk) 05:06, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

MyFaves section removed, Propose plans section

I removed the following

== myFaves ==

myFaves is a T-Mobile money saving rate plan that allows each customer unlimited calls to any five US phone numbers, including landlines. On its myFaves phones appears 5 icons which allow easy one touch calling, texting and photo sharing.

Because it seemed an unbalanced addition to the article. Is it notable? If so, does it belong in a section detailing plans? - Davandron | Talk 17:28, 26 November 2007 (UTC) Actually, MyFaves and the idea of a List of people you could call for free was pioneered and invented by T-mobile, as they were the first carrier to have such a plan on the market

has anyone here tried to use network java apps??

this is only for t-mobile branded handsets, I have and found that for network use the app must be sign(JSR 177) or the j2me environment has j2me network(grps/edge) removed example Motorola v3 razr

has anyone run into this problem???

you can download opera mini, ebuddy, google maps to test if you phone has this j2me DRM

not a advertisement but you can download them from http://wap.getjar.com for just the t-mobileweb fee

JSR 177: Security and Trust Services

handsets I tested

sgh-t809 ~ failed

Motorola v3 razr sliver ~ failed

Nokia 6133 ~ failed

sgh-d820 ~ passed (I flashed the sgh-t809)(firmware:D820XEFG3)

a total of 3 handsets I tested and one was retested under different firmware

also i have run into a error TCP open when I use j2me irc. i am still looking into this error msg but i think it has some think to do with t-mobile's WAP gateway

~from tauri5663~

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:16, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Starbucks

According to T-Mobile PR STATEMENT REGARDING T-MOBILE HOTSPOT AND STARBUCKS: T-Mobile devices & customers will retain access to Starbucks hotspots for "years to come", indeed the Starbucks hotspot network will remain substantially T-Mobile based throughout 2008 and access will be grandfathered after that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.91.16.234 (talk) 01:02, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Non-Standard 3G

Should it be mentioned that their implimentation of 3G service is non standard? They used 2100 and 1700 whereas most unlocked Nokia Handsets as well as Motorola handsets use WCDMA 2100 for 3g. AT&T implimtented it in the standard way, the same way they are doing it in Europe. This means that one has to use a T-Mobile handset to access the 3G, something that many might be unwilling to do, considering most people choose GSM for handset freedom —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.46.138 (talk) 18:00, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

t-mobile usa uses wcdma IV where they use 1.7ghz for the upstream and 2.1ghz for the downstream ATT uses 850mhz and 1.9ghz for there GSM and 3g traffic . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.69.223.249 (talk) 17:04, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

the most affordable plans ive ever had compaired to other networks!

the most affordable plans ive ever had compaired to other networks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.107.216.203 (talk) 11:56, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Security Issues

Undid deletion since there was no basis for it. Added Sidekick link. Jhansonxi (talk • contribs) 02:46, 3 June 2009

Undid deletion again and added pre-paid customer SSN requirement complaint and ref. Jhansonxi (talk) 17:48, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Major work needed on article

This article needs major work as it cites past events as upcoming (see "Network" as an example, or the paragraph on customer service directly above it). It also needs rewriting numerous portions (for instance the section on GPRS and EDGE... which should be updated to reflect T-Mobile's move to 3G, and their very recent upgrade to the HSPA 7.2 3G speeds).

If I have the chance, (and if no one beats me to it) I will start on it...

RobertMfromLI | User Talk STP2: Producer/Gaffer/Webmaster 22:28, 17 January 2010 (UTC)