Free Coverage Maps (on your own)

[darkmuck]

I'm not an employee or anything of tmobiles. But you can get your own coverage map of any location by zooming in or typing in the addres. Visit http://compass.t-mobile.com/ and login with:

username: tmobile
password: getmore

;-)

[PsyKo[H]]

Sweet link!!!


Is a noob allowed to nominate a thread for sticky?

[indianenvasion]

sweet@! good job / nice find... this should be sticky'ed

[NJHokie]

all carriers should offer this type of tool to any user.

[mikethaler]

Hmmm. Not sure how accurate this is. The few blocks near my home has very eratic signal - even outdoors. Yet it shows bright yellow.
On I-5 and 99, the main north south hiways that run several hundred miles down Ca. shows lots of white areas. Yet, when I take them I can be on a call in the middle of nowhere and never drop a call. Don't know anywhere on those hiways where you can't make a call.

...mike

[indianenvasion]

maybe the map is old and they havent done any cell tower sweeps recently ??

[mikethaler]

Coverage on I-5 and 99 was solid from day one when PacBell (Cingular) started operation 6-7 years ago. (T-M uses Cingular's 1900 system in Ca/Nv).
T-M didn't start selling service here til 2.5 years ago - working out a sharing arrangement w. PacBell.

The map simply isn't as useful as it may first seem.

...mike

[formercanuck]

Here - try this link - no login or password required:

http://compass.t-mobile.com/Compass2/MapPage.asp

[kaneman]

Wow, no coverage in Alaska, roaming or otherwise.

[MotoX]

Thanks for a good link!

[cheerioboy26]

Originally posted by kaneman
Wow, no coverage in Alaska, roaming or otherwise.

There is roaming coverage in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau, IT shows up if you search addresses via the link provided by formercanuck.

[mikenice0101]

does anybody know if coverage in rhode island going to increase cranston area. 02921
thanx

[Abelson]

About 4 or 5 months ago I was in the Wisconsin dells, and there was no service. That map says they have roaming (which I have for free) in the Wisconsin Dells, so do you that this is something new? or is the map wrong? (BTW I didn't get a signal for about 40 or 50 miles around the Dells)

[caront]

Abelson, the phone you were using there, was it quad-band (or had the 850mhz band available??). I found myself in the same situation in a lot of places while traveling a few months ago, using a 900/1800/1900 triband.

I have then a question that may be related to Abelson's one (and if answered earlier, sorry, insult me through pm's):

When T-Mobile says that one can roam in the CingularATT (whatever) network, and they show you the roaming area, is the "850Mhz-ONLY area" included in the map?

I say this because without the 850mhz band (as happens with T-Mobile branded phones), you would not be able to pick up any signal there. Nonetheless, technically they can show it in the roaming maps, because you are allowed to use the 850mhz band if your phone could use it.

I would say that they should have the courtesy to let you know what areas you cannot pick up signal with a T-Mobile branded phone (namely, the 850mhz band) or not show them at all in the maps. Probably I am wrong, and T-Mobile is already not showing those areas as available, but the service I found while traveling several months ago seemed to indicate othewise. Of course, I imagine T-Mo will say that they only map 900/1800/1900, but knowing how much knowledge their reps have about their own service, it's up to you to believe that. (Although mikethaler's account could indicate that they don't map 850mhz, if his/her phone can pick up that band)

Could that be the problem? Where am I wrong? (pms for bashing, please: insults, offensive comments/short-speeches, etc. )?

[buckspaul]

beleive or not. compass coverage maps are very conservative. theres actually more coverage than stated. it shows my house with absolutely no coverage. although the closest t-mobile tower is 12 miles away i get -87 dBm outside and about -95 dBm inside but some areas inside the house there is not signal. than again im using an nokia and they have excellent RF.