Originally Posted by ChazzMatt

Metro is not going 3G with all their towers. They have publicly said they are only putting 3G in the busiest 20% of their cell sites in each market. It's to help with network management. LTE is their future. They ARE putting LTE on 100% of their cell sites.

So, you will NEVER see 3G everywhere in Metro's markets.

Here, go read this:

MetroPCS bringing EVDO support to around 20 percent of its towers
MetroPCS bringing EVDO support to 20 percent of its towers | PhoneDog

09/2011



Same info here:

MetroPCS adding EV-DO to around 20% of cell sites - FierceWireless


MetroPCS adding EV-DO to around 20% of cell sites - FierceWireless