T-Mobile coverage in Colorado?

[Soundtallica]

Can anyone living on Colorado's front range (specifically the Boulder area) share their experiences with coverage here? How is the coverage in the foothills and mountains, since I spend a lot of time hiking and biking in the wilderness?

I ask because most places on the internet rate T-Mobile significantly worse than Verizon and AT&T here. Their coverage map looks very decent, but I'm not sure if I should believe it or not.

 

[zamboni52]

My daughter is at CU Boulder and she has good luck with T-Mobile coverage there. I'm sure Verizon or ATT have better coverage but they definitely cost more. Coverage in the ski areas are ok. I recommend going to a T-Mobile store and tell them you'd like to try out the service before you switch. If your phone is unlocked you just pop in the SIM and you're good to go. It cost me $10 to try it out. Service is good in the Springs btw.

 

[Soundtallica]

Coverage in the ski areas are ok.

Thanks! By ski areas do you mean Eldora, or the bigger resorts deeper in the mountains? What about reception on the roads to the resorts?

 

[Almeuit]

Thanks! By ski areas do you mean Eldora, or the bigger resorts deeper in the mountains? What about reception on the roads to the resorts?

I would check out RootMetrics.com to see about your area. Personally anything with mountains is terrible for T-Mobile. Most likely bad reception.

 

[theelite1x87]

Mountains suck for any service. In the hilly areas of West Virginia even Verizon has spotty coverage in some areas (despite their map claiming to have the area blanketed in LTE).

 

[Almeuit]

Mountains suck for any service. In the hilly areas of West Virginia even Verizon has spotty coverage in some areas (despite their map claiming to have the area blanketed in LTE).

True. I just meant if services like Verizon have issues T-Mobile will be awful. They're a metro carrier.

 

[zamboni52]

Thanks! By ski areas do you mean Eldora, or the bigger resorts deeper in the mountains? What about reception on the roads to the resorts?

I can't speak for all of them, but I've had no trouble texting or talking to my kids at Copper and Winter Park.

 

[Droids4lyfe]

True. I just meant if services like Verizon have issues T-Mobile will be awful. They're a metro carrier.

Tmobile is a nationwide carrier

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[Almeuit]

Tmobile is a nationwide carrier

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Haha. So they say but in reality their coverage in non-metro areas is awful. They say "nationwide" because you get 2g out there .. I don't count that coverage the same as 4G LTE coverage since you know .. data is the main thing everyone is after .