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Verizon is a dramatic improvement over AT&T wireless, especially in and around Westwood. I notice friends with other carriers have reception here or there in their own special "sweet spot" in the neighborhood / campus. Verizon is the only one that works everywhere around here.

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.

Deep inside South Campus buildings, reception is weak and usually non-existent. But the article leading up to this survey explains that adequately (power). In Sproul hall, reception is very good, even working in elevators. In some other residential halls (particularly DeNeve Plaza), reception is spotty in certain corners, but reliability is still around 98%. Verizon is the best choice around all of UCLA when the competition is considered.

The 7135 gets better reception than my old Motorola StarTac.

Works perfect in my area, except I barely get reception in my apartment building. However, my brothers have Verizon and they get full reception. T-Mobile's reception is also shaky in the mountains. Verizon is the best. T-Mobile is OK. Sprint is crap.

I had AT&T contract for several years (Started with L.A. Cellular). I live in Koreatown. With AT&T, reception was non-existent. Using my phone in my home was impossible. I assumed it was the buildings construction that blocked the signal. It was actually AT&T's lack of coverage in the LA Civic Center. I switched to T-Mobile a year and a half ago. Reception with T-Mobile has been pretty excellent. They must have a lot of towers in the Wilshire area.

Verizon has the best reception in the UCLA area by far, and it's actually the only company that seems to get reception within my apartment building (my friends with other services get literally NO reception). I switched from Sprint a year ago, and it was more than worth the extra cost. You will still get dropped calls occasionally, but generally service is very reliable. If your reception starts cutting out frequently, consider taking your phone into the Verizon store for a software update. Also, if it's within its 1-year warranty period, they'll replace anything (batteries, bent antennaes, etc.) for free. To keep reception up, update your Preferred Roaming List once a month by dialing *228 and choosing option 2.

I hate to admit this since I am sick of Sprint PCS customer service and ready to switch. While I am testing Cingular, Nextel at this location and Sprint PCS has the best reception.

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.

I switched to T-mobile from ATT. I constantly get 4 bars sometimes 3. I can make a call anywhere in my home which is nice. I'm very happy with this provider.