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Never had a prob with my internet connection until this past weekend. Y cant I access my internet?? Had AT&T send me a new device and its still happening!"!

Really really bad reception. Not just here in my apartment it doesn't even work at my work building in San Francisco.

In and out conversation, more out than in. Finally had to use landline phone just to have a decent conversation. Cannot get dish network neither, sigh....

Upgraded from 2G Razor to Pantech 3G and there is no reception or if you wander outside you get 1 small bar... ..I thought 2G to 3G was suppose to be an upgrade NOT retro. The 2G Razor had 5 bars in the same location? WTH?

Having been a customer since Cellular One days, I've had pretty good reception with every cell phone with the exception of my new Apple iPhone 3G on ATT's network. A simple 3-4 minute call may require 2 call backs due to a dropped signal. This happens even talking on the phone from the second floor window with 2-3 bars. I'm going to report the poor reception to ATT.

Cell phone is very spotty in the house. Usually I can only get reception near the windows or on the second floor, and even then it is still poor as people complain that I am garbled.

Drops calls regularly. Previously had Motorola V3xx. Other family phones (Motorola KRAZR) work fine with 5 bars. Go figure?

Reception is shoddy, comes and goes without me even moving. It will go from no service to three bars and then drop the call. I had Verizon last year and reception was equally bad (I suspect they share the same crappy tower). I also suspect that the majority of homes in this area have lead paint and this possibly degrades signals since Alameda just has horrible coverage all around. I guess the next thing to try is Sprint.

Bad reception all the time, I can hardly make a call, I'm thinking of going with Verizon

AT&T (Cingular) has degraded over the last couple of years - especially since the merger. No more than 2 bars at most around this area and often, dropped calls if I even attempt to move around after I've started a call.

I had a T-Mobile blackberry previously. service at my house was intermittent.

The cellphone is practically unusable in or near the house. Cingular is letting me cancel my contract because they just can't get me reliable service. It's frustrating since I've already tried Sprint and T-Mobile with no luck

I've lived here for 4 years and just this week while I'm shopping for a new cell phone and calling plan / carrier, learned why I can't use my cell phone at home: Alameda island has been left behind in the cell phone revolution. More often than not I can neither make nor receive cell phone calls from my home. Friends and family who visit, with a variety of phones and carriers have experienced the same thing. Every other Tuesday, if I click my heels together and cross my fingers I can make a call from my cell phone without going outside. But only from the living room. There's no rhyme or reason to the occaisional reception. I can't get clear radio reception in the living room, but I can in the bedroom. A related problem? I don't know. This situation actually cost me some demerits when I worked for an organization that required me to be available by cell phone at all times. It was assumed that I was lying when I explained the situation. Not pretty. A T-Mobile sales rep told me that the Navy won't permit a cell phone tower on the base, even though it's been closed for years. That west end of the island is therefore excluded from reliable reception. I'd like to suggest a citizen's letter writing campaign to Alameda's elected officials.

The reception on the west end of alameda is worse now than it has ever been. There are no bldgs to block signals. What is the story. Cingular needs to upgrade their signal strength badly.

I keep hearing that Cingular has the fewest dropped calls in the bay area but I can't seem to get reception anywhere. My calls drop after only a couple minutes no matter where I am (actually, it is about 2.5 minutes). The reception goes down to zero bars, the phone / service dumps the call--then I close the phone and suddenly ALL the bars are there. But STILL when I try to make the call again about 1 / 2 the time it fails. What I want to know is: will a new phone fix this? Or am I just out of luck permanently?

Pretty good reception. much better than TDMA phone in same area.

Coverage on the former Naval Air Station is terrible especially in and around any building. Generally 1-2 bars unless out in complete open in visual sighting of cell tower off Pan Am Road.

TDMA service is OK, better today than one year ago. Plan to keep low cost AT&T plan till TDMA stops working. The closer you are to the water, the worse reception. Considering this is island, service not bad.

I get no reception at my house... only if I put my phone on the window ceil. When I go to work at south shore..... 5 bars baby!