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ATT is fine in the UCLA area- every once it awhile calls drop but not enough to be that big of a deal

The reception ranges from 1 to 2 bars at MOST. Inside buildings, I'll be lucky to get 1 bar. Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile work great here, why not AT&T?

Very shoddy reception. Never have more than 2 or 3 bars anywhere in my home. Sometimes I won't be notified of missed calls / voicemails until an hour later. Basically have to go out into the driveway or open street for decent reception.

this is the black hole of cell phone receptions. ATT, VERIZON and METRO PCS none of them have any service here, I will be trying T MOBILE, hope something works...

was told by some phone rep that this area has a good reception, she lied

Hmm I noticed everyone that talks bad about AT&T has a freaking iphone. Have they ever tried any other phone than the iphone?? Everyone knows the iphone is known for having bad reception. I had an iphone 4 on AT&T worse phone ever! Dropped calls here and there. Dumped it got an AT&T galaxy s2 and been to all those places people below me said they dropped calls on AT&T with there iphones. I went to brentwood, under the hollywood sign etc guess what?? No dropped calls! ! So its not AT&T service that sukz its ur freaking iphone get rid of it cuz what a coincidence that other phones on AT&T work fine!

This company is such a disaster. No reception at the place I'm staying in Brentwood, which is a major neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles. You'd think I was deep in the Mojave Desert. How they have the nerve to demand that I pay an early cancellation fee when they don't provide the service I've contracted for is beyond me. If there's a lawyer who wants to file a class action suit, I'm happy to testify.

7 hours and counting, no service, no incoming or outgoing calls possible, no explanation, just cell darkness, whats going on

ATT has massive outages across all of California and they don't know when service will resume. In general, I get one bar or less in my apartment.

WHAT?! No reception in my own freaking apartment? Unacceptable! Get your ass out here and improve our signal!

Whether going East or West on Franklin, EVERY TIME I get to Highland, my call drops. This is insane. It's right behind the frigging Kodak Theatre for chrissakes! The Kodak Theatre - you know, where they do the OSCARS?!?! How can I not have reception? It's the middle of Hollywood! Unbelievable.

The reception ranges between no reception to 3 bars at best.

Dropped calls aren't uncommon, and static white noise calls are frequent, and on occasion, also an issue is calls going straight to voice mail rather than ringing through, and messages delayed.

in the heart of Los Angeles between West Holywood and Beverly Hills dropped calls is the norm with ATT the coverage is horrible and as you drive you will drop calls all the time. but ATT is in denial and they have terrible service

Can someone please tell me why AT&T barely works underneath the Hollywood Sign? I am visiting and work from home and the service terrible. I maybe have 2 bars and the calls drop. I had to drive down to Beachwood Canyon just to get service. My uncle uses Sprint here which works just fine. I spent 2+ hrs on the phone with AT&T yesterday for her to tell me that there are towers there and it "should" work. I told her it obviously didn't or I wouldn't spend 2 hrs of my time calling them (from a land line, btw, the only way to get through). She also suggested I spend $200 to by an aircell.

Would change to Verizon, but it might be just as bad. Quit Verizon to get my iphone. Verizon didn't work at all at that time (two years ago)

I have to say I'm seriously considering switching from AT&T to the Verizon iPhone, if and when the iPhone 5 is released in July. In fact, I'm so frustrated with my phone service with AT&T, I'm probably going to pay the reduced early termination fee for myself and my business partner. We both will have one year left on our contracts and are chomping at the bit to switch unless in the interim AT&T does something to improve its service in the areas we use predominantly. I am not optimistic though. Just so you know, I live in Los Feliz and get very good service at my house. But my place of employment is located in West Los Angeles and the service there stinks, to put it mildly. Also, I spend a lot of my time in an area adjacent to where I live called Silverlake and the service there is even worse. Those are the two areas I am rating in this survey.

No reception in this area whatsoever. I'm done with ATT. No reception in the building either. I'm hoping Sprint / Verizon might be a bit better. This is LA for goodness sake, put some more towers up!

AT&T Is a complete joke! I left Sprint for ATT And that was the worst mistake of my life! I drop 99% of all calls and when I am connected, I cant even understand the other party due to static and reception breaking up. When I talk on my phone Im always told it sounds like Im talking into a wind tunnel while holding my phone backwards facing the wind. WHAT A JOKE! For the record, I also have AT&T DSL And I basically get the same issues! DSL is always dropping connection and my speeds are slower than dial up and I pay extra for the Pro- Elite Business plan that is suppose to guarantee speeds between 4-6Mbps but I average 2Mbps. AT&T Should be ashamed of themselves. I pay for mobil services and they do not give me the service... They guarantee me a speed for DSL, and I do not even come close to the speeds! I hope AT&T Gets this matter taken to court and pays dearly for false advertising and not meeting contracted terms of agreement. By not meeting all terms in the contract AT&T Should allow me to walk away with a clean bill and select another provider with no penalty! How does AT&T legally get away their actions and continue charging the customer for "breaking a contract" when AT&T never upheld to anything on their end?? This is BS! DO NOT USE AT&T For ANYTHING! THey are garbage and I would NEVER recommend AT&T TO anyone!

With my I-phone 3G I get abysmal reception in the area below the Hollywood sign. Sometimes the phone will ring, but the signal's rarely strong enough to make a connection and on the rare occasion that it connects, the conversation will be dropped within a minute. Instead of showing bars, my phone most often simply says "searching." Contrary to their reception map, there is no AT&T reception whatsoever in upper Beachwood Canyon with an I-phone and it's practically non-existent on the hilltops.

I live north of Franklin, east of Cahuenga, and I'm lucky if I get one bar in my house. Often, I have no service. And if I do get a call out, it drops. I have to stand out on the sidewalk to make a call, and even then, I only have three bars. AT&T Customer Service told me, "It's a cellphone. We don't guarantee coverage indoors." WTF? I'm switching to Verizon next week. Anything will be better than AT&T.

I've got the typical iPhone experience - love the phone, hate the network. AT&T coverage is horrendous. Work on mid-Wilshire and there is a huge dead zone around 6th / Fairfax. But, c'mon - let's give AT&T a break... why should we expect them to offer basic coverage in the middle of Los Angeles? It's just such frustrating service. I'm thankful it works in my residence, but just drops calls ALL the time (and not just in the usual canyon spots). Saturday was a perfect example - driving from downtown to Studio on the 101. My call was dropped... wait for it... FOUR times. I just laugh now. The only choice now is which carrier to jump to.

in and out reception through wilshire and voicemail messages show up days later. phone was less than 1 years old. we have the AT&T family plan and are paying at least $100 - $120 a month- too expensive for crappy service. we just finished our contract and am thinking of switching to verizon.

AT&T... horrible. Live up in Beachwood Canyon (Right under the Hollywood Sign). I have never been able to make a phone call in my house. I mean NEVER. I'm able to make a call when I drive down Beachwood Dr. reaching Franklin Blvd. What was it again? "at&t nation's fastest network". Looking around for something new.

at&t is the worst ZERO reception and I have the micro cell antenna and still nothing i'm so frustrated the iphone 4 is also crap have to reset it almost daily so tomorrow i'm going back to Sprint and buy a not so smart phone that works

I can't believe I've stayed with ATT this long considering the poor reception I get. I don't think Sprint works well so I'm on the hunt for something else. ATT also doesn't have very good phones.

The worst service possible. We would not get calls shown on our phones when people call us, and when we call out to other phones, they would have no idea that we tried to call them, no matter where we are. It's the worst when you're out there, trying to meet up with people, and they don't get your calls and you don't receive calls. By far the worst service we've ever experienced on all 3 of our phone lines. Despite numerous attempts of complaints over phone, in store, exchange phones, nothing improves after 6 months since we started service. Just got 2 months of credit back from the manager since they do not waive the cancellation charge, and I'm going to cancel the service today. DO NOT SWITCH TO AT / T.

I get 0 to 1 bars in my apartment. 0 in Beverly Hills and my phone won't even function in Venice Beach. My phone won't even work! I tried to drop a pin on the map and it said, "can not access cellular data network" WTF?? I paid a sh*t ton for an awesome phone with sh*tty service. AT&T can lick it.

i had to get the new 3g data plan as I lost my old I phone in new york and upgraded to the new 1 phone 4. I found myself paying up to $30-$40 more a month.. up to $120. the 3g network is awful! here. dropped calls all over los angeles. hollywood. I am in a 2 year contract and feel stuck. i did everything to try and improve the reception. new sim card. they basically said at at&t. get off the 3g network and use the old edge network. which actually works. but WHY am I paying more for no service. customer service said my problem were solved because it worked on edge. wait, I am paying for a faster 3 g data plan that I can barely use. literally highway robbery, however I probably would have a dropout on the highway! i had less phone dropouts with the original iphone that was almost 3 years old. I love the technology of the I phone and the camera. waiting to see if there is an improvement with verizon. wish I could jailbreak for T-Mobile but I see that the service is not that great. so considering breaking contract to get a regular Verizon or Sprint phone here. oh, I also work in new york. and I see it's having problems there. they have no problem taking our money. amazing. T-Mobile had bad service in new york too. oh well. trying to get out of at&t. it's a total sham.

I've complained several dozen times to AT&T about my lack of service at my home. To date they have absolutely no explanation or solution to the problem to offer me, other than they are overloaded with iphones in the area. Sometimes I have all the bars so I know it's possible to get a signal, but then a second later we're back to nothing. I can rarely use it for a telephone, I even dowloaded the skype app to make calls. Shame. I love the iphone and I was happy with AT&T which I've had since 1999. My contract is over. Adios AT&T. We had a good run for a long time.

I live on Harper Ave and my calls are dropped every time I pass by Harper and Beverly. AT&T is the worst for dropped calls.

I've been with AT&T / Cingular since 2002. I am now leaving. I can't take it anymore. Poor reception throughout the city and poor customer service. I never get a straight answer when I call to complain about reception, just a run around and that it must be a problem with my phone. Other friends are pleased with Verizon. I think I'm going to switch to them.

I work at LAX the reception is so bad that a string and 2 tin cans is a better way to communicate out there. Oddly at every other major airport in the USA I can get great phone calls and actually use the data plan I pay through the nose for. Hell I can even get reception in a tunnel under water in New York... but yet the best signal I can get at LAX is gprs fluctuating to edge... forget 3g! I have traveled alot and ATT can brag all they want as long as Los Angeles is not included in that reference. Its like they upgraded every other place in the US but Los Angeles.

reception is really bad all over my block but inside my house is the worse harldy ever able to make a call without it getting dropped. trying to see if AT&T will give me a 3g microcell for free to see if that imrpoves my signal.

I had bad luck since I signed up with ATT. Get drow calls most of the time. Really bad connection in my area and in fact most everywhere. It get every frustrating. I'm contract is up and I'm switching back.

I have very spotty coverage in my apartment. At certain points I have no service, and others I have up to 3 bars. My phone also like switching between Edge and 3G so I get a bunch of dropped calls.

Once I am at home there are zero bars in my phone. I can't receive or make calls from home using mt AT&T Mobile. Talked to customer care and was told that there are no complaints from other customers in my area :). Also customer care told me that they are putting a new tower in my area in a week time and this may resolve the issue but even after month service is same.

I live on Detour Dr.in the Hollywood Hills and I NEVER have 3G service at all. I barely get the EDGE network; maybe a bar and a 1 / 2 if i'm lucky. My roommate has T-Mobile and he has no reception either. His friend was visiting and had Sprint and he had the best coverage of all of us. Not sure about Verizon.

AT&T is the worse cell phone service provider. It sucks that they sell the Microcell 3G to get better service at $170. Why wouldn't they just fix their service instead of having consumers buy additional equipment for better service? To make matters worse, I purchased the Microcell and it worked for 28 days and no longer worked since then. I spoke with 14 customer service reps in regards to the problems that I was having and it was the worse customer service that I have ever experienced. I was even on hold for 28 minutes and 44 seconds before I even was able to speak to a customer service agent. I put up with their bad service for 10 years and the only reason why I have stayed with them is because of the iPhone. My contract has ended and I don't even care about the iPhone. What's the point of having a iPhone when you can't make calls? DO NOT GET AT&T!

I've had an iPhone for 3 yrs now, and I keep hoping and waiting for the reception to improve. It doesn't. I don't care why or whose fault it is, I just want to be able to make and take calls on my cell phone. I pay a lot of money for this service, and yet no matter where I am in LA, I drop calls, never get calls, and get voice msgs hours after they are left ALL THE TIME. This is not acceptable.

Reception bars do not tell the whole story. Okay, the reception here, according to my iPhone is just fine. I always get 4 bars or better. However, during the day downtown, I basically can't use the phone. All calls will get dropped within 1 to 3 minutes and data access is slow to non-functional. In the evenings, however, things are fine... no dropped calls and decent data access. So, the problem here isn't reception. The problem is network capacity. During the day downtown, there are just too many people trying to use the network at the same time and performance is horrible. Ever try to make a call at a sports event or another area with many many people? Doesn't work very well does it... . I imagine this phenomenon is similar in other areas of LA.

ATT coverage in Los Angeles absolutely sucks. It is a joke actually. Beverly Hills, few bars. Hollywood, few bars. My house (La Brea, LACMA, Wilshire), a damn joke. iPhone on Verizon 4G, Goodbye ATT and Good Riddance. If there is no Apple iPhone on Verizon, I may seriously say goodbye to the iPhone (and I am an Apple engineer), and hello whoever is on Verizon, it's that simple. I can no longer standby and take ATT absolute crap coverage and blatant apathy. ATT, You Gone! (Hawk Harrelson)

Unbelievable. I live smack dab in the middle of Hollywood USA, one of the largest cities on the planet, and I am CONSTANTLY dropping calls, losing all signal bars, and unable to connect via 3G with my AT&T iPhone. Driving down Fountain and Sunset Blvds, there are pockets of zero-bar no-service, for absolutely no reason. I would understand if I was up in the hills or something, but we're talking the middle of the city. WTF? I for one am counting down the days til iPhone comes out for Verizon, I used to be with them (til the iphone came out) and would go back in a hot second. It will be interesting to see what AT&T tries to do to retain the mass exodus of iPhone users who have been sick and tired of crappy service for years now; they've had plenty of time to make it right and they chose not to, so lets hope it helps drive them out of business!

I had AT&T for a few months in 2008, but my phone NEVER worked at home (Brentwood in West L.A.). After a while, I just gave up and paid the early termination fee, and took my business elsewhere.

N Beachwood Dr... the original HollywoodLand... has ZERO reception... when I call AT&T to complain, they pretend that I am the only person to ever complain about the reception... total b*llsh*t. They claim there is 100% coverage in the area - how do they get away with that?? The sooner Apple realizes their mistake, the better...

The fact that you can't get reception for AT&T in West Hollywood, the geographic center of the country's second largest city, is ridiculous.

AT&T has horrible reception here. I can't get any calls and can't contact people. It's extremely annoying to go elsewhere just for reception. I'm switching once my contract ends.

Recently I was working on a television show and received a voicemail to go work on the upcoming Marvel comics movie Thor. As always, the call never rang on my iPhone and I received the voicemail alert one hour later. ONE HOUR later. I was outside too, not on a soundstage (AT&T gets zero reception on soundstages). I returned the call immediately after receiving the voicemail, and had lost the job to someone else, who was able to call back before I was. Unbelievable. How can AT&T claim more bars in more places? More like NO bars in NO places. Especially in Los Angeles. Being able to answer and field calls in this town is crucial to survival. So many people have the iPhone but man having AT&T will cost you. Missing out on a big job or work due to poor cell reception is horrible. My contract is up and I'm about the switch to Verizon. Can't wait until the iPhone becomes available on Verizon.

And all this time, I thought it was the phone! These reviews are so validating! Even when my RAZR 9 was brand new, cutting edge, the reception in my house sucked. The only way I can make a call lying on my bed is to contort my body half over the side. It's either that or go outside. My major beef is not so much the dropped calls, but the constant cutting in and out, so my friends get sick of having to repeat everything they say, and only one understand half my msgs. It will be interesting to see what happens - we Westsiders demand good coverage, but no one wants cell towers in their chichi city!

AT&T sucks sooooo baaad! I have an Iphone 3GS and constantly get dropped calls not only in my home area but everywhere in Los Angeles. Apple please, please go to Verizon or even T-mobile. I love my Iphone but I'm afraid with such shoddy service from AT&T I am forced to get another phone from another carrier. Booo AT&T! Curse you!

I use to have Sprint, which was good, but my company got a new contract with ATT and I switched. I have horrible reception in my appt, and I have calls drop all of the time. I would say my old Sprint reception was 100% better than ATT. If I was not on a corporate plan I would switch immediately!

Spotty reception with 1 - 2 bars if you're lucky! With my phone placed in the one spot it can usually hold a signal and with my headset on so I don't move the phone I can use my phone in the house. Move and the call fails. Surprise! Oh and you have to put up with signal quality coming and going because apparently AT&T's cell strength is as good as their DSL speed guarantee... (HA - Liars.) There's NO service from Fairfax to Labrea on Hollywood. NO service around the intersection of Fairfax and Sunset. My contract is up and I'm praying that in the new year Apple will announce they're opening up the phone to other carriers. The MINUTE they do, I'm GONE from AT&T. They suck, they misrepresent everything they are able to provide and get us to pay them for shoddy service all the time. It's not just the cell service! They deserve to go out of business.

well I just had the blackberry bold 9700 the newest blackberry. T-Mobile also has this same blackberry but I decided to get the AT&T version. and I have barely had it for 2 days. and I live in pico rivera california but sometimes travel to east LA n montebello n pico rivera california. ok before I had a g1 with T-Mobile and in all those places I mentioned above T-Mobile never ever dropped a call and their 3G network was extremely fast in those places.. and I always had 2-5 bars of service. I rarely had no service. so my wife decided to switch to AT&T she got an iphone 3Gs n I got the blackberry bold 9700 which I love its an amazing phone. but in those 2 days I had never been so pissed off. I always have crappy signal with AT&T even when I am right outside my blackberry has 1 bar of 3G. n when I try to call I get ''call failed'' automatically. it dont even ring once.. my wife also has the same problems with her iphone. and sometimes its very rare when I have 5 bars of 3G. n when I do I try to call and all da bars go down to zero n again call failed..... then when I press end call I get 5 bars again so I put redial and again call failed.. and when the call finally decides to go tru it only stays connected for a few minutes, the most I have been able to talk is 3 minutes.. then it dropped when I was talking with,my sista and she got mad cause she thought I clicked on her. which I didnt! n it gets worse when I go inside a building like walmart I get no service were T-Mobile had at least 2 bars of service n worked fine.. o also their 3G network is all messed up it never connects even with 5 bars of 3G. n when it finally decides to connect its sooo slow. T-Mobile was waaaaay faster.. so yea ima be canceling this crappy AT&T service

well I just had the blackberry bold 9700 the newest blackberry. T-Mobile also has this same blackberry but I decided to get the AT&T version. and I have barely had it for 2 days. and I live in pico rivera california but sometimes travel to east LA n montebello n pico rivera california. ok before I had a g1 with T-Mobile and in all those places I mentioned above T-Mobile never ever dropped a call and their 3

95% of the time I have a good signal ever since I moved here in Santa Monica except for a few times when satellite signal is not at best.I do recommend though for people who are experiencing drop calls to go to a ATT store and have your simcard replaced with a new one for free.ATT produces new simcards that are updated with their new towers and chances are you got a very old simcard.

I cannot use my phone in my apartment without the call dropping EVERY time. If I go outside, I can manage to complete a call, but reception is horrible and I'm constantly having to ask people to repeat themselves. This RIDICULOUS! I really want to upgrade to an iPhone, and the only thing stopping me is this seriously sub-par service. When will AT&T and Apple get a clue? I would think that Los Angeles would be considered an important client base.

i live in the hollywood hills in a house with one small spot where I can get reception. only reason I have AT&T is due to owning an iphone; but will switch the minute another carrier is added. may even switch phones if I learn that AT&T will maintain exclusivity. I can often drive a miles from labrea and franklin all the way to sunset and fairfax without getting reception. yet I can be in the mountains of california, an area without a dense population, and have perfect reception. AT&T is horrible and APPLE should do right by their loyal customers and eliminate the exclusivity and bring on Verizon or another carrier. if AT&T cant figure out how to bring good coverage to a heavily populated city like los angeles, they dont deserve apples exclusivity on such a popular phone like the iphone. if they lose the exclusivity, watch AT&T stock tumble and fall; just the wake up call they need!

My husband and I used to have perfect reception in our home, in the garage... all over the place, and all of the sudden a few months ago, we can only make calls in the home if we stand next to a specific window. Huge disappointment. After soooo many years with AT&T we are both considering switching to another carrier. I'm not sure why with all of this feedback, they are doing nothing about this! Maybe if enough people abandon ship, they'll finally figure it out.

Usually varies from 1-2 bars, fluctuating between EDGE and 3G coverage. Occasionally I will jump to 5 bars with 3G but that will last only a minute or two. Often times I will lose service all together and get a "No Service" message

I had more dropped calls with AT&T in the first 3 months I was with them than the entire year and a half I was with T-Mobile! The WORST service ever... the only reason most people have them is for the I-Phone. I have ONE spot in my entire apartment that I can make a call! HORRIBLE... and the pricing is outrageous compared to the other companies. I wish I had done my research before switching! A lesson learned.

Very spotty cell reception since leaving Verizon in favor of "Jesus Phone". 3G network is hardly up to the task of handling nationwide iPhone / internet usage.

I'm in the Larchmont Village area. Years ago I had Verizon. Worked great then started dropping all calls. Switched to Cingular and never had a problem. Now Cingular is ATT and have only one spot in my house I can keep a call from dropping and that's if I can get reception to call out. Since I would like to get rid of my land line, Don't know who I should move to.

Very little reception and terrible connection when it does work

Varies between dropped calls and no reception. No 3G to speak of. Very frustrating

I get "No Service" or 1-2 bars which quickly drop to 0 bars. Dropped calls are the norm, even when I have one or two bars. I never had problems when I had Verizon, but when I switched to AT&T, it has been nothing but a headache.

Driving me nuts, I can't talk for more than a few min before calls get dropped. Especially bad when calling another ATT cell phone user. Just moved here from New York where the reception was great. Now I feel like in the twilight zone, dropped calls in the middle of LA not even in the hills.

ATT Reception in Hollywood / West Hollywood is terrible. It will go from 3 bars to 0 in a second, and I end up dropping calls all the time. Can't wait till my contract is up with ATT so I can go back to T-mobile.

Most calls go through but sounds like calling Asia back in 1985. Dropped calls are an issue as well. My wife has T-Mobile here and they even seem a bit worse.

Only get reception outside or right next to a window. Calls dropped all the time. No coverage at all inside. Wish I could switch to Verizon!

Reception indoors and out not good. Usally one bar maybe two. 3g goes in and out, drops calls frequently. Have to resort to land line.

Inside: Usually 0-2 bars, frequent dropped calls, and horrible static. Outside: Usually 2-3 bars, good reception, occasional static and dropped calls.

Get crappy service in my apt. So annoying Im thinking of giving up my iPhone.

the signal reception is okay. verizon signal is horrible in bart. i got 4 bars from AT&T and Verizon had no service. i actually like at&t! :D

I very seldom make calls from my house any more because of how bad my phone's reception is. Dropped calls, sound breaking up, and static are the norm. It's very annoying to not be able to use my cell phone from my own house.

No signal in my apt and a lot of dropped calls everywhere else. Sometimes it says I have a few bars when really I'm getting horrible reception. Liars.

I was checking my email for flight information. I couldn't get 3g nor a decent Edge signal in the baggage claim area where I was waiting for my friends arrival. I say AT&T coverage is weak.

AT&T reception is terrible in LA. Always get dropped calls and they have no 3G service anywhere. My contract is up in May and I'll be switching to Sprint.

There is one corner of my house where I get OK reception. Otherwise, pretty nil.

att is horrible in hollywood, especially as you get close to the hollywood hills area. I would switch to Verizon but I do have an iphone.

No reception inside. Have to stand in the street to make a call and they still drop 9 times out of 10. 2 bars max outside.

Coverage is very spotty in this neighborhood. South of Wilshire and east of Westwood is bad. I see a note that says it's bad west of westwood as well. Verizon seems to have the best coverage in this area.

My cell phone is essential dead in my apartment. Voice quality is subpar when I do get reception. Dropped calls all the time. In my travels overseas (South America, Europe) I've never had a problem anywhere. AT&T is pathetic. I'm unlocking my iphone and going elsewhere.

Reception fluctuates wildly between 0-5 bars. Calls frequently drop. Reception is generally poor. Clear weather marginally improves reception.

I live in Laurel Canyon and I get two bars or less (usually can't make any calls, and when I do they're dropped or inaudible) from Sunset Blvd. over the hill past Mullholland all along Laurel Canyon Blvd. I also get zero service anywhere more than 100 yards up any of the streets in the canyon. I love my phone. Too bad the service is so bad. Total bummer.

I get coverage in most areas. Though I have had a few dropped calls in certain areas when I'm inside.

Goes in and out. Trying other technologies to boost the signal.

although my phone may show full bars, I cannot make a call or people can't hear me. or once I dial, the bars drop to nothing... so really there is no reception here!

only edge reception. voice calls are often unintelligible or dropped. sometimes reception drops to no service. AT&T says they will submit a "trouble ticket".

Dropped calls every few minutes. In coming calls go straight to voicemail. No 3G service, sometimes no Edge service. This is the same with my Blackberry and the same SIM. Swapped SIMS twice and the phone once but still bad service. When will AT&T do something?

no voice or data reception what so ever. extremely disappointed. unbale to contact friends to meet up at the USC game.

poor to bad reception rarely get more than one bar but calls fail. I dont get any incoming calls horrible.

I hope I never have an emergency. Even with all the bars up on mine or my other family members' phones, we are constantly getting dropped calls, not being able to make calls, or missing calls or voicemails. I was once told by an AT&T employee that whenever he drives through our area and is on the phone, his calls are always dropped.

all bars at home, and in the neighborhood. I also get service at work which is in a basement in burbank. can't complain.

Reception is very spotty and almost never works. I am so fed up - what's the best cell reception in Bel Air?

I work on sound stages all the time. I get NO reception on my iphone when I am inside a stage at Universal or any of the other lots in the area. I'm literally 200 feet from Steven Spielberg's office. Nada. I'm in a crowd of filmmakers all staring at their iphones and cursing. Outside the door I get a couple of bars. Att, this is your core subscriber base. What on earth are you thinking?

Just moved to area from IL, got amazing service out there thinking I would get the same service in a bigger city with more options.. but no... now I get terrible service and am wanting out of my contract! this sucks not having service

Reception is good with this phone with never a dropped call and only occasional static. My last phone, a Motorola 551, had inconsistent reception, but this phone has worked well in almost all areas.

1bar outside building - 0 bars inside building - been this way for almost a year,AT&T is bad.

Yesterday I was walking in the neighborhood and saw a sign addressed to fellow AT&T customers. The sign said that AT&T had stopped leasing a tower from T-Mobile in the area. It also said AT&T had no plans to reactivate the tower or increase service in the area unless enough people complained about no service. I called AT&T and their tech people confirmed this. They also told me there were several areas in LA with similar issues. There is no guarantee that service will be restored. Hopefully, enough people will complain to get AT&T to reactivate the tower. Otherwise, they will wave the early termination fee. Which is something. But not great if you just bought an expensive phone...

I always find myself to have to go outside my home to see whether I am able to get better reception (which is not cool when it's very early, very late, or cold outside). Ocassionally this helps... to some extent. It is very frustrating -- not to mention upsetting -- having to ask people if they can repeat what they just said. However, I have no problems making or receiving calls when I'm in Long Beach, Downey, Cerritos, Lakewood, and a few other southeastern communities.

had amazing reception in laurel canyon for years... then about 3 weeks ago, my phone started saying "no service". after numerous calls to AT&T, a manager gets on the phone and tells me "the government took their tower and gave it to another carrier", "i should leave AT&T, and he offered me out of my contract". "if I wanted to contact anyone about this, I should contact the fcc!" this is unbelievable--they are wrecklessly switching out areas--are we not profitable enough? do they have no obligation to communicate with customers? help!

Awful reception even outside, running around on the street. Forget about trying to make a business call, or anything significant. Wonderful service AT&T! Yes!

Used to get one or two bars at home - enough to still get SMS, emails and see when a voicemail had come in. Fair enough for deep canyon living. But as of 2 weeks ago, when I am at home, my Blackberry now reads SOS in place of bars, and callers can't even get through to my voicemail, much less me in person. So after repeated calls to AT&T, they tell me they have changed the coverage in the area 'to improve the overall quality of network coverage'. After some heated discussion, they agreed to release me at no charge from my contract so I can find a cellphone provider that will actually let me use my cell phone in my house... otherwise coverage round town was OK. but useless for living in the hills.

no service in the house since about three weeks ago. seemed to coincide with the purchase of new phones. We had the same service before with our old phones without and issue. AT&T representatives were quite oblivious when we called to complain. I guess I may need to cancel my service.

Went from 5 bars to 0-1 most of the time. It suddenly started two weeks ago. ATT you suck

AT&T is awful! As soon as they started advertising "no dropped calls" that's all I got. Switch to Verizon.

Poor to No reception. People with Sprint seem to get reception, but not those of us with AT&T. Last 2 weeks, the reception has dropped dramatically to where my phone is constantly seeking a network. Not happy at all. Did something change with their system in the last 2 weeks???

Just in the last week or so, (since 1 / 20) I have been experiencing numerous dropped calls from my home. I live in the middle of LA, not on a hill or in a geographically secluded area. I haven't had this problem before, but, yet, here it is. AT&T is of little help.

Very spotty reception in this location. Westwood village is fine but this area south of Wilshire and West of Westwood Blvd. has really crumby reception for both voice and EDGE.

Recently moved here and I get one to zero bars both inside and out on my balcony. My calls are constantly dropped, extremely frustrating. Can someone please post a GOOD cell phone carrier for this area?

It gets reception in the hills, outside, but once you get indoors it goes away completely

I can't have a conversation for more than 5 mins without the call dropping. I also have to ask people to repeat themselves because I cannot understand what they are saying. This all started right after the merger.

Reception is bad or inconsistent no matter where I go with this phone! I don't know if it's because of the merger with ATT or because of the phone. I'm thinking of switching to Verizon or T-Mobile.

Since AT&T took over the riception droped from 5 to 1 or below... .? I feel sorry for those customers who thay droped the fix phone lines.So guy do not get AT and T if you live in Los Angeles area. Belive me I tryed it worst everywere.

It's weak but, it connects with no issue. Getting a little static but, not horrible. 3G network speeds are great here if it connects... . that is IF it connects.

4-5 bars even while in buildings. No dropped calls. All EDGE network so far... still waiting for 3G to come! Video still works well though.

When I moved here, my v557 got GREAT reception with Cingular. 5 bars, no problems. Then after the AT&T merger the signal dropped to 1 bar, constant dropping. Then I lost my antenna on the v557 - and the signal was 5 bars again! When I bought a new antenna, it dropped to 1. So then I would take the antenna out at home and put it in when I left. Now I have a Blackjack and no way to remove the antenna. 1 bar and lots of drops.

Have rarely had any issues with service in this location. AT&T / Cingular service has improved considerably in LA over the past few years.

the reception I get throughout the area is horrible, but the most frustrating is at my house. rarely works, and if it does, it will inevitably cut out sometime during the conversation, no matter how short. I am switching because it is useless for me to have a phone at home that I can not use.

Inconsistent... seems to depend on time of day. Definitely not perfect reception, just okay. Whether inside or outside, there is the occasional static and / or drop-out.

I've been here 2 years. All of a sudden my reception got progressively worse. Customer service is HORRIBLE. They said it was my phone but I beat the system since I tried my old sim card in 2 different phones, and just activated a new sim card in both phones. Still NO reception. I have full bars but everytime I make a call it's Network Busy. Anyway, a customer rep told me once that a "tower was down in TX." I told her I was in LA. She only said that because she saw my area code was from Houston. I'm very very disappointed in Cingular / the "new" AT&T.

Horrible in and around the Cheviot Hills area. Bad in many spots on the west side.

I am dying to get the new iPhone, but only Sprint works in my area without dropping calls. Will Cingular get enough new tower up in Hollywood before the Summer of '07 release date? We shall see...

Cingular works well up here. The only carrier that works in the house. People with other carriers walk up and down the street looking for a signal.

Anyone else have this problem that started up last week? The # of reception bars on my phone is always good, but now during every call, the conversation blips out about every 10 seconds. Like someone's tapping a mute button. I can't complain of a dropped call because the call never disconnects, but I have to ask the person I'm talking with to repeat himself every few seconds, which is critically poor for business calls. Same thing happened a year ago, and Cingular had no solution, then problem went away on its own weeks later. Hope this clears up soon.

Recently added tower at Lincoln / Jefferson intersection. Full bars in home and even in parking garages! I think the tower is sub-leased to Cingular, T-Mobile, and soon Sprint / Nextel (according to FCC mailer to nearby residents).

Besides the dropped calls ALL over Sunset, I have been getting my messages hours and even DAYS late. This costs me jobs / money, and I am going to leave as soon as I find a better plan. Cingular SUX

No problems in nearly 2 years, indoors or out. This includes all the areas around Los Feliz.

I live in Cheviot Hills and the stretch along Motor Ave. between Pico and National Blvds. is a notoriously terrible area for cell phone reception. I have tried different phones (Motorolas, BlackBerry 7290, BlackBerry 7130, etc.) and three different carriers (T-Mobile, Verizon, Cingular) and Cingular had about the best reception, but still crummy. Verizon was almost a complete bust.

Cingular has been consistently inconsistent regarding reception. Some spots NEVER fail to drop me. Cingular has the most complaints by its users and the people called. My friends hate my service too. Can't wait to switch... so long Cingular!

Just last week, out of no-where, my phone just fizzles out and drops calls. My phone is fairly new and up until last Sunday, I could call from a cave and it would work. Stopped into Cingular where the guy tried to talk me out of my current new phone for another model. Makes NO sense and my calls are fine west of where I live, but I can't hold onto a call for more than a few seconds inside my apartment or anywhere on my block. I called Cingular, too and they said there was a tower down that "should" be fixed. We'll see...

I have to lean out my window to make a call. Even when I do this I only have at most two bars. Cingular is the WORST for dropped calls and bad reception in Hollywood. AVOID AT ALL COSTS! You can also google the class action lawsuit against Cingular. I hope that they rot in hell.

Cingular claims the least dropped calls. That is because most don't go through. My phone vacillates between no bars and 2 bars. Suddenly when you least expect it there is a voice mail alert or text message alert - worst part is the message isn't very new. Sometimes the message has been a day old. My work phone is Verizon with a Motorola V265 - at 90040 and 90064 - never miss a call, never drops a call. DO NOT go with CINGULAR!

Cannot even call Cingular 611 service from cell phone. Able to send and receive ONLY text messages at home, even with only 1 bar. Can make and receive calls with 5 bars on #10 Fwy driving west and 4 bars in Santa Monica.

I'm only a few blocks up from Franklin off Beachwood Drive. Beachwood has long been a "black hole" for cellular reception. I barely get 1 bar in my house, and that's only if I stand in the kitchen. I recently brought home a Verizon phone for comparison purposes, because everyone told me it would be better -- but it sucked equally. T-Mobile also sucked. Not sure about Sprint, but I'm told they put in a tower. This is a majorly populated area of Los Angeles -- how could there STILL BE NO TOWERS in f--ng 2006????

Avoid Cingular at all costs. I can't get service anywhere between east hollywood and echo park. No service on Rowena either. Customer service, as others have indicated, is bad.

I always get pretty good reception... at least 3 bars anywhere. Although there have been instances where I get no reception at one point and then all of a sudden I get full reception... .weird...

Cingular has the worse record for dropped calls and bad reception. I've had my phone from 2002 and I've always had problems. And Cingular says they have the least dropped calls. That's a joke!

Inside house reception is very good. I never had problems with reception in LA with Cingular even at work 5 bars!

All of a sudden a call dropped, and my signal strength indicator went from 4 bars to 1. Anyone else having a problem with Cingular this morning?

I get 1 or 2 bar inside, 3 if I find a good spot. But in most rooms I stay around 1. Sometimes I'll have none. It's not much better outside either. I've had a few drop calls when outside, more inside, and really bad reception. My friends with T-Mobile get much better reception than I do

Noticed I get reception on Rowena in the past month when for years I didn't. Never have reception problems at home (santa monica / virgil). Still think their customer service sux.

Generally very poor and unusable inside my house (1 bar). Dropped calls, etc. Somewhat better outside (3 bars).

spotty... sometimes 2 bars then sometimes drops to 0 in the neighborhood.

It is so moody, it drives me crazy. Getting a call and then having to run upstairs to answer the call. Not to mention that the panasonic phone I have has the worst reception. You walk to steps forward and all of a sudden, "Searching For Network".

Constantly drop calls in my apartment, or calls do not go through. If I wait about 30 seconds, reception gets better, but this is not a permenant fix. Horribly unhappy with Cingular in this area, looking to switch ASAP.

My husband and I just moved to this area and had zero to two bars both inside and outside the house. It was totally inconsistent. I had T-Mobile and he had Cingular, and we both had different phones. We were reluctant to join Verizon because their phone choices were so awful, and we both really wanted Nokia's. We made one last stop at DialNet on Melrose. Peter (very knowledgeable and honest) suggested we try phones with GSM / GPRS 850. We took home the 6230 and tried it out--it worked perfectly both inside and outside the house, AND have had no dropped calls anywhere so far. After this experience, my recommendation is to forget having to change carriers--just get a phone with GSM / GPRS 850 and hopefully it will work as well as ours--we both have the Nokia 6230 with Cingular providers and are happy to say the problem seems to be solved.

I've used about 5 different phone models. They all work the same. This whole area is a known to be a deadzone for at least Cingular, which I use. Rarely, I can actually get ph call inside my home. Usually I can have flakey service outside my home, sometimes I have to walk a couple blocks to find a spot usuable. A few blocks away and there is great service. It varies street to street, hill to hill. Lately AT&T towers connect to it. Seems this area is in between Cingular and ATT, because it can flip flop minute to minute, or by moving it a couple feet. Calling Cingular over the past few years, they've been saying new towers are on the way... my advice is to never believe any promises / statements. Go with what you can prove works now. Test out services via friends phones.

it's a nightmare... If I;m talking on the phone while Im driving towards my house, I need to stop somewhere and finish the conversation. huge annoyance

I live in Beachwood Canyon... lower end of the Hollywood Hills at Beachwood and Scenic Dr.and my cell phone reception with AT&T (now Cingular) has always been terrible. I get no reception at all in my home. My phone will ring but often the calls go straight to voice mail. If I walk outside to the street I can make calls but I've never had more than 3 bars and the line drops sometimes mid-call. I'm over it and I'm ready to switch. I was going to buy into a Verizon plan until I discovered this site and saw the feedback re: Spring PCS.

I have always had very good blackberry reception from Cingular near my home... that is until yesterday. Service has gone to absolutely zero. What's all the more infuriating is the 3 "bars" of service that they may as well have painted on the face of the blackberry, because it's utter crap. I am now reduced to driving up to Beverly Glen and circling around until all my inbound and outbound emails clear. DO NOT get Cingular for anything until this problem is solved.

Spotty reception throughout this neighborhood. You'd think the Olympic corridor would be A+++?

Dropped calls about 50% of the time. I don't even make calls anymore because it's so frustrating.

Cingular service is back to normal, thank goodness.

As of yesterday afternoon, my service is back to the way it was two weeks ago: perfect. Hopefully this will continue to last.

I just spoke with Cingular, they claim the voicemail is screwed up because of a tower outage--if it isn't one story it's another.

For 4 or 5 days, virtually no reception, after months of perfect service. Bars go from zero to five, and then back to zero. This has been going on for much too long. Customer service at Cingular is terrible. They tell me to do the usual, turning phone on and off... they now tell me that they have some cell "problems." Over several days, I can't get details, other than work to fix the problem "is in progress." Every time I call them to check to see when I will get service, they insist that I go throught the inane steps noted above. They gave me one month's credit, but that doesnn't get my phone working. I am going to quite them--trying to figure out how to fight them when they charge me a termination fee when I transfer to a new carrier, which I'm about to do.

Called Cingular again today. They said there were a couple of cell tower problems. -They estimate the GSM service to be up by tomorrow afternoon. -No estimate for when the TDMA service would be fixed. Dapper

I've got a 1 week old RAZR phone that has absolutely no reception either in my house or within a 1 mile radius for that matter. I called Cingular and the representative told me that maybe "someone" (as though she couldn't / wouldn't say if it was actually Cingular who made the changes...) moved a tower or something. She assured me that there were no problems in my area. So why, then, did I have great reception last week and now NOTHING? Talking to the representative from Cingular was like talking to a wall. Around and around we went--no answers and no word when we might (if ever) regain the clear reception we once had.

Brentwood Area - Cingular Network SOS only! I guess everyone with Cingular has been frustrated with their network reception and customer service this past week. I have missed numerous important Business calls over the past week.

This is maddening. Not able to make or receive calls, or access internet. Cingular blams it on power outage last week--saying "it takes time to get the towers back up and running"--whatever!

My phone and corp email were fine before the blackout and now they are still down after I dont know how many days.

Zippo reception for almost a week. I am switching to another carrier.

What is wrong with Cingular? They just told me there are no outages, no problems with towers, etc. That there must be something wrong with my 2 day old phone!?!?!?!?! I think not!

Was told by Cingular rep that there are "several" towers down within a 1 mile radius of my apartment for several days now... .and they don't know when they will be fixed. She advised me to call back once I got my bill in the mail to request a credit to my account for lost coverage.

basically no reception in Brentwood area since tuesday. Phone does not work anywhere inside or outside my apartment or even down the street. Not getting voicemails or txt msgs. Called Cingular 3 times and can only get them to tell me "yes there are problems" but no one can tell me what the problems are or when they will be fixed.

I have had ZERO reception since last weekend. This is extremely frustrating. Am considering switching to Verizon. It seems this whole area of Brentwood (in LA) has gone under. Is Cingular doing anything about this?

I used to get full service (all bars) in my apartment. Now I get absolutely nothing. I work four blocks away, on Wilshire, and get all bars there (service kicks in on about Goshen). Absolutely horrible. This started about the same time as the L.A. Black-out on Monday. I called Cingular, and they are having a technician check on it. A friend of mine lives up on Barrington a few blocks and is having the same trouble.

Have 3 LG Phones - This week (2) went to EMERG ONLY when trying to dial any number from this area. Works fine when dialing from Santa Monica. Swapped Simm card from working phone to other two and reception is restored. Will try new Simm card but situation is confusing. Maybe something to do with the transmission frequency.

I have Cingular Service and it used to work perfectly fine until the last week. Now it is always SOS only. Have to walk out of the complex to the street to get reception

My home phone went out, so I needed my cell phone to call for service. In the apartment... nothing. Outside of the apartment... Almost nothing. I found myself at 11PM standing in the middle of an intersection (paying careful attention for cars that might hit me) -- just because I discovered a 2' patch of ground that would net a dial tone. Finally, I just woke up a neighbor and asked to use her land line. I got great reception when I took the phone on a trip to Utah. But in Westwood... No use. No joke. I immeditately switched to Verizon and have had great Westwood service ever since. If you use your cell for emergencies, then it should WORK during emergencies!

AT&T and Cingular has the worst reception ever, I've had my cell phone with Cingular for more than three yrs and havent had very good experience overall especially in West LA area. Sprint, T-Mobile gets like one or two bars usually in my area and with my Cingular phone, I get no calls, if I am lucky I get one call occasionally and when I answer it, it just drops. I would not consider getting Cingular if you live in west LA or if ur in that area alot.

Earlier this month (August 2005) I received a message from Cingular stating they were changing the setup of my voicemail system. Fine. Since that has happened, for some reason, I no longer get any reception in my apartment, whereas before I always had the highest amount of bars i.e. excellent reception. Now it shows the highest amount of bars until I actually press any button on the phone or receive a call. This is incredibly frustrating and embarassing especially since I am in the process of a jobhunt.

Cingular is godawful. I am unable to use my phone in my house, and service is spotty all over LA, esp Silverlake / Loze Feliz / Hollywood. When I called to complain, they said they don't guarantee service.

I have had calls dropped at the junction of the 5 and 134 for three days straight. Sudden dead air. Cingular is horrible near Dodger Stadium on the 5 Freeway too

Two Dead spots on Los Feliz Blvd.- at Catalina and also at Nottingham intersections traveling east or west bound.

Reception in my apartment is so poor, sometimes the phone doesn't even ring. However, twenty feet from my door reception is fine

Cingular outright sucks. After the switch over phone service reception, quality, and customer service just went out the door. I am looking into switching carriers ASAP. They might as well close their doors as they do not know how to deal with customers nor provide good service. I would recommend all others who had AT&T before the switch to also look into other options.

Ever since the buyout, service sucks, the customer service is no help and have given me two different excuses. I will have full bars and still not able to make a phone call. the service used to be great I don't know what happened. something is fishy.

In order to use this phone at home I have to walk outside into my backyard and try to find a "sweet" spot. Even then I'm lucky to get two bars and it's not unusual for a call to be dropped. Good thing I still have a land line. Am planning on switching to Verizon to see if they are any better.

My reception is so poor I feel like having the phone shut off. It is a waste of money.

On my Nokia, there are actually seven bars but 97% of the time, I had six bars. Every now and then it would drop to about four or five and a couple of days I even had all seven. Out of the nine days I was there, I only had three dropped calls, and I talked on my phone A LOT! No offense, but I have no idea what's wrong with these people's phones who got all dropped calls and only 1 bar.

bought a new phone and a new plan - Cingular treo 650 - great reception - no problems at all.

Fair to marginal reception in home due to pre-gypsum board construction. Almost no reception with GF's Samsun phone on Sprint network.

I MIGHT get reception for 5 - 10 seconds, but then am quickly cut off. Reception just goes from bad to worse as I cross north on Franklin. HELP!

Cingular actually has HORRIBLE reception in the hills above the Hollywood Bowl. But I finally convinced their customer service to switch my phone to AT&T's GSM service (since they're touting the combined forces). Makes a world of difference--no more dropped calls, and 4-5 bars reception.

cingular gets better reception now that they joined forces with AT&T

Where I live just on the edge of the Hollywood Hills above Franklin, the service works fine. If I go one block further uphill, there is no reception. In Beachwod canyon, after a block from Franklin, there is no reception. I get no reception on top of Mt. Hollywood (that was a surprise). I thought after the At&T meger, things would improve, but nope. Consumer Reports says that AT&T is the worse, and just next to it is Cingular.

No bars in market. When on Sprint, reception was OK.

Driving on Griffith Park Blvd. from Los Feliz Blvd. toward Rowena Ave. I always get dropped. Now that AT&T is part of the picture, you'll usually get a signal about 30 seconds later in the exact same spot. The dropping is very frustrating since I travel this area a lot. Cingular needs to spend some money in the Silverlake / Los Feliz area. It's very difficult to hold an unbroken conversation is this area.

Constantly get dropped on Rowena Av between Hyperion Ave. and Glendale Blvd. This is a very heavily travelled Blvd. I would think that Cingular would spend some bucks here. All around the North end of Silverlake Resevoir is bad to non exsistant. I so wish they would fix this dead spot.

Just switched over to Cingular under the ATT merger. Reception with ATT was non-existent in certain sections of Miracle Mile area, and the reception has NOT improved under Cingular. Dropped calls and very spotty service are the norm, and I can no longer use my phone for business purposes. My girlfriend's Verizon service works very well in almost every area of metro Los Angeles, including the Miracle Mile area.

I have had to order two replacement phones becuase after having the Nokia 1100 phones for about two weeks it begin dropping call anywhere you go. You also can't make of recieve calls and this last for weeks. You are going to have to keep getting replacement phones with Nokia 1100 and Cingular.

Cingular says the reception in Silver Lake is "foggy" and I have to say, Silver Lake seems to be the Bermuda Triangle of cell phone reception. I'll dial my cell phone and it'll say "no coverage" when just a few seconds ago standing in the exact same place, it was working fine. Additionally, I used to have a Nokia 6200 (one of the best) which had great reception, and now I have a Nokia 3100 which has bad reception and compounds the Silver Lake fog effect.

Sony Ericsson P800 mostly gets 2 bars, sometimes one or no reception.

At least it works in this neighborhood. I had Verizon and was unable to complete a call in the Pico / Beverwil area. Also, mostly OK in the Miracle Mile area. My contract is over and I'm actually considering sticking with my current carrier, for the first time in my life.

I switched from AT&T to Cingular because I was tired of a spending money on a carrier that didn't even get reception at my home. I was also told by Cingular that they were in the process of acquiring AT&T wireless and in doing so would be able to provide better service on a growing basis. What a load of crap! Not only do I no longer get reception at my home, I can't make a call with confidence. 9/10 times I get dropped. Not only is it frustrating, it is embarrassing. I don't care if I have to eat the cost of the phone and the break up. I am sick of this company.

Pretty good. I switched from AT&T GSM which had crap reception on Sony Ericsson T68i. Around the rest of L.A. (particularly driving on freeways), there are spotty / dropout sections where I can always count on conversations taking a repetitive turn (for instance, in residential Santa Monica). But in Silver Lake, I can hold full, uninterrupted conversations while partaking in such rewarding activities as sitting, cooking, showering, etc.

No reception in my 4th floor apartment or anywhere in the building except the roof and first floor. also across the street in the parking garage on the first floor.

Absolute crap reception, even outdoors. Static, dropped calls.

Reception is terrible in my driveway and inside my house. if i lean the wrong way while talking, the call drops. happens at least 5 times a day.

Yeah, I get 2 or 3 bars of reception pretty much everywhere at UCLA except for the elevators or deep within buildings. But this does not mean you will have a clear call or that you will even have a call at all. They drop, don't connect due to too few network sockets, etc. Suck it up and pay the extra for Verizon. Its worth it.

At Occidental College (Eagle Rock): Dorms: 0-2 bars (of 6). Stewie & Haines OK reception. Chilcott: Must be by window for 1 bar. Classrooms: Almost all classrooms - No service. Other providers work better on-campus.

Sprint and Cingular drop my calls as I cross the area. Tried with Qualcomm QCP phone for Sprint and Motorola v60g and SonyEricsson T68i for Cingular.

Zero reception above Scenic at N Beachwood Dr. with Cingular. I've heard that most carriers get zero reception in this area except (maybe) Sprint. Where do I send my contribution $$$ for a new tower? ;-)

My phone gets perfect reception anywhere outside of a building.

Cingular is great around the UCLA area. Occasionally had system busy messages, but no longer.

Generally solid reception, but no spectacular. Will usually get 2-3 bars when in building

put some cells or whatever they are called in! malibu needs better mobile phone quality. hb