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Very bad reception going southbound on the 101 near Vineyard. Better going northbound. I had much worse reception driving my low slung car. It is a little better in the Minivan.

Reception is very unreliable. Fluctuates between 1 and 3 bars. Indoor it's zero.

Had Nextel service in this area and it sucked! Changed to AT&T and ten times better. I get good service all along the 101 frwy from Camarillo to Ventura!

No reception inside my home, and 1-2 bars signal strength outside. There is a new tower 1 / 2 mile away, and after updating the phone's program, reception is unchanged for both Sprint and roaming. Dropped calls while outside is the norm. Very disappointed.

I've put at least 12 hrs in the past 3 weeks with customer service and various Cingular shops trying to resolve various problems. I dial and I can't hear a ringtone and I can't hear the people I'm calling though they can hear me. dropped calls, other voices on my line and horrible customer service most of the time wanting us to be on hold for some ungodly amount of time. Ridiculous and I will be trying another phone again. Less minutes for the new plan and worse service and less reliable.

I can't get any ringtones on my cell phone WHY IS THAT?

Too many drop calls durring a conversation. 0 - 2 bars. Customer care is terrible. I was talking with them for over 2 hours trying to come to a resolution. Came to a conclusion that they are going to give me 30 dollar discount on a different phone but no guarantees of the reception. Asked him if I can get in contact with him if the new phone does not resolve this problem. He said that was impossible as they do not have a number to their building (ya right!). I turned around and asked him to then give me a call in one months time to follow up to see how every thing is working for me. He did not want to do this for their customer and started making excuses that he will be on vacation in one month. Asked him to then give me a call in one to two months and that he can decide which day he can do this. All I want is a curtousy call from himself to see how I am doing with the new phone. Took me a while to get a "yes I will call you myself to see how you are doing in a month or two". They did not want to shorten or break my contract and their was no one else I can talk too. I have been with ATT for over 5 years with no problems until now.

Usually only one bar. Occasionally jumps to 3 bars and then back down. Frequent dropped calls.

On the beach and surrounding streets the Verizon service around here is very sketchy. You're lucky to get enough of a signal to send a text message let alone make a phone call without it dropping. In my apartment I can get a bar or sometime two on the upper balcony. I barely get one in the bedroom or the back of the apartment. I can stand down in the middle of the street or the wide open beach and have a hard time getting a signal most times. I'd really like to switch to another provider, but it seems that none of the providers provide great coverage all over the Oxnard area here.

Sure, reception is good if you care to live on the roof! Incidentally, they consider coverage in this area "good" based on their coverage map but, in speaking with their reps, it turns out "good" in T-Mobile speak is equivalent to having coverage gaps (their words, not mine) with some locations having NO coverage. Two neighbors told me they switched from T-Mobile because they can't get coverage here. Yes, it's THAT bad.