Many dropped calls and hardly ever any 3G coverage. It's even worse indoors.

Do not believe AT&T's "coverage" map. It's a joke; just ask anyone who lives in Albany. I'm surprised the FCC hasn't investigated them for making false claims.

If you live in Albany, do not sign up for AT&T. Cross the border from Berkeley or El Cerrito, and the signal just fades away. Last time I tried to call AT&T from my house, they told me that my reception was fine. I tried to explain that it wasn't, but my phone dropped the call. The "fix" the problem, AT&T was kind enough to sell me a $100.00 mini cell tower, but that depends on their internet connection, which is also sketchy, and even if the internet is working, the cell tower often isn't. If it wasn't for the overlapping family contracts that we have, I would drop this service in a second.

3G network never show up in this area. In the past 3 weeks, even no reception of phone. The call keeps dropping, even standing on the street. DO NOT use AT&T if you live in this area.

I will never buy AT&T and iPhone combination again. It's horrible and very poor service. Only 1 of 10 calls succeeds, but AT&T shows here is excellent signal reception area in their web page.

Really bad service. Comes and goes. Horrible data. I'm going to have to look for another carrier.

Glad I didn't cancel my land line... ... I don't want to repeat all the frustrating comments about AT&T and iPhone that you can read above / below but it's the worst mobile phone experience I had in my life - I definitely will try a different model and carrier

Many drop calls or no reception at all in many areas.

I've had AT&T for about 9 years and the service has become very, very poor. I have trouble getting reception in my home, and static or dropped calls are the norm. I'm almost ready to move to Verizon because AT&T is not in the service business, they are in the sales business. "What can we sell you and how much can we charge." At their store in El Cerrito plaza they will sell you a phone, or let you pay a bill but can not help with service problems. AT&T doesn't run customer service centers just sales outlets. It's common in the industry to spend more money on marketing than maintaining service standards. You will note there are no commitments to providing quality service. Zip.

One bar in my duplex -- sometimes. Calls fail on dial, drop, etc. Same in my old apt. on Solano at Evelyn...

Very unreliable ATT-Cingular reception inside the house. Sitting by the front window sometimes works to answer a call, but only works well when outdoors. The service is reliable indoors at my office in Berkeley, Dwight Wy near Shattuck.

Never had a problem with Cingular's reception in my condo (Customer Service is another matter though... )

Not very good reception indoors. Usually zero to 2 bars, many lost calls. Reception is much better in Berkeley.

Pretty variable reception here - somewhat better since I upgraded from my LG VX4000, and they may have improved the signal. But dropped and missed calls are still not unusual. My next door neighbor also has Verizon and I often see them out on the sidewalk explaining that they don't get any reception in the house. Verizon has not been particuarly helpful here - often giving me BS explainations. I finally got someone who was honest and said that there are holes in their Berkeley coverage and there's nothing they can do until more antennas get approved (hard to do in NIMBY Berkeley) A year ago I moved from 2 blocks away (Marin and Cornell) - then I had flawless 5-bar reception all the time with Verizon. What a difference a few blocks can make!

Sprint gets very poor reception in the University Village in Albany, and gets mediocre reception on campus.

I have AT&T / Cingular and none of them works at the front side of the house and are very poor on the other side. Frequently dropped calls. I get about 1 bar, and can rarely make calls. Phone only rings sometimes. It's hard to understand this situation, given the facts that Albany is a very residential area and mostly flat.

Many dropped calls in house. Better on upper Solano Ave.

Barely works in house. OK out on street.

I get no reception inside of my condo. There is reception outside by nothing inside my unit. This is ridiculous. Time to cancel.

Poor to No Reception at my house. It usually gets a little better as I walk from my house towards Solano, but its still unacceptable reception for a flat, well populated area with essentially no obstructions and no buildings higher than two stories. I've complained several times, but, of course, that doesn't do any good. Contract is up in December at which point I'll find a better carrier.