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MetroPCS updating 20% of towers to EVDO

blaxican25

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MetroPCS Thursday announced that 20% of its CDMA 1X network would be upgraded by the end of the year to EVDO 3G coverage. CFO Braxton Carter said the $100 million investment to upgrade the towers is being done as they don’t expect most customers to make the jump to LTE until the cost of phones and services drops. MetroPCS had initially planned to skip a 3G deployment entirely in favor of an LTE. No word on where the EVDO upgrades will occur.

http://www.phonedog.com/2011/09/16/...o-support-to-around-20-percent-of-its-towers/

http://thecellphonejunkie.com/2011/09/15/metropcs-updating-20-of-towers-to-evdo/

http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/metropcs/metropcs-upgrading-some-towers-to-ev-do-36426/
 
MetroPCS Thursday announced that 20% of its CDMA 1X network would be upgraded by the end of the year to EVDO 3G coverage. CFO Braxton Carter said the $100 million investment to upgrade the towers is being done as they don’t expect most customers to make the jump to LTE until the cost of phones and services drops. MetroPCS had initially planned to skip a 3G deployment entirely in favor of an LTE. No word on where the EVDO upgrades will occur.

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

MetroPCS updating 20% of towers to EVDO The Cell Phone Junkie

MetroPCS upgrading some towers to EV-DO | Prepaid Reviews

Lol was about to add sources incase someone cried bs. Thanks again for the heads up.

Esteem $379 with VoLTE nice
http://phonenews.com/metropcs-adds-ev-do-access-to-select-cell-sites-17630/
 
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wow if they get more 3g a lot of people will be switching to metro lol.

i would figure this too

but i dont think people would want to downgrade to crappy made metro cell phones to have 3g service.. considering you HAVE to pay 50$+ for any of the android fones, unless they start making HTC EVO METRO4G's and IPHONE5METRO's people wont want to do this

Some companies offer unlimited 79$+tax with data packages.. which means youll get a real phone on a real network (not att)....

all metro phones are crap and the customer service is the worst possible,

paying 50$ for my android optimus makes me juist want to get my iphone for 80$ amonth again or a droid on sprint or verizon
 
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i would figure this too paying 50$ for my android optimus makes me juist want to get my iphone for 80$ amonth again or a droid on sprint or verizon


until you see your bill and the crazy prices they charge you for their so called Unlimited service. Atleast here in Ft. Lauderdale, FL the big carrier's Unlimited is just bs once you pass 2gb of data they cap you off to crap speeds. and if you use your data alot they will begin to throttle your data during the times you use it the most.

Personally i want to get a decent T-mobile phone and then get Simple mobile here in ft. lauderdale. Uncapped full speed T-mobile network for 60 bucks a month. I know 2 people with androids with simple mobile as their carrier and their speed tests make metro's network look like it's 1995 again.
 
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until you see your bill and the crazy prices they charge you for their so called Unlimited service. Atleast here in Ft. Lauderdale, FL the big carrier's Unlimited is just bs once you pass 2gb of data they cap you off to crap speeds. and if you use your data alot they will begin to throttle your data during the times you use it the most.

Personally i want to get a decent T-mobile phone and then get Simple mobile here in ft. lauderdale. Uncapped full speed T-mobile network for 60 bucks a month. I know 2 people with androids with simple mobile as their carrier and their speed tests make metro's network look like it's 1995 again.
:p

i went to a metro phone to have unlimited calls for cheap price

ive had all the big carriers, sprint will offer you 79$ for unlimited with everything included, everything included means everythings included not data cap or bandwidth limit and so forth

i guess my point is... paying 50-60$ for a metro pcs shitdroid on 3g/4g will never compare to paying 60-100$ on a real carrier with a real phone........

we all know metros fones arent quality, overpriced and allllll have problems :p
 
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You are wrong sir, I got 3G on my phone when i went up to delray beach from boca, and 3G is way faster than the 1x

um why would I be wrong...? I get 3g at my uncle house, work, around international mall, and some other places in Doral and I do a speed test every time I see the 3g symbol, the difference is 3-4kb/s, from 17 in 1x to around 20 with 3g.

obviously as people have put it may be different somewhere else but around Miami where I live, work and hang out regularly for now i can safely say 1x=3g.

I can check my email so honestly, 1x is perfec
 
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um why would I be wrong...? I get 3g at my uncle house, work, around international mall, and some other places in Doral and I do a speed test every time I see the 3g symbol, the difference is 3-4kb/s, from 17 in 1x to around 20 with 3g.

obviously as people have put it may be different somewhere else but around Miami where I live, work and hang out regularly for now i can safely say 1x=3g.

I can check my email so honestly, 1x is perfec

I am saying your wrong because 3G is faster than 1x.... why blame it on your area.. anywhere I go that I get 3G...its like 6x faster than 1x..no questions asked.
 
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I am saying your wrong because 3G is faster than 1x.... why blame it on your area.. anywhere I go that I get 3G...its like 6x faster than 1x..no questions asked.

You sir are wrong. In some markets Metro has limited 3g speed to just barely more than 1x. Just because you happen to live in a market that isn't being throttled does not mean everyone does.

In some markets you can flash any cdma android over to metro, and in others like mine you can't flash a damn thing over.

Metro runs different markets all over the country. Just because something is so where you are don't assume it is the same everywhere.
 
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I am saying your wrong because 3G is faster than 1x.... why blame it on your area.. anywhere I go that I get 3G...its like 6x faster than 1x..no questions asked.

You should take a little time and read the threads around here, you'll find theres tons of other people that have capped 3g speeds just like me all over the map, not just in miami, making 3g on our phones nothing more than a different icon. No its not everywhere thats exactly why I said...

"i get 3g around here in miami some places but its no different than 1x"

but anyways, its cool that your 3g is fast, enjoy it. I'll make due with my 1x speeds.
 
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You sir are wrong. In some markets Metro has limited 3g speed to just barely more than 1x. Just because you happen to live in a market that isn't being throttled does not mean everyone does.

In some markets you can flash any cdma android over to metro, and in others like mine you can't flash a damn thing over.

Metro runs different markets all over the country. Just because something is so where you are don't assume it is the same everywhere.

I don't have that issue and i've been in plenty of different areas
 
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When I googled metro 3g it says Detroit already has it but I live in metro Detroit and work directly in Detroit and don't get it anywhere so hopefully that will change now. Thanks for the info

Yes, me too. I live in the metro Detroit area and don't have the 3g anywhere I have went. Ever. PRL is 3020. Hope it comes soon, these 1x speeds are terrible. Any improvement would make me happy....
 
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Yes, me too. I live in the metro Detroit area and don't have the 3g anywhere I have went. Ever. PRL is 3020. Hope it comes soon, these 1x speeds are terrible. Any improvement would make me happy....

Dial #228 get the updated roaming list and ull b on 3022... of course most areas are capped.. for some reason ppl keep thinking theyrr going to get full 3g on a metro fone... we get what we pay for! The ones getting good 3g speeds dont understand they are luktly ... metro isnt trying to gve u sprint verizin and tmobile speeds for no contract fond
 
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