1. sunman67's Avatar
    I'm in Southern CA and have been considering going back to T-Mobile specifically for the BB 9700, but being on Verizon for the past year the 3G (although CDMA) coverage has been amazing I am a bit reluctant to jump ship. Hopefully everyone can share their experiences. Thanks.
    11-25-09 03:26 PM
  2. xxxxpradaxxxx's Avatar
    Poor.

    I'm lucky I have it in my city.

    But the moment I go more than a mile away, its EDGE all the way!

    Just check data, and look at 3G

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    11-25-09 03:29 PM
  3. Crackberrier09's Avatar
    we're in the same pot sunman67. SoCal is beautiful place isn't it?
    Anyway, my experience with Tmobile 3G in SoCal is Fantastic.
    11-25-09 03:30 PM
  4. phone_s3x's Avatar
    Nyc here - 3g and the coverage is great for me. Great step up from edge on the 8900.
    11-25-09 03:30 PM
  5. sunman67's Avatar
    we're in the same pot sunman67. SoCal is beautiful place isn't it?
    Anyway, my experience with Tmobile 3G in SoCal is Fantastic.
    yes it is Crackberrier09... no complaints here .

    do you know if 3G on T-Mobile is for both voice & data, or just data? thanks.
    11-25-09 03:33 PM
  6. xxxxpradaxxxx's Avatar
    3G is used for data...
    11-25-09 03:34 PM
  7. marccbear's Avatar
    The 3G is amazing. Better then what I expected, honestly.

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    11-25-09 03:35 PM
  8. marccbear's Avatar
    Oh and I jumped ships from VZW to tmobile. There isn't THAT huge a difference where I live in Socal

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    11-25-09 03:37 PM
  9. sunman67's Avatar
    that's great to hear marccbear. thanks.
    11-25-09 03:39 PM
  10. joshwithachance's Avatar
    great 3G coverage here in massachusetts.
    11-25-09 03:48 PM
  11. HofstraJet's Avatar
    Terrible in South Florida. I get many dropped calls and data speeds are pathetic. I have the phone on 2G only now.
    11-25-09 03:53 PM
  12. scottami's Avatar
    Im in NYC and travel alot to outer boros. 3G service is very inconsistent IMHO. Its quite variable. My thoughts are that in a city this size so dependent on cell service TMOBILE 3G should be considerably better than it is. I believe they are experiencing growing pains. They need to play some catch up...
    11-25-09 03:54 PM
  13. sunman67's Avatar
    Terrible in South Florida. I get many dropped calls and data speeds are pathetic. I have the phone on 2G only now.
    Did you notice a lot of battery drain when it was having to search for a 3G signal? I recall this being an issue when I was with AT&T using the iphone...
    11-25-09 04:11 PM
  14. JonFolse's Avatar
    Im n Detroit. Works gr8 outside but not indoors
    11-25-09 04:43 PM
  15. Username00089's Avatar
    11-25-09 04:45 PM
  16. howejustin's Avatar
    Here in San Diego, I'm getting a solid 2.5Mbps downstream. T-Mobile is also upgrading their 3G soon (expected in January) to be the fastest 3G in the nation (from what I'm told, at least), going closer to 5Mbps downstream. That will definitely rival Sprint's 4G whenever it comes out, even though theirs is expected to be closer to 15Mbps (according to a manager at Sprint). But hey, can you really believe that? I don't, honestly.

    As far as battery life goes, I talk about 3 hours every day, am constantly reading and replying to emails/SMS texts, as well as researching through the browser amount other things. I'm at a good half battery left when I go to sleep at 11pm.
    11-25-09 04:48 PM
  17. sunman67's Avatar
    just what the doctor ordered... thanks a bunch forever29
    11-25-09 04:57 PM
  18. sunman67's Avatar
    Here in San Diego, I'm getting a solid 2.5Mbps downstream. T-Mobile is also upgrading their 3G soon (expected in January) to be the fastest 3G in the nation (from what I'm told, at least), going closer to 5Mbps downstream. That will definitely rival Sprint's 4G whenever it comes out, even though theirs is expected to be closer to 15Mbps (according to a manager at Sprint). But hey, can you really believe that? I don't, honestly.

    As far as battery life goes, I talk about 3 hours every day, am constantly reading and replying to emails/SMS texts, as well as researching through the browser amount other things. I'm at a good half battery left when I go to sleep at 11pm.
    Thanks.
    11-25-09 05:00 PM
  19. Username00089's Avatar
    No problem. Just so you know I switched back to AT&T only because I am a
    sim swapper between my BB and iPhone and the T-Mobile experience for my
    iPhone wasn't very pleasant. Other than that I found the 3G coverage to be
    excellent.
    11-25-09 05:09 PM
  20. Bargsbeer's Avatar
    Really good 3G here in Tampa,FL. Also battery life is great I talk,surf and listen to music via Bluetooth for at least 5-6 hours a day at work.
    11-25-09 05:51 PM
  21. Badboi204's Avatar
    NYC, Upper Manhattan...3G is great over here.
    11-25-09 05:58 PM
  22. met4ventura's Avatar
    depending on what state you live in it isn't bad
    11-25-09 05:59 PM
  23. popokew's Avatar
    I have to agree that the 3G here in S Florida sucks. I upgraded from an 8900 and honestly I don't see a difference with this phone in terms of web browsing speed. Facebook update download speeds are not what I expected. What pisses me off is that its constantly changing between edge and 3G even though I have 4 or 5 bars. When browsing it is the requesting part that takes forever. Once it starts transferring it seems quick. I tried to tether and got about 500k both ways. Does anyone know of a page that shows what the optimal settings are (APN, etc)?

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    11-25-09 06:21 PM
  24. CellUnlock.net's Avatar
    Terrible in South Florida. I get many dropped calls and data speeds are pathetic. I have the phone on 2G only now.
    Same problem here...that's why I switched back to ATT. I was also having issues with BES during the day. All emails/bbms would get delayed sometimes for up to an hour. At night it was working fine and speed was good.

    I don't think TMO's 3G Network is good yet...imagine if they carried the iPhone...would probably make the whole network crash
    11-25-09 08:03 PM
  25. cyclingchick's Avatar
    3G is great in Dallas...

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    11-25-09 08:45 PM
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