Would this work in the USA with a T-Mobile Sim Card?
Is yes, would I still be able to order?
Looking to order one of these if they are still available for sale.
pretty sure the chip being used is mentioned above somewhere, should work with t-mobile in the us. John Cook should be letting orders through, though shipping might be delayed a couple months because of his other projects.
It will work, but not optimally.
Wireless signals are divided into bands. This supports bands 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, and 26.
T-Mobile’s network uses bands 2, 4, and 66 as their main medium range high performance bands and uses bands 12 and 71 as their main long range high building penetration bands. So this lacks bands 66 and 71. T-Mobile also has a tiny amount of band 5 (only in Myrtle Beach, SC) and 13 (only in Puerto Rico).
Band 66 and 4 have the same coverage so lacking 66 will just hurt performance, however lacking band 71 will meaningfully effect coverage, especially in areas where T-Mobile doesn’t have band 12 licenses.
Here is an image showing only T-Mobile’s band 12 and 71 coverage. The green areas have band 71 but not band 12, the pink areas have band 12 but not band 71, and the purple areas have both bands 12 and 71. In the green areas this will be unable to pick up any long range or high building penetration signals, effectively crippling coverage.
Edit: T-Mobile does also have band 25 and band 26 licenses, however to the extent that they use band 25 it is used for 5G (and in the future they’re hoping to use it for satellite based 5G service through their partnership with SpaceX) and band 26 is somewhat in limbo. In order to agree to let T-Mobile buy Sprint (the previous 4th largest carrier) the Gov’t required T-Mobile to attempt to sell it at $3.6 billion with Dish getting first pick (the Gov’t is trying to help Dish become the new 4th largest carrier), however Dish’s deadline to buy it recently passed and they couldn’t afford it. T-Mobile’s other bands are 5G exclusive (and therefore irrelevant to discussion of LTE cards).
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lart2150’s maps are a great resource.
If anyone needs to zoom in on an area, you can find the map here coverage.lart2150.com/vector
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You want a laptop that weighs only 5 grams? 
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Lmao. Not that. I want a laptop that I can upgrade and put a sim card into so that I can get cellular data to be able to use it anywhere using the 5G network
With how small computer & phone components are, couldn’t that be an expansion card? Maybe with some threaded antennas to go on the end? I think the Framework 13 & Framework 16 ports are Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4, so they’re pretty much compatible with anything.
it already is josh cook’s selling one
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Yeah, pays to word queries so the meaning can’t be misinterpreted.
Is he already? I can find some threads talking about making one, but nothing concrete or one being made. I’m not entirely sure how to navigate towards finding the product you describe, but am looking for it. If you wouldn’t mind pointing me in the right direction, I’d appreciate it.
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This thread is the place. There’s an e-shop link ^^^ and a link to the cellular technology provider’s website so you can assess which bands will be accessible in your jurisdiction ^^^^.
Just search back for Josh_Cook.
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Josh Cook only makes a LTE card, which is roughly the same as 4G. There is no 5G expansion card anywhere from what I know. It probably also would be super expensive, the 4G card alone costs 160 AUD ($105 USD) plus potential taxes.
I would 100% buy this!
link is somewhere up there
Is T-Mobile also in the offing?
Same here been trying to contact @Josh_Cook for the past 4 weeks pinging him weekly but to no avail.
Pretty much I think we got rug pulled and I am just waiting for the moment that we hit the hard floor…
I got an email 6 days ago from him. Just life things.
Hi Samuel,
Sorry for such a long time between the last update, I have some good news, I have finally received the prototypes (I have had them for the past 2 weeks, but other products had higher priority), and I will now begin testing and validation. I have placed the order for all of the production level components, so once I have completed validation and testing (should take around 15-20 days) the production should take around 2 weeks (these boards need custom fixtures which take a week to make). I should have boards in hand in 6 weeks. Do keep in mind that I am working on multiple Framework products/projects along with school, so I don’t have a whole lot of time. As always, if you would like a refund, let me know and I’ll process it ASAP. I will send some photos of the units once I have completed validation.
Regards,
Josh
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