Northeast Ohio here. We have had Band 12 for a while. But even WITH it, outside suburbs is really hit and miss. Traveling between them normally means LTE drops a couple times.They *claim* to have "fair" coverage blanketing most of it but in reality "fair" means good luck getting any signal. I'm not talking indoors. I was standing outside in a parking lot (wouldnt work inside car) and I still couldnt get my phone to grab a signal. Wifes phone was same result. Tmobile claimed "fair" was in the entire area. LOL. So they need to work on that. Meanwhile in these same areas, ATT and Verizon have great coverage. Sprint is worse. Many rural areas throughout ohio have zero coverage, again ATT and Verizon have excellent. If they plan to match verizon they need to do more than rely on 700mhz. Towers are spread WAY too thin in some outlying suburbs. And non-existent in others. New towers need added. And then, we got West Virginia. Verizon has pretty solid coverage in that state. Tmobile has....none. Absolutely none (aside from a few odd spots on eastern side, perhaps also Morgantown?). So....according to Tmobiles claim of matching Verizon, that would require them to add many towers to basically an ENTIRE STATE (Im sure there are other states lacking but i can only speak to areas ive actually been too). I'd love to see Tmobile light up the entire state of WV. And if they want to make good on their claim, they will have to. Seems like a bold claim to make, as even around me I see massive gaps where they simply need to add towers. That being said, I have seen a few areas in rural spots where I was getting strong LTE signal on my last trip. In spots where I had always dropped LTE (too weak) and stayed on EDGE for a few miles. Drove that route dozens on times. Last week, I was on strong LTE most of the time. They clearly added some towers. Perhaps they are making good on the claims? I hope so.
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