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1. T-Mobile 2.67 15 T-Mobile Towers Map
2. Verizon 2.05 43 Verizon Towers Map
3. AT&T 1.67 57 AT&T Towers Map
4. Sprint 1.65 26 Sprint Towers Map
5. Nextel 1 1 Nextel Towers Map

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Carrier / Rating Location / Comment Date
Verizon
3 Out of 5
3 Out of 5

8th and Franklin, Oakland, CA 94607 Sun Aug 13, 2006

Reception is OK in this part of the city. Usually I get 1-2 bars indoors (apt with concrete etc) and 2-3 bars outside. I think part of the problem is the tall buildings. Verizon should add an antenna or two near the dowtown area. Reception is better near 16th and Franklin and near Jack London Sq.

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Verizon
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Motorola V325
Parkridge Estates / Skyline, Oakland, CA 94619 Thu Aug 03, 2006

Verizons network sucks. Everytime I see one of there stupid adds I want to strangle them. Our service is so bad when I called to complain they said yes we know it is bad we have no plans to fix it and you can cancel your contract without any cancellation fees. I have tried Sprint to no avail. My next test Cingular. Why do american cell companies spends billions on BS ad campaigns and invest zero in there network.

Verizon
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Kales / Broadway, Oakland, CA 94618 Mon Jul 31, 2006

Poor or no reception at home. After 2 years. Phone is basically useless here for placing calls. College Avenue, one block away, is little better.

AT&T
2 Out of 5
2 Out of 5

Taurus / Merriwood, Oakland, CA 94611 Mon Jul 24, 2006

I do not know what do do >> using Cingular and it is just terrible. How do they get away with saying fewest droped calls? Liars! I have to stand on my deck leaning over to get a call through and I can see all of oakland and sf. Anybody live up here have a solution?

AT&T
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Motorola V400
41st / Broadway, Oakland, CA 94611 Tue Jul 11, 2006

I only get one bar in my apartment and calls are constantly being dropped. I get slightly better reception when I'm outside on the balcony, but then I can barely hear the person on the other end of the line. I can rarely tell when the call has been dropped because with the background noise I can't hear anything.

Verizon
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Palm Treo 650 (CDMA)
Shafter / Forest, Oakland, CA 94618 Wed Jun 07, 2006

I get pretty much no reception downstairs. Upstairs is better, but the sound is still choppy, and if the conversation lasts more than 3 minutes it has close to a 50% chance of being dropped.

Verizon
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Audiovox CDM 8910
Patton St. / Chabot, Oakland, CA 94618 Sat Jun 03, 2006

I can only get calls upstairs and while hanging my head out the East facing window. Across the street is much better.

AT&T
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Blackberry 8700c
Ascot Dr. / Skyline, Oakland, CA 94611 Thu Jun 01, 2006

Sometimes I will have 4 bars but that is usually "off-hours". Many times the call will drop or become unintelligable (after the signa strength has dropped to 1 bar). I usually have to leave the phone next to the bedroom window and use my Bluetooth headset when on the phone. There appears to be no EDGE coverage -- only GPRS and GSM. Hopefully the service providers will read these comments and do something about the less-than-acceptable coverage in this area. Not sure what carrier just installed a cell tower at Mountain and Ascot but it didn't seem to help with Cingular service.

AT&T
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Motorlla V400
Stanten / Palm Ave., Oakland, CA 94610 Sun May 21, 2006

Inside the home, the reception is erratic; sometimes you get it sometimes you do not. I have waljked all over the studio trying to find the best reception are without success. I never experienced dropped call until I moved to this zip code.

Verizon
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
LG VX6100
22nd Ave. / 12th Av and E22nd St., Oakland, CA 94606 Tue May 16, 2006

The reception on this model is horrible. You can rest assured that if making or recieving calls in the area of 12th Av and East 22nd st all the way down to Park blvd your call will drop. Also, it doesn't work inside in these areas either. Most times I'm not able to use my phone until I'm actually on interstate 580 in either direction. However, it doesn't get any better once you transition onto Interstate 80 eastbound until you get to the city of Albany. From that point all the way to Vallejo it does fine.

AT&T
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
BlackBerry 7290
Colton Blvd. / Near Mountain, Oakland, CA 94611 Sat May 06, 2006

If I stand outside on my balcony, I can usually squeeze out another bar. I'm getting really tired of dropped and unconnected calls.

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Sprint
4 Out of 5
4 Out of 5

Oakland - Montclair / Valley View - Merriwood, Oakland, CA 94611 Fri May 05, 2006

Have had several Sprint phones, all had excellent reception at my home and throughout Montclair with the exception of some areas on or near Skyline Blvd. Currenly using a Treo 650 (solid reception no drops) and a Samsung A900 (solid reception) my wife has used several Sprint Samsung models all with good reception. I was given a Verizon phone for work (no signal at my home) switched models to the most expensive phone they had with allegedly good reception... still no signal at my home.

Verizon
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
LG VX8100
Lawton / Broadway, Oakland, CA 94618 Sun Apr 23, 2006

Constantly wavering zero to three bars, with frequent dropped calls. My wife and I both have LG flip phones from Verizon and experience the same lousy signal quality throughout the Upper Rockridge and Broadway Terrace neighborhoods. The dead spots get worse as you head up the Oakland hills near the Caldecott Tunnel.

Sprint
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Sanyo SCP-8100
Rockridge / College, Oakland, CA 94618 Mon Apr 03, 2006

Sprint sucks so much azz. I've gone thru three phones in the last year, and Sprint uses each phone change as an excuse to lock me into another 2 year contract. All the while, the reception is horrible. Any 5+ min conversation has a 50% chance of dropping the call. The voice quality is muffled and robotic-y. Avoid at all cost. I wish I had.

Sprint
5 Out of 5
5 Out of 5

Phone Model:
sanyo scp4900
E 34th St. / 13th Ave., Oakland, CA 94610 Tue Mar 21, 2006

Have excellent signal all the time

Verizon
4 Out of 5
4 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Palm Treo 650 (CDMA)
Hiller / Charing Cross, Oakland, CA 94618 Sun Feb 19, 2006

only works well if stand on Bay side of house by window.

Verizon
5 Out of 5
5 Out of 5

Phone Model:
LG-something
Oakland / Bayview Ave., Oakland, CA 94610 Fri Feb 10, 2006

Never really had any problems with Verizon. Always works fine wherever I go in the bay area.

AT&T
0 Out of 5
0 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Motorola RAZR V3
Hiller Dr.At Binncle Hill South / End of Binnacle Hill South, Oakland, CA 94618 Tue Feb 07, 2006

My wife and I have different phones: me a Treo 650 and my wife a Motorola Razor. We both used to have Nokia 6000 series. We have always had no (zero) reception in this residential area. A block away at Spyglass Hill (east side), there is poor reception also. Maybe one bar only.

Verizon
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Kyocera 7135
Highland Ave. / Oakland Ave., Oakland, CA 94611 Thu Feb 02, 2006

Only sporadic reception at my home. Very frustrating

Verizon
3 Out of 5
3 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Samsung, Mot, LD
Estates / Proctor, Oakland, CA 94618 Thu Feb 02, 2006

We just moved to the nieghborhood and while we may have 3-4 bars, calls often drop on all 3 of our phones. Just talked to Verizon Customer Service and the closest tower is located between Lake Temescal and Hyway 24. We suspect that the problem is an over crowded cell due to commute traffic going through the tunnel. I'm stuck till July when my contract is up. Friends that have Cingular don't get dropped cals from here.


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