Yes its much faster and the coverage doesn't hang when it switches like it does on Sprint. I was on Sprint for 12 years, and gave them every opportunity to fix their horrible network. I mean if you are standing next to a tower you should have great coverage, and sometimes it couldn't even find the signal.....and these were high end phones. But so far T-mobile has been excellent, we will see how good their coverage is when I travel, but as for the Houston area, its super fast.