MetroPCS 4G not all that impressive

[THE W]

isnt that traveltalk where you have to pay by the minute?

 

[macp]

No, it's called extended home network. Talk and text guaranteed, but data not available in all markets.

 

[THE W]

yeah, no 4g

 

[BZAnt]

No, it's called extended home network. Talk and text guaranteed, but data not available in all markets.

Is there anyway you can post a link so I could verify that.... I actually keep $20.00 on my travel talk at ALL TIMES just in case there's some family emergency and I have to go somewhere where I dont get coverage....

I never heard of the extended home network.....

 

[THE W]

Go to metropcs.com and check out their coverage area map.

 

[macp]

Yeah, what he said. ^^^ ;-)

 

[ImaTrouper]

Go to metropcs.com and check out their coverage area map.

Agreed, when I signed up with Metro, the coverage map is what made the decision for me. I was looking at several different 'economic' phone plans and Metro seemed to have the best nationwide coverage. (At least for the <$50 plans)

 

[airtioteclint]

think a bout it. why do you need 30mb down to check your email or look at webpages? all you need is a 1.5mb down connection to do that, heck, not even that. you gonna look at movies? have fun with that with 2GB of data per month(4GB now with the promotion for verizon. yippie!). you cant stream or download hardly anything because of the data limitation unless you want a $200 cell phone bill every month.

having all that speed just to check email, look at websites, and watch a video or two is like getting a Ferrari just to go to the grocery store down the street. the car is worthless if it just sits in the garage most of the time. whats the point of having speeds of 30mb down if you cant do anything with it? the limitations are like a built in speeding ticket.

haha that's a good point man. that's like having a big ol V12 under the hood with only a one gallon gas tank. lmao.

 

[alfick3]

haha that's a good point man. that's like having a big ol V12 under the hood with only a one gallon gas tank. lmao.

Lol! or having that same V12 in a gremlin.

 

[airtioteclint]

Lol! or having that same V12 in a gremlin.

Haha somebody should post this in a verizon or at&t thread. Pure gold.

 

[sydlexia]

Just for the record I average 1.2Mbps down and 0.7Mbps up in the SF Bay Area.

 

[myshkin]

Is there anyway you can post a link so I could verify that.... I actually keep $20.00 on my travel talk at ALL TIMES just in case there's some family emergency and I have to go somewhere where I dont get coverage....

I never heard of the extended home network.....

It's not really necessary to keep $$ in travel talk acct @ all times. If you are going to be traveling not only check the coverage map for your destination but also the route. Even then, I always put @ least $10 in just to be safe.

 

[cholo323]

I agree T-Mobile HSPA+ is not really 4G but its faster than Metro 4G LTE will ever be try getting 29.90 mbps down and 15.70 mbps up with Metro 4G LTE

 

[THE W]

I agree T-Mobile HSPA+ is not really 4G but its faster than Metro 4G LTE will ever be try getting 29.90 mbps down and 15.70 mbps up with Metro 4G LTE

Such speed is worthless when you have a 5gb limit.

 

[WeekiAj]

when i had a 4G phone from metro , i was averaging 5-7MBPS DOWN In port charlotte FL , & Sarasota was around 3MBPS ... some markets have it better

 

[cholo323]

And what is the point of having unlimited slow Metro 4G if it has few markets? and once you.go out a 4G market you.have no good 3G to fall back to cause metro 3G is capped at 120 kbps?

 

[THE W]

I get 4mbps going both ways where I'm at so metro works great for me. And since I don't travel I never leave the coverage area.

4mbps is enough to stream whatever video I need with no hassle. You don't need 20mbps to stream video, surf the web, and sync up your email and social media and the stuff you would need such speed for like downloading huge files will use up your data allowance in no time flat.

So again, the 5gb limit makes those speeds useless and irrelevant.

 

[Gman9831]

And what is the point of having unlimited slow Metro 4G if it has few markets? and once you.go out a 4G market you.have no good 3G to fall back to cause metro 3G is capped at 120 kbps?

You can uncap it.

 

[dose17]

"The LTE network has theoretical data throughput speeds on the forward link of up to 22.7Mbps for a 5 MHz paired channel, based on information from standards bodies, with a typically experienced mean data throughput speed across all geographic areas on the forward link of 1Mbps on a 5 MHz paired channel based on total kilobytes of traffic as measured at the gateway for the period from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The typically experienced mean data throughput speed across all geographic areas for a paired 1.4 MHz LTE carrier is similar to the theoretical peak data rate of our EVDO network based on total kilobytes of traffic as measured at the gateway for the period from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The actual data speeds of services delivered on the MetroPCS networks will vary, depending on, among other things, the amount of spectrum available to MetroPCS in the major metropolitan area, the type of spectrum used, the configuration of the network, the type of wireless access device used, the usage of the network, the number of users using the network, the distance of the user to the serving cell site, interference, geographic and atmospheric conditions, the speed and capacity of backhaul, and the performance of third party networks and services, including the public Internet. In addition, the data speeds for LTE will vary depending on the bandwidth of the LTE carrier which is devoted to the service, which varies from a paired 1.4 MHz carrier to up to a paired 5 MHz carrier."- VIA METROPCS.COM

 

[cholo323]

Well i do travel and have coverage where ever i go but metro has so little coverage that it uses sprint mostly and if.you can have 20mbps why not? even if.you do have a cap you still get more coverage with T-Mobile than metro

 

[THE W]

Go with the carrier that works best for you. My point is the high speed is irrelevant with the throttling.

 

[cholo323]

Yup 200+ HSPA+ locations with T-Mobile compared to 14 4G LTE with Metro and Metro probably wont even grow more

 

[THE W]

I don't travel and I stay within those 14 locations so I'm covered here at Metro. What's the use of having 200 channels if you're only gonna ever watch 10?

It's all what service fits your specific needs.

 

[cholo323]

Thats true Metro is.good for.you if you dont travel much but i live in L.A. and travel to Fresno or SF and vallejo to visit family