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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / T-Mobile / September 2004new blackberry
How beneficial will the new blackberry that T-mobile is going to carry be? I noticed it is quad band with PCS 1900 along with 1800 and 850/900, looks like coverage shouldn't be a problem at all. Capt. >How beneficial will the new blackberry that T-mobile is going to carry be? I >noticed it is quad band with PCS 1900 along with 1800 and 850/900, looks >like coverage shouldn't be a problem at all. We have no ability to roam on any 850 mHz networks, so even if they don't disable the 850 band, it won't help you. >>How beneficial will the new blackberry that T-mobile is going to carry be? I >>noticed it is quad band with PCS 1900 along with 1800 and 850/900, looks >>like coverage shouldn't be a problem at all. > >We have no ability to roam on any 850 mHz networks, so even if they >don't disable the 850 band, it won't help you. I think you'll find that is not absolutely so. T-Mobile can roam on 850 networks in Ecuador and another country that I do not recall in central America. It's right on T-Mobile's international roaming page on their web site. They can also roam on Rogers Wireless in Canada and there are reports that it works on some networks in the US as well. It's only supported officially for networks in central america. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>>How beneficial will the new blackberry that T-mobile is going to carry be? I >>>noticed it is quad band with PCS 1900 along with 1800 and 850/900, looks [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >and there are reports that it works on some networks in the US as >well. It's only supported officially for networks in central america. This stuff gets a little confusing in terms of what frequencies are referred to. I was under the impression that outside the U.S., the frequencies you refer to are grouped under the 900 band that has been traditionallly handled by a tri-band device. People have been clammoring for a "quad-band" device in the U.S. because at least technically, it would give us access to the 850 networks of Cingular. There are numerous reports in this newsgroup that T-Mobile customers have been able to roam on 850 systems in the US. One example is Dobson, which covers much of northern MN and WI. In addition, my local T-Mobile store tells me that 850 roaming is going to be enabled in the near future, so this capability is a big deal for anyone looking at new phones. Nokia better wake up soon and offer a quad band phone, or they are going to get clobbered in serious business user segment of the market. Mike Schumann >>How beneficial will the new blackberry that T-mobile is going to carry be? >>I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > We have no ability to roam on any 850 mHz networks, so even if they > don't disable the 850 band, it won't help you. >There are numerous reports in this newsgroup that T-Mobile customers have >been able to roam on 850 systems in the US. One example is Dobson, which [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >phone, or they are going to get clobbered in serious business user segment >of the market. Well, that begs the question what are the "world phones" being sold by Cingular? They obviously have to have 850-capable equipment, because so much of their territory is that spectrum frequency. >Mike Schumann > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> We have no ability to roam on any 850 mHz networks, so even if they >> don't disable the 850 band, it won't help you. I do not know what frequency it was using but my TMobile Blackberry 6230 was roaming on the Cingular network thi ssummer while on vacation. I was surprised. > >There are numerous reports in this newsgroup that T-Mobile customers have > >been able to roam on 850 systems in the US. One example is Dobson, which [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >> We have no ability to roam on any 850 mHz networks, so even if they > >> don't disable the 850 band, it won't help you. My v600 is a quad band. So is my wifes HP 6315. > I do not know what frequency it was using but my TMobile Blackberry 6230 was > roaming on the Cingular network thi ssummer while on vacation. I was [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > >> We have no ability to roam on any 850 mHz networks, so even if they > > >> don't disable the 850 band, it won't help you. |
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