Has T-Mobile caught up with the big two in terms of coverage in Washington? (Seattle: homes, neighborhoods)

[uday029]

I am moving from Nevada to Bellevue in November. General google results show that T-mobile coverage sucks badly in Washington, but most of the discussions were at least a year or two old. Has their coverage improved outside of urban areas?

Thanks.

[homesinseattle]

Nope. I switched because T Mobile's rates were better. After many dropped calls in central Seattle neighborhoods in the first few days of service, i went begging on my hands and knees back to Verizon. Great reception and no dropped calls, ever.

[notnamed]

Big two? Only one I know of with good service is Verizon. I have AT&T with my work provided phone and my wife has Verizon. She always has significantly better service.

[MJ5150]

No sir.
Verizon, in my experience, is the fastest, most reliable, and clearest sounding of all.
I've used AT&T for work up until June of this year.
Like @homesinseattle, I thought I'd be smart and save a few bucks by switching our family to T-Mobil. Bad idea. I went back too.
Now one I do remember being great was Nextel, with those walkie talkie phones. I think Sprint bought them out years ago, so I'm not sure how good it is now.

-Mike

[MarciaMarshaMarcia]

A new T Mobile store just opened in our area, but everyone I know around here says the coverage is bad. Verizon is dominant.

I haven’t heard of Nextel in years...used to carry one for work. Sprint is nonexistent here, I think. When my daughter visits, her AT&T phone has spotty coverage.

[Thom52]

I still say the T-mobile motto is....

If you aren't in a mall, why do you need a phone?

I have a friend that works for T-mobile and he uses another carrier because of the poor T-mobile coverage.

I had T-mobile for years because it was cheaper. Coverage was truly awful.

[fluffydelusions]

No. I had T-mobile when I moved here from NYC (great there, had it for 10+ years) but here it's pretty bad from my experience particularly when you get out of metro areas. I got tired of having no signal and switched to Verizon and it's much much better IMO albeit a bit pricier.

[Ultrarunner]

I brought a Verizon and my T-Mobil work phone with me to Thurston County...

The T-Mobil would show a lot of missed calls when I went into town.

The Verizon actually worked just about everywhere I went...

[Neerwhal]

I really want to switch as I like the idea of a local company but no dice. I have AT&T. Sorry OP.

[Beernik]

If you live in the San Juans T-Mobil is the best choice, Verizon next, AT&T is last. Part of it is T-Mobil put up some short monopoles on Lopez, Orcas, & San Juan. But a lot of it is they don’t cut you off from cell towers in Canada the way AT&T does.