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 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.

Drop calls have increased withing the last year and a half. I thought service was to get better. Many dead zones around 5 mile radius of home and within home. Not a happy camper!

Reception super low and is no more than 2 bars sprint clamed thath they have and exelent Reception I have check more than one phone including palms they dont work

I'm in Hollywood / Hancock park / Mid Wilshire area and now using T-Mobile. I had serious problems with Sprint three years ago in this area, so I switched to Verizon for the last two years. Reception with them was excellent, but my bills were HUGE! I have switched to T-Mobile and am blown away at how good reception is in this area - jus as good as Verizon. The 4g web connection is very, very fast and serves my new Android phone very well - I now do more browsing / emailing on my phone than my PC since voice recognition on the new Androids (2.2) means I no longer need to use the on-screen keyboard. This phone blows away the iPhone. Call quality is excellent - no dropped calls.

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.

I am about to take the plunge and get AT&T and the iPhone. Before I do so, I must pay my respects to Verizon which never let me down coverage-wise. I will use my first two weeks to evaluate and I will be back if AT&T does not deliver (and I'll repost).

Usually I praise VZW for having the best phone service but every since I moved here I'm lucky if I get 1 bar.

Signal varies from 2-5 bars (out of five). Some numbers of drop calls but generally average.

Well, I think Verizon is the only company that you get 1 or sometimes 2 bars when you're in the subway! Wow... so amazing. Such strong signals they have.

i generally get reception where ever i go. when i'm at my friend's dorm in the hills, i get 1 bar or none but i really cant complain because i got my v205 (--> now a v200) for 40 bucks! ;] tmobile is good for me. especially my plan, works wonders how i never go over my minutes now! im satisfied. i had verizon before but their phones weren't cutting it for me. reception was good but the phone was a major problem for me.

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 made the biggest mistake--switched from Nextel to Sprint. With all other carriers in the LA / Mid-Wilshire area I couldn't even get reception in my own home. Nextel was the only company that had clear reception, excellent call quality and few dropped calls. Switched to Sprint ONLY because I liked the features of their phones and I assumed they were on Nextel's network. WRONG move. No one can ever hear me and I can barely hear my callers. Will switch back to Nextel or try Cingular.

Complaints about slight breaking up. Can hear clear on my end though.

I.m Cell Phone Store Owner 8th St. and Hobart Bl Receiption Quality in the Store(indoor) Veizon : 5Bar T-Mobile : 3Bar Sprint : 4Bar Cingular : 1Bar Nextel : 3Bar

Calls were never dropped in past two years - ins and outs of building. However, I'll never buy another Motorola phones (exchanged 3 times in the past two years - same problems)

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.

Lots of dropped calls in this area.

5 bars in Apt. with no reception - deception. Dropped calls are de rigueur. Student at USC shows 5 bars and again reception is spotty. Today I switch to another provider. I' m frustrated with Sprint service.

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.