I just drove from Salt Lake City to Seattle and despite T-Mobile's map showing data coverage the whole way and my full bars, I could not get data anywhere but in a few major-ish cities along the way.
I am on the $30 unlimited prepaid plan purchased through Walmart.
I've talked to a few CSR's who all assured me I had roaming data on my plan. There are two possible conclusions:
1. They don't know that they're talking about (likely)
2. T-Mobile's data coverage is bad to the point of not working (less likely)
I suspect that the plan I'm on does not allow data roaming, or it doesn't allow 2g data or something.
Does anyone else have experience with this plan? Which of the above is true. Currently the service is completely inadequate and light years away from what is advertised on their maps, and I'd hate to leave because I think T-Mo has a junk data network when really I just didn't have some option on my plan and the CSR's didn't know what they were talking about.
Any insight?