Traveling cross country and laughing at "nationwide" coverage.

MyUsernameRox · May 5, 2013

I have an LG Motion. I got on I-40 in CA traveling east and ever since then I haven't seen the 4g or EV icons on my phone once.

It's nor like I haven't been in major cities either. Flagstaff, AZ. Albuquerque, NM. Amarillo, TX. Oklahoma City, OK. Ft. Smith, Ark. What gives?

My next and last stop is Jackson, MS where I'll be staying for two weeks and I'm wondering if there's any Metro coverage there. I don't hae a computer and I can't view the Metro coverage map on my phone.

OcalaFlGuy · May 5, 2013

It looks to me like Jackson is Extended Home Area for Metro.

It also looks like several larger cities along 40 were, at least on Metro's coverage map,
extended home areas so I'd think you'd get an EV at least.

No one ever said Metro was Nationwide.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

Fuzzy13 · May 5, 2013

OcalaFlGuy said:
It looks to me like Jackson is Extended Home Area for Metro.

It also looks like several larger cities along 40 were, at least on Metro's coverage map,
extended home areas so I'd think you'd get an EV at least.

No one ever said Metro was Nationwide.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

Metro did claim to cover 95% of the Nation though. :/

OcalaFlGuy · May 5, 2013

Fuzzy13 said:
Metro did claim to cover 95% of the Nation though. :/

Well Then, they lied.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

Spec2nirvash · May 5, 2013

Maybe closer to 95% coverage with SMS. Nobody lied or told the truth there

g0lden · May 5, 2013

MyUsernameRox said:
I have an LG Motion. I got on I-40 in CA traveling east and ever since then I haven't seen the 4g or EV icons on my phone once.

It's nor like I haven't been in major cities either. Flagstaff, AZ. Albuquerque, NM. Amarillo, TX. Oklahoma City, OK. Ft. Smith, Ark. What gives?

My next and last stop is Jackson, MS where I'll be staying for two weeks and I'm wondering if there's any Metro coverage there. I don't hae a computer and I can't view the Metro coverage map on my phone.

You need to change your PRL to 3033 or 9033 to get access to Sprint's 3G.

Fuzzy13 · May 5, 2013

OcalaFlGuy said:
Well Then, they lied.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

This was when LTE first came to Metro. I remember seeing billboards everywhere and I was always one to point and go "neener neener neener". Hahaha

But yeah it's obvious from just looking at the coverage map that the 95% is not very accurate. lol

alfick3 · May 5, 2013

I have traveled up I-35 from Dallas to Des Moines and then I-80 to Davenport, IA and had 1x the whole way (this was a year ago when I didn't have the motion, so only had the Optimus M+ with 3G). We also had talk and text. So, in that sense, yes we had coverage the whole trip. We just didn't have 3G data. Having 1x did stink, but we at last did have data. Oh, this was also before the advent of the special prl's like 9033.

Gman9831 · May 5, 2013

They had been talking about covering 90% of the population not of the whole nation area and with MetroUSA( Home and Extended Home) they cover 280 million people. 280/315= .89 = 89%

mike28 · May 5, 2013

They stated that is voice not data if I'm not mistaken

OcalaFlGuy · May 5, 2013

<New TMoPCS marketing person sharpens pencil>

<thinks>

TMoPCS.

We cover 90% of the United States as long as all yall stay home.

There.
Done.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

Gman9831 · May 5, 2013

We cover 90% of all Americans - that's over 280 million people. And we do it for the lowest price of any nationwide network. Coverage of over 280 million population based on 2012 Experian data.

Of Americans not America. That's from the Metro website, that's for voice they cover much more with text and then data in some areas

Pappy62 · May 5, 2013

OcalaFlGuy said:
<New TMoPCS marketing person sharpens pencil>

<thinks>

TMoPCS.

We cover 90% of the United States as long as all yall stay home.

There.
Done.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

ROFLMAO!!!
Geeze... thanks a lot Bruce. I just sprayed beer all over my screen and keyboard when I read that post.
(Hey - it's 5:45pm here... so it's PAST '5 O'clock "somewhere"

)

Gman9831 · May 5, 2013

OcalaFlGuy said:
<New TMoPCS marketing person sharpens pencil>

<thinks>

TMoPCS.

We cover 90% of the United States as long as all yall stay home.

There.
Done.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

That's what they've had since the site redo last year before the merger.

MyUsernameRox · May 5, 2013

g0lden said:
You need to change your PRL to 3033 or 9033 to get access to Sprint's 3G.

Is there any way to do this just using my phone, and not a computer?

Gman9831 · May 5, 2013

MyUsernameRox said:
Is there any way to do this just using my phone, and not a computer?

Not on the motion, only metro phone I know with the capability is the S3

nintendo4 · May 6, 2013

Gman9831 said:
Not on the motion, only metro phone I know with the capability is the S3

well that sucks. I need to find a link to prl 3033.

g0lden · May 6, 2013

MyUsernameRox said:
Is there any way to do this just using my phone, and not a computer?

A few (very few) people in the motion forum reported getting 3033 via *228.
EDIT: and a link to prl 3033 is in the stickied prl thread.

dulal18 · May 6, 2013

Make sure to enable roaming data in the data settings it's off by default

Gman9831 · May 6, 2013

dulal18 said:
Make sure to enable roaming data in the data settings it's off by default

Roaming in extended home shows up as the home network though because of how they set the PRLs up

MyUsernameRox · May 7, 2013

Add Little Rock, AR and Jackson, MS as no 4G cities/states.

I'm thinking that only the major 19 markets have 4g.

OcalaFlGuy · May 7, 2013

If you're able to get a Speedtest to finish in each area, those figures would be interesting along with the type of coverage showing.

Bruce in Ocala, FL

Gman9831 · May 7, 2013

MyUsernameRox said:
Add Little Rock, AR and Jackson, MS as no 4G cities/states.
I'm thinking that only the major 19 markets have 4g.

Why would you get 4G when roaming on Sprint. Only areas with native metro coverage have 4G so no areas in extended home have 4G since thats Sprint.

MyUsernameRox · May 7, 2013

I'm not roaming on Sprint.

Joshb101 · May 7, 2013

I'm sorry, but I don't understand why you would think places not listed as having 4G would have 4G, maybe I'm missing something?

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