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Just got the phone yesterday. I can only use the phone if I stand out on the balcony while I'm at home. I work downtown and it seems to get ok reception there though.
I have Sprint, which I am very happy with, but have recently been fighting with them about the reception issues in my area. I sell phones, including Cingular, Sprint, and Verizon, for my job, and would recommend Sprint to all of my customers. However, I get no receptin at my home. The whole neighborhood is almost blocked out. I get nothing in my home. One bar, if I can. If I go East or West one mile on Calvine, I get full service. It doesn't make sense. But, otherwise I am very happy with my service. The zipcode is 95828-7570, to be specific. So, this one particular area, if you live here, please try a different service or phone.
My phone is top rated. Unfortunately the service thru T-Mobile isn't anywhere near the quality of the phone. What good is the service if you lose calls all the time? My phone shows that I have 3 bars (when outside of the house) but as soon as I make a call I go down to 1 bar and then it drops the call. Forget about making calls from inside the house.
Maybe two bars shown but drops calls all the time. T-Mobile has no answer except that they are sorry that "there is no change in service offered for that area in the near future." T-Mobile seems to be the worst GSM carrier in this area... maybe California. Supposedly they can use Cingular and AT&T towers but I haven't seen any improvement.
Great coverage (3-4 bars) if I'm standing in my driveway or out in the street. Coverage gets worse as I get closer to my house and sometimes no coverage indoors. Cingular has cool plans but pisses me off when I can't use my phone in my own room. Considering switching to either T-Mobile or Verizon but doing more research first.
Turn off your phone when you drive southbound on Waterman Rd. going into Elk Grove from Calvine Rd. You'll lose all reception. Wait until you are well in Elk Grove and then maybe, just maybe you'll have some kind of reception to get a call. Verizon says that it is not their fault because most of the Elk Grove area is over saturated with AT&T towers. I have friends with AT&T service. They don't do any better than I do. "Can you hear me now?" This whole area is a Bermuda Triangle. Nobody does very well here yet there is a cell tower off of Sheldon at Hwy 99.
Lousy phone service. I don't know whether it is the area that is not well represented or what. AT&T area coverage map indicates that this is in a good reception area. This isn't the case. I have 1 to 2 bars most of the time. To use the phone I have to drive where I know is service where I won't drop calls. That really sucks. I guess what AT&T expects you to do is find 4 or 5 areas near to your home and drive, walk, skate, or jog to them so you can make a phone call. Funny how Customer Service always says, "Oh, it has to be the phone." Service is not much better than when I used to use a "brick" phone.
This is T-Mobile Service. Poor reception in the south area. Lots of dropped calls. Supposedly can switch over to other shared networks but have not seen this happen. Their customer service has been good, equipment seems good, rx and tx very poor. I'll switch to something else when my contract is up. Customer Service says no new towers are planned. The Elk Grove area is exploding and T-Mobile is missing an opportunity. Hmm, I wonder who is on the "ball" in the area for coverage.
