Originally Posted by darkjedi

Thats probably very true, I think there are the "nerd herd" as you so eloquently put it and probably some in the business world who stay up to date with the latest and greatest but I don't think the average T-mobile consumer has any real concern for 3g. Either they don't know about it don't care, if they did they wouldn't be with T-mobile as a provider. Certainly if 3g was a priority to as many people as some might think, the competition would be flush with new customers and T-mobile would be bleeding worse than Sprint.

Why do you think T-Mobile would bleed worse than Sprint?
I know a lot of AT&T customers including myself that have nothing but problems with their 3G service. AT&T's use of the 1900MHz mode VS 850MHz that could have made the transition to their new 3G network much easier. I'm all for technology progressing to the next level here, but I'm not going to stand up and cheer on 3G like it's the best thing going right now. IMO, 3G only makes a difference in relation to data speeds, and for a person who doesn't use data services on their handsets, trying to deal with the constant switching of 3G to an EDGE connection is going to do nothing more than frustrate them into finding another provider.....We can only hope that T-Mobiles use of the 1700MHz spectrum won't cause the same problems.

[darkjedi]

Originally Posted by Ellen

Why do you think T-Mobile would bleed worse than Sprint?
I know a lot of AT&T customers including myself that have nothing but problems with their 3G service. AT&T's use of the 1900MHz mode VS 850MHz that could have made the transition to their new 3G network much easier. I'm all for technology progressing to the next level here, but I'm not going to stand up and cheer on 3G like it's the best thing going right now. IMO, 3G only makes a difference in relation to data speeds, and for a person who doesn't use data services on their handsets, trying to deal with the constant switching of 3G to an EDGE connection is going to do nothing more than frustrate them into finding another provider.....We can only hope that T-Mobiles use of the 1700MHz spectrum won't cause the same problems.

I'm considering it as a possibility if 3g really had the importance and the long waiting list greenblood would like to think they do. If that WAS the case and I emphasize that because it isn't; but if it was something that had the focus of so many customers, people would be moving away from T-mobile in droves because they are the only major carrier not to have a 3g service. My argument is that the importance of 3g right now is limited to a small number of people over at ATT and while Sprint and Verizon have a larger base its merely because most of their handsets already have that service included. I'm sure if we did a survey and asked how many customers cared about vcast, the numbers would be skewed toward "no."

I'm saying they would bleed worse than Sprint because customers would be running for the hills based on that members assumption on how many of T-mobile's 26 million customers are waiting for 3g religiously. If people wanted high speed services bad enough, they'd go elsewhere. Its consumerism and its competition.

[greenblood]

Originally Posted by Ellen

Why do you think T-Mobile would bleed worse than Sprint?
I know a lot of AT&T customers including myself that have nothing but problems with their 3G service. AT&T's use of the 1900MHz mode VS 850MHz that could have made the transition to their new 3G network much easier. I'm all for technology progressing to the next level here, but I'm not going to stand up and cheer on 3G like it's the best thing going right now. IMO, 3G only makes a difference in relation to data speeds, and for a person who doesn't use data services on their handsets, trying to deal with the constant switching of 3G to an EDGE connection is going to do nothing more than frustrate them into finding another provider.....We can only hope that T-Mobiles use of the 1700MHz spectrum won't cause the same problems.

I'm not only want better internet experience, but currently having system busy error due to network overloaded
3G can lighten up the burden
on top of that, I won't miss incoming calls with 3G when internet is active