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Service Improvements in Hoodland Ore Area
I live 1 mile north of Welches Oregon on the north side of the Sandy River. Despite this areas constant growth and its popularity as a resort gateway to Mt. Hood, the lack of coverage here is alarmin...
Yup. similar to many rural areas, TMobile often uses the big macros to 'cover' large areas, and most often use terrain. Unlike At&t and Verizon, which both appear to have local towers in Welches, TMobile has decided it isn't worthy, and 'service exists'. I'd recommend their messaging for support, and push a request. This is a consumer forum.
Similarly, you can dial 611, but expect to go through low-level troubleshooting before you can escalate
Verizon and AT&T make more per line than T-Mobile does. They could choose to take a loss than T-Mobile. Also seeing how low that tower is. It doesn't fair well for range going lower than what is seen. Without knowing the deal they have it could be T-Mobile would have to construct the tower they'll never own and have to lease.
I know in some places in Hawaii GTE(Verizon) built towers for coverage in those places agreed to not lease out space their competitors as why Verizon has the best coverage overall in Hawaii. Verizon at one point wanted to buy those towers but if they did they'd have to lease out to their competitors. They opted not to and keep their original deal.
