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Before I signed up with VZW, I tested out T-Mobile (no bars whatsoever). Verizon is somewhat of an improvement, considering I do get 2-3 bars. Dropped calls are a part of everyday life, sadly enough. I think the area is just a black hole for all cell phone coverage.

Counting the days until my 2 yr Cingular obligation is over. I believed the salesman when he said 'they are just about to put a tower near that intersection' Ha I had no reception here that day or since. My experience with Cingular in general is not that great, droping calls at random, sitting still with full reception, next second call is gone. Also Motorola phone not as user friendly as any of the Nokia phones I've had.

No reception in this area! We were also told that are phones were to old and if we bought new ones we would get better reception and fewer droped calls! Suckers! and we bought it! Cingular the network with the most droped calls! If you can even make the call!

I used to have great signal with Cingular in this location. But, it turned to no reception right after my SIM card was "upgraded" by Cingular about 3 months ago. I tried different phone (a brand-new quadra-band Samsung monster phone). It did NOT solve the no-signal problem.

Phone is frequently "Searching for service". EVERY single call is dropped. Most times the phone will not ring on incoming calls even when signal shows one bar. Spoke with Sprint customer service who gave me a PRL update. This did not help. Same problem with my wife's phone as well (Samsung). I am definitely leaving Sprint when my contract ends.

4 drop calls per phone conversation. Cingular SUCKS around UCI campus. I don't know how others are. If they are the same I suggest to have a phone card instead of cell phone. They are worthless, at least CINGULAR service here.

Fairly dead area but this phone works quite well, whereas two previous phones from Sony-Ericsson were dismal.

Cingular sucks! Complained about coverage, but they are "working on it"... Ten dropped calls a day, no lie!

Verizon is by far the very best service I've ever had. Most always have full signal throughout Orange County. Only once or twice a year do I have a dropped call and it's very rare that I have down to 1 bar. Their only problem is they don't have a good match for T-Mobile's Sidekick, which my wife really wants, but I'm trying hard to change her mind because their coverage is so terrible.

Reception used to be good in this area but has gotten progressively worse over the last few months. Coverage is extremely poor at my house now approx. 1 / 3 of calls received at home are dropped. This is unacceptable. Is it possible this is a problem with the phone?