New PCS Refarm Location: 1900MHz 3G/4G is now available in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA!

**Kies** · 07-02-2012, 12:39 AM

Its under the same service mode but under network control

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**websurf90** · 07-05-2012, 03:42 PM

I got into the network control mode (at least I think I did). I dialed *#197328640#* and brought up the band selection. When I tried to select the 1900 UMTS band and it wouldn't allow it or at least it didn't give me a sign of success. Later I talked to an employee who knew about the refarm and he said the list of refarm areas put Scranton-WB at 120. He estimated that the refarm would happen in our area December of this year or early next year. Ask for an iPhone for Christmas then!

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**jarrodpd** · 07-05-2012, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by websurf90

I got into the network control mode (at least I think I did). I dialed *#197328640#* and brought up the band selection. When I tried to select the 1900 UMTS band and it wouldn't allow it or at least it didn't give me a sign of success. Later I talked to an employee who knew about the refarm and he said the list of refarm areas put Scranton-WB at 120. He estimated that the refarm would happen in our area December of this year or early next year. Ask for an iPhone for Christmas then!

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A list of refarm areas!?!?!? If I get a chance I'm going to have to go to the local TMO store and ask about this, I wonder where Houston, Tx would place on that list. Thats really cool they have made a list, I just hope its something that don't give little grains of truth in it.

**websurf90** · 07-05-2012, 05:38 PM

The employee I talked to also said that the tower engineers in my area have be relocated to new areas. He said they haven't gotten as much info about the network as they use to. I assume they were relocated to an area with more T-Mobile towers because the closest TMoTowers registered tower is at ochre mill. AT&T leases their towers out to T-Mobile and takes care of the 1700/2100 equipment that is installed on their tower

**jarrodpd** · 07-05-2012, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by websurf90

I got into the network control mode (at least I think I did). I dialed *#197328640#* and brought up the band selection. When I tried to select the 1900 UMTS band and it wouldn't allow it or at least it didn't give me a sign of success. Later I talked to an employee who knew about the refarm and he said the list of refarm areas put Scranton-WB at 120. He estimated that the refarm would happen in our area December of this year or early next year. Ask for an iPhone for Christmas then!

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Do you think they wouldn't mind giving you a copy so you could kindly share with us? I just got off of chat with two people and the first person was hell bent on talking about it he was like we only provide 3G services in the 1700/2100band(AWS) and the second one admitted they were optimizing their network but we would find out as soon as they talked about it on their website and thats when we would get more information.