Coverage Reviews for Phoenix, AZ

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Rating | Carrier | Location

AT&T

Very poor service at my home and also at my work located at 40th St. and Stanford Dr. Phone doesn't ring most of the time. Verizon was fabulous. Love the iPhone, hate the service.

Verizon

I've had decent Verizon coverage in most areas I've been in the Phoenix Valley. I rarely have a call drop. It works well at home, as well. I switched to Verizon from Sprint two years ago, because of the sporadic coverage and larger number of dropped calls I had with Sprint.

T-Mobile

I can't complain too much about T-Mobile after checking out this site. I live near Desert Ridge Marketplace and I usually have 2-3 bars in / around my home. I get better coverage on 51 between my house and the airport. But, I did have a call drop on that highway recently, it went from 5 bars to none then back to 5. Sometimes I only get 2 bars around the airport which makes no sense to me.

AT&T

I visit this location once a month for up to a week stay and have never had a dropped call or lost signal.

Sprint

Reception is terrible here. Many dropped calls and calls that never ring and go into voice message- some DAYS later. We managed to get out of our contract and we are either going to go with Verizon or TMobil.

Verizon

Horrible reception in or outside. Many dropped calls and little being done by Verizon to improve the service.

AT&T

Most of the time I get no ring, call just goes to voice mail. Dropped calls very frequent. Dropped calls on Hwy. 101 in south Scottsdale area. Is there NO good phone service in north Phoenix / Scottsdale? If anyone has good service, I'd like to know which one.

Nextel

My Nextel drops over 10% of time after 15 minutes. I have gone back and forth with their technical department who always ask me if ANY other Nextel customers in my area has problems (like I would know any of them?) It's a pain to call - if you move your head after getting connected at anyplace inside or outside the house, you can be disconnected in this area.

Verizon

I have maybe 2 spots inside my house (standing on one leg with my other hand in the air) that I get reception and even going outside there are a limited number of spots. If I drive down the street maybe 200 yards, I'm back up to 4 bars. They're putting in one of the palm tree looking cell towers on the school grounds but how do I know if it will help me? Both my work phone and personal phone are through Verizon and I'm currently screwed.

AT&T

The reception inside my house on Suncrest Court is absolutely HORRIBLE it's pretty much pointless to even have a cell phone around here... Every service that I've tested around here receives NO service and it's absolutely disappointing considering the technology these days. UNACCEPTABLE!

AT&T

More than.25 mi off I-17 and you're dead with ATT. Numerous dead spots (including our new home) and even more dropped called. Forget 3G entirely if you're not on the interstate -- or at Starbucks.

AT&T

Zero to 1 bar inside home. 4 bars outside. Wife has Alltel, son #1 has T-Mobile son #2 has AT&T so I could verify coverage easily. AT&T suck the big donkey. Switched to Alltel I have 5 and 6 bars now. Had to wait for 2 yr contract to end before I could dump this sorry ATT service.

T-Mobile

Just one bar or none most times of the day. Extremely poor reception and quality of voice on the call.

AT&T

bought new IPhone no reception back to Verizon I guess

AT&T

Terrible at my work location. Generally ok elsewhere

AT&T

Intersection of Central and Fremont gets horrible reception. Typically, Poor to No Reception. Driving down Fremont into the neighborhood between 7th Ave and Central, signal jumps between No Reception and Below Average (most times you can see 1 or 2 bars, however outbound calls fail and text messages can't be set and "No Service" appears during the call / SMS attempt ). Typically the "Below Adverage" rating is only while the phone is idle, so it is possible to receive SMS or calls, however answering the call or keeping the call established is nearly impossible.

AT&T

About 2-4 blocks south of the tower location (towards Baseline) the signal goes from Perfect to Below Average. By the time you hit Fremont (Poncho's Mexican Restaurant is at that corner) signal falls to Poor, if you're lucky.

Verizon

The reception in my apt is nt very good. I have to move the phone around to get an evdo signal. However my wifes phone (Chocolate 8550) works great in here. Maybe its the phone but still should work.

Alltel

Usually have 4 or 5 bars in this area but also get a fair amount of dropped calls.

AT&T

Plenty of dropped calls. Doesnt work well inside the apt.

Verizon

I rarely have less than 4 bars in my home, at work, or anywhere around Phoenix. Dropped calls happen, but happen rarely. Verizon's customer service is helpful. If you go over your monthly minutes, and dropped calls are a problem, they will issue credit once they review your call log.

AT&T

Someone in this area has a jammer that is jamming AT&T signals. AT&T won't do anything about it.

AT&T

Great reception. No dropped calls and crystal clear conversations. In comparison, my Verizon phone and service that is provided by my job is horrible. I miss work calls all the time and have to go outside to take a call.

T-Mobile

a lot better than Verizon. I had Verizon and dropped 50% of my calls from home. They admitted that there is a problem which they would correct by adjusting the direction of the cell tower signals. But they couldn't give me a date when it would be completed. I live in the Desert Ridge area. There is no way around it - you must try different carriers until you find one that gives the best reception.

T-Mobile

I used to have Verizon and I always had problems with reception and drop calls. Now that I switch to T-Mobile everything is great no problems what so ever. I'm glad I made the switch.

Verizon

Been dying to try the IPhone or the HTC Touch, however 2 friends with ATT cannot use their phones at my house, so no IPhone for me. Sprint has the new HTC TOuch, but I had Sprint before... what a HASSLE, such spotty reception, they finally let me out of my contract without a fee. Verizon better wake up on the touch-flo phones though. People want the newest technology with good reception. For now, I guess I will wait to buy.

Verizon

i do not like Verizons call plans, so I come on here to figure out who may be good, and it seems like the opinions vary so much that I will have to stick with Verizon as I have NO trouble getting a signal anywhere in the valley. I have traveled through CA and WI as well as all over the valley and have never had a signal or dropped call issue. I work inside office complexes and almost always get calls. sometimes it will go directly to voicemail, but I really have no complaints about the Verizon coverage, just the plans suck.

Alltel

Constantly dropped calls, lots of dead spots in my home. Alltel claims I have 3 towers in the vicinity and doesn't understand why I have dropped calls. Hard to do business on a cell this way.

AT&T

In our own house signal varies from 5 bars one minute to no service the next with the phone in the same place. Sometimes the only place to make calls is the kitchen, other times it drops call there. There is no rhyme or reason to it. It is horrible. Had T-Mobile for years before this and never had a problem

Verizon

Frustrating, one maybe two bars on a good day. Lots of dropped calls. Nearest Verizon tower is at 7th St.and Greenway (next to the Verizon store of course), about a half mile from me, you'd think the reception would be better..

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