Great coverage on browser and calls no wonder they keep on winning J.D. Powers!

There is absolutely no reception here with ATT. I can stand in the middle of the street, with no high-rise buildings in sight, on a cloudless day, and consistently still get 0 reception. This is just behind Dreamland BBQ.

Good reception with these phones, even in Elevators. Not good with Treo andSamsung i830.

Can only use phone in certain spots inside the apartment. Frequent dropped calls. Only 2-3 bars outside, and, even then, only when I'm facing Red Mountain.

T Mobile has the worst service in this area. Outside the apartment I get at the most 3 bars and inside the apartment it is always between 1 and 0. I donot recommend t mobile if you live around 15th / 14th Ave S

I get good reception everywhere I go in Birmingham. The only time I don't get a decent signal or no signal at all is when i'm inside some of the buildings at UAB (mostly on the Hospital side).

Sometimes the call gets ended abruptly... and this creates a lots of troubles.

Can not receive reception at home.

I haven't tried other carriers, but I've had T-Mobile for about 10 years, since it was Powertel. I live in the Hollywood / Homewood area, service here was spotty up until about 2005... .Tmobile must have upgraded or added a tower nearby. Now in 2008 my service is pretty great, don't always have full bars but rarely drop a call. I give it a B+ or A-. Sure there are a few predictable dead spots around town (below Vulcan, top of Hwy. 31 at Shades Crest, Lakeshore near Samford, etc come to mind), but I suspect all carriers have and / or share dead spots. I occasionally get a random dropped call in the house or on the interstate, but not often enough to bug me, MAYBE once or twice a month at the most. And from what I've seen, T-Mobile is SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than the other carriers. I don't have a home phone, so I need a lot of minutes. I only have free long distance in AL and Miss, but I get 3,000 anytime minutes for about $60 a month. That many minutes would be well over $100 with any other carrier PLUS have restrictions on WHEN I could use my minutes, etc. Too bad the iPhone is limited to AT&T... .bummer :(

EVDO high speed aircard performs perfectly along highway 150. Phone quality on the Sprint network is so clear compared to the Cingular technology I have used in the past. What I love about Sprint is the variety of handsets they have. Not to mention the have great customer service and awesome technicans who will go the extra mile to help out.