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Coverage was below average at my workplace, but has slipped to poor in the last week. At least half the text messages I attempt to send, fail. This is a business location, it should be covered! Coverage at my home in Peoria (3 mi south of Arrowhead mall) is below average but tolerable.

Good reception. I've had one drop call since we've moved back from California in March.

I consider my self lucky if my call ever goes through. I am even more lucky if it doesn't drop.

Dropped calls left, right, up, down, all around. Signal bars are an optical illusion, you can drop calls whenever and wherever. By far, the WORST carrier in the southwest. Constant network failures, outtages, problems whatever you want to call it. Never, ever, going to get AT&T ever.

Worst network ever. Terrible all over the Western U.S. Don't get it. Do NOT get it. I would never get it again. I wish I wouldn't have wasted all my money. I drop almost every call I make!

I have had no interruptions in service at all. After looking at the maps of all the towers, all and all, great coverage area. My phone even works out in the desert 35 miles outside of town. Which is handy because thats when you need to use your phone to figure out if you are going to the right place. Never misses a call and always receives my text messages. I'm getting way better coverage than my previous service providors (T-Mobile, Cricket, and All Tel). Thats the beauty of an unlocked phone, I can switch GSM Networks. If any of you reading this want to switch you can always unlock your phone so you never have to waste money on a new phone and get stuck in a contract. Just do a google search on your cell phone model and the word unlock in your search and there are plenty of sites happy to help you.

This is the worst network I've been on. I've had T-Mobile before and this never happened. I had to switch since my work would only allow us to have Cingular phones and I got tired of paying out of my pocket for all my long work phone calls. Error in connection, network busy, bad signal, phone calls dropped are continuous and never-ending. Cingular's campaign of the fewest dropped calls is a HUGE LIE! They probably advertise this because that is the biggest reason why their customers leave and they want them back by lying to them so that they get in crazy one year contracts for a mediocre to poor network. Meanwhile I hope our company either switches or gives us more network choices or I'll have to return the phone and demand a monthly allowance on another network.

My top floor condo is right next door to Tempe Camera on University, and could only get 2 / 5 bars with Cingular. So I ported number over to T-Mobile and get 5 / 5 bars 95% of the time now.

Cingular is horrible on Rural road south or Baseline. Almost no reception at Rural and Chandler Blvd.

When I started my service it was with AT&T since then they were taken over by Cingular. I am very disappointed in the cellular service they provide. Cingular Says that they are aware that there is NO SIGNAL in this area. My work takes me to Queen Creek Arizona and I have NO SIGNAL there. When I am in those areas I cannot be reached due to NO SIGNAL. Another interesting point regarding their POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. I went to pay my cellular bill at their Chandler, Arizona office. They would not accept my payment. I was told that I either had to mail my check or if I cancelled my contract they could accept my check immediately. I called Cingular about this and was put on hold for 45-minutes. Eventually I hung up. I also wrote Cingular about this too. Cingular has not responded.

My girlfriend and I got on a Cingular plan hoping to save minutes talking to each other. But, as we are quickly finding out, our conversations are cut short because of reception. She lives directly across the street from the Cingular store we went to and she never gets more than 2 bars, at most. I live 4 miles away from her and cannot talk on it in my house. In order for me to carry on a conversation for more than 2 minutes I have to go outside. I went to a friend's house in Arrowhead and had no reception at all the entire time. Not one bar. My girlfriend is extremely upset with this and support doesn't have much to say other than there are mountains around the valley that can cause interruptions. Hmmm... ..

Have been an AT&T Customer for over 2 years with no problems. Recently upgraded my phone and jumped over to Cingular's GSM Network. Have had nothing but problems. Calls drops consistantly. I would not recommend Cingular in the greater Phoenix area.