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Only 2 bars in the middle of lots of towers and antennas!

Using the old AT&T (now Cingular) TDMA network, I have many dropped calls in my house. Reception is good once outside. This phone worked well at my old place, but now I need to look at alternatives. Based on comments from friends, I don't believe that Cingular's GSM network in Phoenix is mature. I'm going to try Verizon.

i have terrible reception in most of phoenix. AT&T was okay when I used the tdma, but I got a new phone that used gsm and it went way downhill. then they merged with Cingular and it's almost useless now. on maryland and 16th street, I have to walk away from the building I work at and stand in the street to get 2 bars. at home I always have 2 bars. driving down 15th ave between camelback and glendale I have zero signal. if I stand more that 3 feet from the north side of my home I lose my signal. I have to move 100 or so feet on the south side to pick up a signal... if tv can make it through your walls, how come a cell phone signal can't? i'm waiting impatiently for my agreement to end so I can switch to someone else. cingular / att must put very short towers in small valleys so the signals get blocked by every little rise.

Okay how should I put this? I think I should just put the ratings as good to average when it is "good" but below average because it jumps so much everywhere. Sound reception is sometimes way clear, sometimes kinda jumpy also. Outside the apartment, within the apartment complex... 3 to 5 bars (X800) and 2 to 4 bars (855). In the apartment (we live on the second floor, can you imagine what it would be like if we lived on the first floor, what the steel structure would do to the signal bars hehehe) the living room, kitchen, dining room, computer room 2 to 4 bars (X800) and 1 to 3 bar(s) (855)... so that is too not bad, right? Bedroom... 00000 to max bars. Talk about moody jumping jellyfishes or flying chipmunks running away with the bars? Cute huh??? Aaaaarghhh... Going to W. Buckeye Rd. and back sometimes the signals all just disssssapppear... to come back maxed out to 5 (X800) and 4 (855) again. Sometimes when T-Mobile is making me think I live in a dreamland fairytale the bars jump to 5 (max) on the X800 and to 4 (max) on the 855... where ever in and out of the apartment and on the streets... but only so for a minute or two... hehehe. Both phones act the same so nothing wrong with the phones... Or maybe... the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is the best way to put it about the T-Mobile reception bars?

Ever Since the last major rains the service has become worse. Many dropped calles.

I get great reception outside my home in Desert Ridge, but for some reason, the minute I step inside my house, I do not get incoming calls (straight to voicemail even though phone shows 1~2 bars)... Outgoing calls get dropped. ATT and Cingular GSM is useless... People may think "Internatioal phone service", but GSM is a horrible technology. If you want international cell phones, Verizon is coming out with CDMA / GSM dual band phones soon... Sign up with Verizon, because visitors to my house in Desert Ridge get full reception and all calls with Verizon...

I've lived in the same area of Ahwatukee for the past 10 years and I just recently moved down the street to an apartment complex and as odd as this may sound... I get okay reception while standing in my living room that's if I press the phone against the window, but if I walk to my bedroom, the signal fades and the call is dropped. Sometimes I need to stand on my balcony to get a signal. The brilliant customer service reps at Sprint tell me that this type of occurrence is common and that I should think about upgrading my phone. I've only had this one for about 6 months. Oh, and I just recently received a $1000 dollar invoice for calls that I did not make. 2 weeks and 10 hours of phone calls later, they made the necessary adjustments to my bill. My contract is up in March and I plan on porting my number over to another carrier. Good riddance Sprint.

Reception fades in and out. I live on the 3rd floor of an apartment complex. T-Mobile is very weak.

0-3 bars tops. This place was built like 50 years ago and probably has so much asbestos, brick, lead and who knows what else that signal doesn't even reach the interior courtyard.

Why does Sprint support boost mobile and virgin mobile when they can't take care of there own customers?