Thinking about using AT&T in Lake Forest, parts of Rancho Santa Margarita or Irvine, think again. I get NO reception in my home and have to travel to the curb to make a call. From El Toro to Los Alisos you'll get from no reception to 2 bars. If you are out past Los Alisos, it will go up to 3 bars, but your call will likely get dropped. If you think that 911 will work, well it does, but I have timed it 3 times and it takes on average 1 minute and 30 seconds for the call to connect. If you want AT&T will sell you a $200 cell booster and offer to charge you an additional $20 per month to fix the problem, of course it is probably just cheaper to switch companies.

Phone shows 2-3 bars, but never a dropped call in two years with my Verizon phone. I wouldn't go just by the bars. Call quality is excellent, even in thick concrete buildings like at work.

If you plan on buying a cell phone and live in north lake forest DO NOT use the AT&T network. Look at where the cell tower are before you buy. I have not had more than two bars for years now. Its so frustrating when I call AT&T and they tell me the reception should be fine. Well it's not. I get dropped calls daily and because I am under contract I will have to buy a prepaid phone so I can actually make and receive calls. I really hope AT&T finds a solution for the few thousands that signed on to use the network in this dead zone. BoooooO AT&T! I only love you in some areas just not where I work and live.

SIGNAL strength for the majority of Lake Forest is very weak. The main street El Toro is completely a weak signal for Sprint. Please HELP!

I can't even talk and its like crap. I called ATT and according to them my signal reception is good, though the call was getting disconnected most of the times, when I was talking with those guys.

I hardly get any reception at my apartment. I wish to change to another service provider but donno which one. ATT has simply no reception and people don't even bother to call me because of ATT!

Reception is pretty good, don't have any issues really.

Cell service Poor most of the time. Rare times I can communicate without going outside.

No complaints. Sprint is great here!

very poor reception in front of house and non in back. need to go out front out of house to be sure that I can be heard

my iphone either doesn't work at all or drops EVERY call. I don't answer my phone on the 133 anymore.

have to drive 4 blocks from house and can not send text messages unless you're outside and then phone service is poor

1 Bar in the house. Reception is good outside. I live on hill.

Can I get to can's and some string and wax and make my own cell phone. Stone ages here we come

Live past the far side of the El Toro cemetery and reception isn't the only thing dead around here. I am on this site trying to find the location of the nearest AT&T tower so I can stand underneath it to make a few calls. Have been 100% unable to make any calls from here for weeks now. Totally useless.

2 bars outside with static. no reception most of the time

Three out of every 5 calls drop. Many times a call won't even go through.

The reception for T-Mobile is around 3 bars, fair reception

Live in a wooded area of Lake Forest. Reception is low to non existence in my home and I have many dead zones in this area for the PCS network. I can however step into the middle in front of my house and get decent reception. Since, I cannot explain why. I reported my findings to Sprint via Customer Service and I was told that there is nothing they can do except verify a problem if I call them immediately right after a problem occurs. The PCS network otherwise works great in many cities I have traveled to throughout the US. It would appear from most of the posts I have read that it as good as or better then other service providers or perhaps its as good as it gets. BTW I use this phone as my exclusive service, (got rid of hard-line 10 years ago), in Phoenix, AZ were I own a vacation home. No problems there.

No service at home. (But to get around that problem, I have forwarded my cell phone to my home when the phone doesn't have reception.) Otherwise reception is good in and around the main thoroughfares of Orange, LA and San Diego counties.