T-Mobile's network is nowhere near as good for me as AT&T's was. I hope that it improves. The biggest problem is looking at my phone and seeing "0 bars."
Also, the data plan doesn't work with one of my phones. Ironically, the same phone AT&T forced me to have a data plan for. Maybe it would have never worked.
i wonder if my microcell will work with tmobile? i'm out of contract and have been thinking about switching.
It will not. Instead of a dedicated unit T-mo uses UMA to allow phones to make calls via any wifi connection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Access_Network
I believe it had previously been implemented in hardware (BB Curve etc.), these days it's implemented via software for Android handsets. Not yet supported on iphones.
I love the neighborhood, but the wireless situation sucks.
If its an AT&T phone, it's likely because AT&T uses different frequencies to T-Mobile. This is likely also the reason for your 0 bars- many AT&T phones will only ever get EDGE at best.
No issues as far as service goes unless I go someone in the middle of nowhere Indiana.
TMobile isn't perfect, but they don't have me swearing at them every month like AT&T did. The fact that I can bounce anytime is a huge bonus in my opinion.