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Useless inside my house. Even drop calls in my front and back yard. What happened AT&T... you used to be the best.

I used to get decent reception, perhaps average, before my iPhone 4. Now I get dropped calls left and right. The reception has never been great here, that's for sure.

Missed and dropped calls occur often in my area and other parts of Elk Grove.

In July of 2008, we jettisoned Sprint for AT&T and the iPhone. After eight years, Sprint finally had improved their local coverage, but they were too late to satisfy us -- we were tired of the terrible phone hardware options. On AT&T, indoor reception fluctuates between 4-5 bars here (we're between Laguna Blvd. and Elk Grove Blvd., one mile west of Bruceville Road). Initially, the local iPhone / AT&T combo was marginal at best. But Apple and AT&T quickly upgraded the iPhone 3G software and tweaked the local towers and for the most part, it's been smooth sailing ever since. As with Sprint, the local AT&T 3G network occasionally gets overloaded -- and incoming calls roll directly to voicemail rather than ring. And when traveling, we have encountered several metro areas not serviced by AT&T 3G. But the iPhone more than makes up for much of AT&T's network. It really is a joy to use. The iPhone has turned out to be a terrific cell phone AND a versatile handheld computer and gaming machine. There is no other cellular product like the iPhone.

Spotty at best. Upstairs I can usually get 2 or 3 bars, maybe. Downstairs is 1 bar, if I'm lucky. My wife has an older phone, so she gets no reception until she gets closer to Bruceville and Laguna near Target. AT&T is horrible.

my AT&T works great in my house, it's my personal phone. My Verizon cheapy phone sucks in the house, it's my work phone. Have to stand in my kitchen to make work calls! A lot of times, it's the phone quality that makes a difference. If I had a better work cell phone, it might be better!

Reception is good when I am at the Kohl's shopping center, but at home which is 1 / 2 mile away, I get dropped calls all the time and about 50% of the time I can't even make a call or connection. I have complained to Cingular but they say I should turn my phone off and back on so it locates a new signal. This does not work either.

Verizon was OK outdoors but reception dropped to 1 bar in the house (LG VX6100, Motorola v60, and another LG model... I forgot). I switched to Cingular and now have 5 full bars with my Motorola L6. A friend's Razr gets 5 full bars and my brothers Nokia gets full bars. On top of that, the phone indicates wireless data network (3G?) available. This is all indoors. I guess Cingular has really built out their network in this area since 2005. For service reception: Cingular or any of the roaming partners is highly recommended.

My phone shows 2 or 3 bars until I use it, then it goes to one or none. Other times it will show 5 bars. When I answer incoming calls it takes a couple of seconds for the connection to open so I often miss the first few words a caller says. I think it's the phone. I swore I'd never get another Motorola after the Startac. Should have kept my word. My solution has been to forward incoming calls to my land line when I'm home and go outside for outgoing. Very businesslike... not. I think I'm going back to Nokia.

Reception is always 4 to 5 bars even in my downstair bathroom.

When on my AT&T TDMA phone my reception was great. I then made the switch to Sprint PCS and my reception went right down the tubes. Things were so bad that I made the move back to AT&T. At that time I was "forced" to a GSM phone and plan and went with a Motorola V220 phone. The reception I received now is poor (1 bar same as Sprint) around the house. If I drive a half-mile in any direction it improves (2-3 bars) but it is never as good or clear as my TDMA phone was. So much for new technology and mergers. I am currently swapping out the V220 with a Motorola V551 and am getting a new SIM card too. Customer Service says it can't be the coverage, must be the phone. So much for unlimited nights and weekend calling from the house. Makes me feel so satified when I watch the "More bars everywhere" commercials on TV.

Get droped calls all the time inside outside of house it does not matter were. Can get service if I travel 2 miles towards CRC

Signed up with AT&T five months ago and now is cingular. Terrible service! I get dropped calls all the time in most of Laguna and drops all the time from home. This is especially bad because I use the cell for my business. Going to try another carrier, maybe Verizon.

Crappy reception in new development. Signal improves dramatically 50 ft down the road. WTF?

Had AT&T for 6 years with well above average reception most any where I traveled. Now I am with Cingular after the buy out and it totaly sucks! They told me it would be better than att. I can't use it at all from my home. When traveling it's no where near the old AT&T reception I had. I am now looking for a new carrier.