T-Mobile starts LTE trials next month!

[edgar]

It seems good ol' Tmo is starting to get things ready. The LTE trials and testing start next month, and while these should take quite some time, it means T-Mobile is on track for its 2013 LTE rollout. I am just wondering how many of you are that excited for this. HSPA+ on T-Mobile is very capable and fast - Especially in large markets. And their 4G coverage is currently very spread across the country.

HSPA+ is known for being much more efficient on battery life, and you might not necessarily need the "blazing speeds" 4G LTE offers. Are you guys looking forward to Magenta rolling out its new LTE network? Will you be sticking around with T-Mobile until then, or just go with another carrier's LTE network?

[Paul]

4G LTE definitely spoils you. I can no longer go back to slower speeds, it just kinda hurts. lol. But seriously, HSPA+42 is almost as good. And if T-Mobile can brign some better 4G LTe speeds, they could have it set like AT&T. They have 4G LTE and HSPA+ to back it up. So you will almost never fall into 3G.

To me, that sounds like a much better system. When I fall out of 4G LTE on Verizon I go straight to 3G. This means that I go from speeds over 20 Mbps down to about 1 Mbps (if that).