Generally very good around Gomes Elementary School and most of Fremont, far better than my Sprint / Virgin Mobile reception.

Reception has been perfect from inside the house and out side the house.

i know Cingular has a bad reputation, but i've had good connections and good strong signals all over this area of fremont, as well as when I travel to the midwest and florida.

I get perfect reception with my Mpx220 (full bars) but my girlfriend's V180 has problems (1 or 2 bars).

On my phone v60s I get 5 bars. On my wifes phone, she gets 4 bars with a broken antenna. Reception drops as I move into the house as can be expected. A few times, I've been able to hear the person calling but can't speak. Almost all calls get through without delay. Have not experience dropped calls at this location. My wife has had many dropped calls in San Jose. Sometimes I get voice mail from months ago for calls from out of state. Verizon at this location with this phone has been very good, but it is more expensive than T-mobile.

Great Reception once Cingular accquired AT&T.

If I had to rank carriers: 1. Sprint, 2. Verizon, 3. T-Mobile 4. ATT / Cingular. Verizon is about as expensive as Sprint with good coverage and reception that is great in the Bay if you are calling someone in the Bay or vice versa. However for some reason when people call from out of state - to them it sounds as if you're talking inside a soda can with quality randomly getter better or worsening. Given the similarity in price with Sprint. It makes more sense to go with Sprint if you're paying for a Verizon plan. If you want to pay less and you're willing to get a plan that's not as good as Verizon but not as horrible as ATT / Cingular - T-Mobile is a good choice.

T-Mobile is pretty decent in the Bay Area. There are a few dead spots (BART tunnels, a part of San Jose) but overall coverage has good reception. If you're rich, you're probably better off with Sprint.

Great service. Have service everywhere I go. Had services where places I never had with Verizon.

TDMA was spotty a year ago (Dead Zone inside my house), swithch to GSM (GU87) and had near perfect recption, Upgraded to the NEC 525 and now have perfect recption.

I get 4 bars from inside the house. Outside is is still only 4 bars.

Verizon is the very reliable. I always get excellent reception. I couln't get service with my T-Mobile service at the ohlone college and inside the class. With the Verizon wireless I always have 3-4 bars and call quality is clear. I have Motorola v710. I recommend Motorola V710 or Motorola E815 for Verizon.

Good reception on the road from Fremont to Sacramento. Only dead spot is Mission Blvd. near Niles at the tracks. Verizon is okie-dokie with me.

Reasonable reception in fremont and newark areas.

Usually get about 3 out of 4 bars, occasionally get all 4 bars.

Works well here. Only the occasional sound drop out, not enough to affect conversations.

Was awful a year go (2010) but somewhat improved recently. Still drops my calls every time when I drive around our neighborhood, which is in the Mission Hills.

Inside the house 3G does not work always but EDGE is ok.

Great coverage outside. Ok coverage indoors. Bluetooth reception drops a lot. Usually have about 3 bars.

Average reception outdoors. Poor to below average indoors.