now they are talking about expanding the ban:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKBN1862QS
BTW I got a new (smaller) phone...not entirely by choice.... I LOVE my BLU Energy XL but T-mobile in their infinite wisdom are 'updating' their system/towers with new frequency spectrum they bought and last week rendered by Energy XL useless because it doesn't cover the new bands.....I've since found it working properly so odds are the issue was in upgrading the cell towers/system for a number of days last week.
In the mean time I got a new phone (BLU Vivo 5R) which does cover the 'new' bands but is not nearly the phone the Energy XL is in terms of the screen, battery life, etc.