No reception in my house. Can sometimes get it outside. We have 3 AT&T phones including a Blackberry. Two phones allow us to select manual service. If we switch to T-Mobile we get great service. But when we leave the house we lose all service until we switch back to AT&T. Sometimes it will switch to T-Mobile but not enough to depend on it. Blackberry doesn't have the option.

I've been out here for 2 years now and I've been constantly assured by TMobile that they're making improvements out here. Supposedly they're going to have a new tower in January 08 but I don't believe it, due to other broken promises. I get limited reception in my house. I have to stand in certain "spots" and even then, I can rarely talk on the phone for more than a few minutes at a time. I call it the roving Dead Zone. Anything over 5 minutes is a gift. I miss tons of calls and texts, then get them hours later when my phone beeps that I missed a call or got a message. It seems to be worse at night. Anyway, I've been looking at other carriers but from what I've read here, there's not a whole lot of pickings!

Living just north of the mentioned intersection, reception is spotty inside the house at best. Outside improves it of course, but barely until I am outside my condo complex entirely. Of the three phones mentioned used here, the Motorola v551 has the worst reception with normally only one bar (of four) inside, which I wasn't surprised at since my experience with Motorola products has been supportive of typically bad reception (among other things). The Samsung Sync is the only brand new phone, and I had hopes because of that, that it would perform admirably where the Motorola had failed. Unfortunately, though it's signal strength has been superior, it typically produces no more than two bars (of five) inside. Finally, the Nokia 3200b, being the oldest phone (and the one which when I have it out everyone invariably says, "That phone is ancient, you need a new phone!") produces the most bars usually (four of seven), something which was not unexpected, as this phone has always been superior in reception (not to mention call quality overall and battery life) to ANY other phone I have used or had the opportunity to test out. Having said that however, when I'm inside calls are almost a crap shoot to make sometimes. I'll dial a number and depending on the phone used and its software, I'll either be immediately rejected or it will simply "hang" while "dialing". I either have to move in the house or just try the call again. On the phones which tell me, it seems there is a "fight" going on between carriers in my area- the signals of the AT&T / Cingular towers are constantly vying with the signals from the T-Mobile towers, with usually the T-Mobile towers appearing to be slightly "stronger". According to the tower map on this site, it would appear that this is due my location being on the fringe of both carriers' signals. So the issue being with my location in relation to the towers, as once I'm in town more, everything is great with perfect signals and reception. I won't rail at AT&T for that, just kindly ask they add more towers out my way... LOL For the record, I have been with AT&T since they were AT&T (LOL) and since before that. While they certainly aren't the perfect carrier, over all these years, it seems to me that they have been the most reliable and dedicated service available. I have lived all over the west coast and the mid-west with service being basically the same great levels. Yes, I've had my problems with them occasionally, but compared to what I hear all my friends always say about Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Alltel, I'm glad I have stayed with them. No service is perfect and I have not had an issue yet that AT&T wasn't willing to solve in some way, or a bad enough problem to make me switch. My only real complaint is that I more than likely won't be able to keep my original plan forever (which is so much better than current ones)- they are trying like hell to get me to switch to a new plan, slowly dismantling their own ability to service mine (deactivating / reprogramming features or activating ones I can't access).

No reception even though maps say we should have 2 or 3 bars. No T-Mobile phone works out there but Verizon works just fine.

To be honest, my cell phone reception is great everywhere except for where I live, Dynamite and 114th just past troon north or in it. My house has a basement and I hardly get reception in there, but everywhere else in the house is average, including ev-do service. My friends with T-Mobile and AT&T get service better than I do down in the basement. But I get great reception everywhere else outside of my house compared to them so I guess Verizon needs to step up in my area.

Cingular (ATT) is awful. When I call them, they blame it on Scottsdale. My question is, why does T-Mobile have new towers in our area, but Cingular cannot get them through Scottsdale. Bad excuse.

On and off connection in my house in most places 0 - 1 bar but other gets full reception

Have had T-Mobile for about two years now. It is the best I have used in the Phoenix metro area. I also have a Verizon phone for work, which is also good. I've tried AT&T / Cingular twice, staying for over a year each time, and it is absolutely the worst. There is hands down no comparison what so ever. Their commercials about fewest dropped calls also leads me to question their integrity.

Have had problems in the past. Particularly when travelling the 96th St. to 100th St. by Cactus to FLW

Let's see - Zip code 85255. One of the highest average income zip codes in the country. And Verizon can't get reception over ONE bar. I have to walk out in my backyard to even have a hope of carrying on a conversation. Frankly, it's pathetic.