The LG 1300 phone from Cingular gets little reception ANYWHERE..it cuts off calls and says "emergency only" for about 30% of the time the phone is on.

Always have outstanding reception with Verizon at home and most places in LA. I almost never experience dropped calls or other reception or connectivity issues. This is also the case in the other Metro-areas I frequent (NY, SF, Detroit)

Used to have great reception with AT&T. Since Cingular took over, I have noticed a steady decline in reception. Calls drop very frequently now, and I never used to drop them berfore. I used to be able to make calls within my house; now I have no signal. Time to switch carriers. Cingular is pretty bad.

Cingular is working very well here. I've tried them all, and Verizon is probably the best, but Cingular is a close 2nd. It seems that Long Beach is a bit spotty in coverage with Sprint and ATT, although not unusable - sometimes one house over or across the street makes the difference.

I've had T-Mobile for over a year and have been satisfied both with the coverage and the customer service. Much better than what I got from ATT. There is a dead spot in Signal Hill and you can't always get a signal if you're anchored off Catalina away from Avalon. Aside from good call quality, the T-Zone service is very good. I can even send and receive emails via my ISP's email accounts anywhere in their service area.

When driving over Signal Hill, the Verizon signal drops about 75% I the time going soutbound on Cherry. Once you get to the bottom of Signal Hill the reception is fantastic due to a Tower being right there in the abandoned LBUSD Campus before you get to PCH.

Service sucks - dropped calls daily from home - no improvement by going outdoors. This happened after upgrading - old Samsung phone worked better

Calls drop constantly in my house. Also have lots of call switching going on (ie I dial a number and get some totally unrelated person, while the person I am calling gets a call from someone they dont know at the same time!).

I can use my phone in the basement of our building. Very happy we didn't buy T-Mobile.

I had AT&T and switched over to T-Mobile. T-Mobile has the absolute worst reception in this area. The V300 phone is great as far as clarity and features but useless with a poor provider. I went with some cheap Verizon Nokias and have full bars-consistently. Phone features and sound isnt the greatest with Verizon however the reception has been flawless.

Magnificent! I haven't had a problem with reception since I first got my phone. No complaints here.

For the most part, reception is average. I generally only have reception problems indoors where it will fluctuate between 2 and 4 bars while in the same spot. Outside, reception is not a problem.

I just moved into this apartment complex and I have no reception whatsoever. Sometimes, I would get a "no service" response. It is time to change carriers.

Weak signal and virtually no signal indoors

GREAT reception w/ Motorola V70.. OK to good reception w/ Sony Ericsson T610

Very poor reception in pretty much all of Belmont shore on both at&t, and cingular/tmobile

If you are inside a building such as the Student Union on campus, chances of any reception are very slim. You need to be out in the open away from structures and not in between buildings either to get some reception. At peak times (around noon and 5pm), the network is busy even though you get reception. Either you would need to get away from campus or just wait till the peak time is over.