Comments on: Google Blames T-Mobile 3G Network For Nexus One 3G Issues

By: Thasatelliteguy

Thasatelliteguy — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:42:00 +0000

tmobile’s 3G coverage map is is exaggerated at best and at worst straight up fraud. I live in an area that is 3G as far as the eye can see on their map, and no one I know, on multiple phones, gets 3G anywhere near here. I travel extensively all over and between several coverage areas, and am so routinely PISSED when I should be in a 3G area and not only cant get 3G, but I have to wait on buffering on Slacker radio. If you cant stream audio in a so-called 3G area, something is dreadfully wrong. First of the year, I’m switching to a EVO. My boss can stream live video from his slingbox all the way to Florida and back with few glitches as long as he doesnt leave the interstate. I’m so sick of having Tmobile, and having totally crappy data service, even as they begin charging for things like tethering. They should spend more energy making their crap work than trying to figure out how to get in deeper in my pocket.

By: Droidlvr

Droidlvr — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:38:11 +0000

My wife works for Tmo and when people come in to her store to complain about bad 3g on their N1 it is painfully obvious that it is the phone not the network because my wifes G1 gets full 3g while N1 goes edge. Been pretty disappointed with the whole N1 thing….Google get your head out of your ass already.

By: ejaydroid

ejaydroid — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:09:40 +0000

I have an mytouch and a n1 and the mytouch and gets 3g everywhere the n1 dosent. Google is just trying to save face….. however their phone is awsome.

By: Mega G

Mega G — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:15:20 +0000

Did you guys think maybe it’s your asshat phones? I’m in the freakin sticks and I have a rock-solid 3G connection.

By: Willie Singleton

Willie Singleton — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:37:02 +0000

Tmobiles 3g connection is very unreliable. it Fluctuates and is never constant. However today i noticed 3g connection a lil bit stronger than normal. Though At&t network is still faster. Heres the speeds i got on my nexus.

est Date: Jan 27, 2010 7:24:55 pm
Connection Type: Cell

Download: 1941 kbps
Upload: 396 kbps
Ping: 148 ms

A detailed image for this result can be found here:

http://www.speedtest.net/android/1252827.png

By: mndave

mndave — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:27:10 +0000

I saw a post from a guy 30 miles south of Nashville who was complaining that he couldn’t get 3g. T-Mobile doesn’t have coverage there? Did Google even show people a coverage map a checkout? When I got my G1, they showed me a coverage map and I still had to check off a box that said I understood I might not have coverage, even if the map showed coverage.

By: brian

brian — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:53:53 +0000

Google would be correct. Tmo’s 3g sucks. I am in one of the top ten cities (that had 3G for awhile) and I have to switch my bb 9700 to 2g edge mode for better speed (lol) and to stop the phone from dropping calls. The 3g is spotty and it doesn’t transition to 2g (edge) very well…so you end up being slower than edge sometimes (and dropping calls when it tries transitioning). On 2g mode? never drop calls….

By: sorandkairi

sorandkairi — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:00:03 +0000

Its because from the post on google’s forum, they didnt. They never said that; well he didnt anyway. People are tryin too hard to read between the lines but sometimes things such just be taken at fae value and left alone!

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=0c0fb2a46ad64955&hl=en

By: sorandkairi

sorandkairi — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:56:59 +0000

@ Peter

I think/hope that Usman was tryin to imply that the problem wasnt a flaw in the Android software as a whole but rather a problem with the software installed only in the N1 device, not “android”.

By: Kickstar13

Kickstar13 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:53:45 +0000

The Google Employee edited his post.