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Works with varying levels of bars in the house most of the time. Driving in / out of the neighborhood calls will drop every time. At Publix and Dollar General, No signal. I work on Redstone Arsenal near gate 3, NO service at all in my building with AT&T or T-Mobile, Verizon phones have great service there. I'm about to try SPRINT as Verizon is pushing Motorola down everyone's throat and delaying the Samsung Fascinate (the phone I want) So, Sprint and the Samsung EPIC 4G is what I will be trying on August 31st, fingers crossed, I don't think it will be any worse than AT&T, but I don't expect it to be as good as Verizon, however Sprint is a lot cheaper.

Most of the time the reception in this area is 1 bar. Cingular claims that when they merged with ATT and consolidated equipment, to make reception better, that one or two spots actually ended up with worse reception. I just switched to a new phone since Cingular is going to a new system, and my reception is still poor. Maybe after March 31 when the switchover is complete it will improve, but I'm not holding my breath. It's pretty bad when I have to get in my car and drive a couple of miles down the road to make a call with my cellphone.

About half the time my cell phone is on "Roam", most of the rest of the time I get only 1 bar. Occasionally I get two bars, but when I try and use my phone I get cut off frequently.

Up until a month ago had good to poor reception inside my home. Now I get nothing 75% of the time, without moving an inch, 30 seconds later sometimes I get 3-4 bars, which drops off again fast. Changes daily, from nothing to one maybe two bars. Something has changed because I hardly ever had no reception before, just low.

Reception is good. It's a little weak in certain areas. But near the city of Huntsville, reception is a full 4 sticks. Cingular is great for those little cities because it's the only provider that works.