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For the last 11 years we have had spotty, if any, reception. But as of a few months ago our reception has gone from maybe 1 bar to a full 5 bars inside the house or out. I don't know where AT&T has put a new tower but I'm sure that is what they have done. Either that or they have increased the range of the tower they were using. All I know is I can now use my iPhone exclusively and I'm even thinking of getting rid of my land line.

Terrible reception spotty coverage. this while area needs to have a zone added for coverage.

Up in the Sycamore Canyon development reception is poor. If you're by a window it might work. Basically you need a land line. So much for the fancy phone features. Oh, since getting my iPhone and switching to AT&T I have had numerous dropped calls. Its either the phone which doesn't have an external antenna or its AT&T. In either case the iPhone is great but my reception is questionable.

Depends on the time of day as to whether or not the phone will ring. It is impossible to retrieve any messages, hencing the land line that I have to have. I needed to call 911 but thank goodness I had a land line or I would have bled to death.

After reading all the negatives about Cingular I had to respond. Most of the time in and around Tucson I have very good to perfect reception. In Vail (actually about 10 miles outside of Vail) it's pretty bad but we're a good 6 miles from the nearest tower. We had a coupld of Samsung phones that were almost useless, but after switching to the Razr we have had much better service. I can even use my phone almost everywhere in my house, which I could not do with the Samsung. All in all, I have nothing bad to say about Cingular and I have no idea why others are complaining about the service.

Old Spanish Trail has horrible reception on the entire length until you get to Camino Loma Alta going east and about Freeman Rd going west, at least on Cingular with my Motorola V-180 GSM (QUAD) phone. Maybe it's a GSM thing I don't remember having reception problems with my old Alltel phone. Also I notice that indoor reception in buildings is quite poor with GSM. I can't get a signal in Wal Mart, Home Depot or any large indoor facility other than right by the front of the store, again not sure if it's a GSM thing or possibly a problem with my phone. Reception in most other parts of Tucson is good to excellent.