We’re holding this in the rumor column for now, as it appears to be a real screenshot sent our way but we’re still working toward 100% confirmation. We have, what appears to be a list of 3G cities going live this year for magenta. Its a pretty compiled list and is sure to please quite a few of you who are still oh so patiently waiting for the greenlight! While we want to reinforce the idea that we haven’t confirmed this list, it seems pretty legit and unless its a cruel joke from an AT&T fanboi who just wants to tease us, this should hopefully give those of you left waiting for 3G a better idea of what to expect this year. Did your city make the list??
Actually very true post…..I work for tmobile call center and that’s a screenshot of onevoice .com interal tmobile newsletter website. My region on the list…… HIGH FIVE!!
I’m loving the Twitter updates, thanks guys!
And the 3g news is excellent as well.
crossin my fingers for boise. <3
Love the twitter updates too, thanks guys. Always awesome
Finally!its about time we got some new 3G areas.
No Tulsa? My G1 and I are sad.
Gee…our local ADR said 3G by end of March…it’s not even on the radar for this year…And they just built the damn thing!!
How about that $60 a month air card in an area that doesn’t offer 3G or won’t be anytime soon.
ummmmmmm…Tastes Good
Best tasting Kool-Aid I’ve had in a long time.
Does anyone know why St. Louis is being skipped over again for 3G? I’m especially confused because “lesser” cities like Springfield, IL and Wichita, KS are getting it and we are not. Last time I checked, St. Louis is a little big bigger of a metropolis than GD Springfield, Illinois. What gives?
HONOLULU, HAWAI‘I
I’ve called T-Mobile countless times on information about 3G networks out here in the most isolated city on earth, hopefully this is true!
Dang that’s messed up, Fresno California ain’t even on the list and we have around 600,000 people…. The guy at T-Mobile lied to me as he said that Fresno CA was going to have 3g in april and I got the G1 which I don’t regret cause it’s a great device, but It’s just messed up that all my buddies in LA are all in 3g land and I got to be happy with Edge, oh well I’ll survive on Edge…
No 3G for Fresno, California with a metro population of 900,000? I see no Californian cities. =(
Yay?
My local T-mo rep said that we’d “definitely” get 3G by Q1 this year in Louisville, but according to this, it’s coming Q4.
Oh well. EDGE on my G1 isn’t too bad.
I was told new orleans was suppose to go live soon but it isn’t even on the list. Didn’t tmobile just buy more bandwidth for new orleans?
it’s about f’ing time!!!
T-Mobile has been very quiet on 3G rollout since November last year
Some of that data is incorrect. I can at least speak for one city on that list that will be done a full quarter before the date shown. I can also say there are at least 3 cities missing from that list.
YES HONOLULU!!!
Oh, and I wouldn’t call the list “inaccurate”, but I will call it conservative.
*Whimper*. I still see no love for Tallahassee, FL. Such a bummer … on periodic trips to Orlando and Miami I get little teasers of 3G speeds on my G1, then when I’m back home in Tally it’s Edge/GPRS only.
To its credit, the G1 does just fine on the slower networks (just don’t try to stream videos without buffering lots first
), but it’d sure be nice for the state capital to get 3G.
charlotte will get 3g in Q3? WOW!!! I’m so ready for it.
Congrats PEople!!!
I have been Enjoying 3G for a While now since last year in Michigan!!!
Its FANTASTIC, SOooo Much Faster than ATT’s.
Wow, Tmo guy at the kiosk was right. Rockford get’s 3G very soon.
@Willfe
Tallahassee is coming. It isn’t on the list but it is part of that group. It was likely included as part of Jacksonville on this list.
well this makes me sad because if ann arbor mi doesn’t get this in the next few months i am going to have to leave tmobile after 7 years (sick of waiting). but they have had it 15 minutes away from here for a while so hopefully the area will be expanded soon.
I can also confirm for once you haven’t posted a rumor. This is very real.
Salt Lake in Q3!!! I spoke to a rep in a corporate owned T-Mobile retail store who said they are planning on rolling out 3G in August here in Lake Town…this seems to match what the screenshot is showing!
They have call centers in most of these areas for sure texas isn’t impairing tmo from using the 1700 spec they purchased. Prob cali is being a little more strict. Mcallen and brownsville for sure in june yeah baby rio grande valley 3g baby
Why in the world does Shreveport get 3g while the two largest cities in Louisiana dont in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. New Orleans is a NBA city wouldn’t you think they would add 3g since Tmobile is a sponsor of the NBA? I hope it was left off this list. Also they bought more wireless spectrum for New Orleans last year.
New orleans is likely included with mobile. It is the same market. Don’t get too excited if a city is missing. There appear to be a few missing.
Cougle: That’s exactly what I was going to say! I’ve been looking at upgrading to the G1, and getting 3G here in Baton Rouge would clinch it for me.
I also would be very surprised if a metro area like St. Louis is nowhere to be seen. Pushed back to the 3rd quarter is one thing, but holding out til 2010? Wow.
I was oh so hoping to see Indianapolis on this list ><
Utah isn’t until Q3? We don’t have it anywhere in the state right now.
my city is on the list, but 2 more months?
Wow, no 3G love for STL. Still shocks me when major metro areas can’t get 3g from Tmobile. I will keep my fingers crossed that STL will get it since it’s the 18th largest MSA in the US! Wichita Falls TX is #271!
No Buffalo, NY? Come on T- Mobile you give it to Rochester, NY and a bunch of other smaller markets. What gives?
So, we’ll be getting 3G in Pittsburgh when Verizon is rolling out its 4G – nice!
YAY for Rochester, NY. Can’t wait for my TP2 on T-Mobile 3G!
This doesn’t make much sense. I’ve had 3g speeds in Nashville for a while. Unless they’re just expanding coverage, this document is complete crap.
YAY!!! Finally I get to enjoy the 3G love here in RGV…June couldn’t come any sooner…
@Brandon: T-Mobile coverage checker shows no 3G in Nashville… nor is in the list of current 3G cities on T-Mobile.com
Maybe you just think its 3G? Or maybe they have been testing 3G and you’ve connected to it?
Hurrah, finally Salt Lake will be getting 3G. Now that I know, I guess I can live with EDGE until then. (if I have to)
since Cincinnati bell is using the same bands as tmobile in cincinnati for there 3g, does this mean that tmobile cannot use them? if so that is horse terds b/c if i found out that tmo 3g in cincinnati is not even an option and is something that cant be done, well then i will sadly have to say i will be leaving tmobile. Which would kill me to do so but i been a huge fan of Android ( and smartphones in general) and want to continue to purchase more phones running the OS but if i find out that i am forever stuck on the Edge network in Cincinnati, then im better off just going with cincinnat bell who have rolled out there 3g that uses sames as tmobile and buying unlocked android phones since i know people who have 3g working on there g1;s with cin bell sim cards installed…
some one please tell me that its possible to have cincinnati bell and tmobile use the same 3g band in the same city? if its not possible then im leaving tmo
About time Rochester Ny was not made to wait until the last minute. Now how about that touchscreen 3g Blackberry Device to be the icing on the cake.
Wow, they didn’t forget Corpus Christi… *faint*
So is Raleigh in the same market as Charlotte?
This is pretty outrageous. Talk about tech cities, RTP is home to Cisco, IBM, Sony, etc. etc. The east coast home to MANY tech companies.
Excuse me if I’m not patting T-Mobile on the back for rolling out something that should have been rolled out a year ago.
If Raleigh is included with Charlotte, this is good news for my area. Still, this rollout is WAY behind, people are already talking 4G…
Cincy Bell and T-Mobile can coexist in the same bands. The FCC cannot give out the same frequencies to different carriers in the same coverage area. Its just like T-Mobile and AT&T having the same general frequencies for GSM in some areas. They are all 1900, for example, but they may be 1890-1910 for AT&T and 1920-1930 for T-mobile. They are in the same general band, but are different frequencies.
@justinhub – J is right.
They can easily coexist. In fact, they do.
See this page for more details:
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=99&p=1494
There are different license classes which decide who gets what specific frequencies within a band.
T-MO has between 10-30mhz nationwide now to expand 3G into.
I see people are complaining about their area being larger than some areas not getting 3G. I hate to say it, but its not population driven. Its driven by infrastructure. If the gear is in place then its possible to get it on the tower and wired up.
I’d be willing to bet areas getting newer towers have a higher chance of 3G than the ones that are older becuase the ones that are older have to be retrofitted to work. The area I live in is going to have 3 new towers installed and guess what. I did confirm with T-Mobile since I work with the developement team “Not T-Mobile” that 3G will go on since they are setting it up before hand.
I am very happy that Henderson Nevada is on the list for June. As of now I live right outside the Las Vegas 3G services so I do pick up a few bars (when I am outside or certain areas in my home) and in my work where I sell T-Mobile… nada its all edge. Although edge seems to do pretty well sometimes it just doesn’t cut it. And its worse to know that AT&Ts 3G is full bars where I work. Hopefully this will boost the 3G signal in both where I work and where I live to full bars. Honestly I don’t really notice the diference between 3G and edge but then again I never experienced the full 3G goodness that my phone can handle. We shall see soon. Hopefully this expansion will take care of my problems with the few 3G bars and mostly edge network that I experience.
NICE! Can’t wait man….
Des Moines is on the list.
I’m pretty sure that Omaha, NV doesn’t exist, and knowing that Omaha, Nebraska is pretty big, I’m guessing they meant Omaha, Nebraska in that leaked memo. Do any TMO insiders have a more concrete date for Boise, Idaho? (By the way, I’m sooooooo glad to see this 2009 3G list!)