Bad bad reception. Poor reception on the street and not to mention the reception in house.

I had AT&T digital with NO reception here. Switched to GSM and have had NO problems!

Metro is terrible, the bars keeping jumping from full, to no service. Sometimes calls cannot be recieved because of no service.

Over the years I have had service from most of the majaor carriers. Of those, Sprint (3-4 Bars) and Verizon (5 Bars) are the only ones that work within my house. The Verizon service is so good within my home that it is usually the phone of choice over the land carrier.

I have Cingular with a Motorola V3 Razr phone. I get perfect reception here and very crystal clear connection.

Dropped signals in my South Natomas neighborhood. Same situation downtown where I work (3rd and N Sts, ZIP 95814) -- I've inadvertently picked up excess roaming charges when the phones have switched to analog. It's Sprint -- not the phones -- same situation previously with a Motorola and a Qualcom,

In 2 years I've only dropped a very small amount of calls. T-Moble has been great for me. Good price and good quality equipment and network.

Great here on Florin on the hill at work. Two blocks into the neighborhood dips to one or two bars. Generally pleased with Verizon's reception here.

Sprint has had the good coverage in Sacramento compared to other providers. I was with Cingular until early 2003, and tried AT&T GSM in early 2003 also. Neither had anywhere close to the reception coverage that Sprint had in 2003, with the coverage being comparable to Verizon in this market. With Cingular, I couldn't make or recieve a call in my apartment or at work (Stockton and Y Street), making the phone and service less than useful. I recommend Sprint to my friends in Sacramento and in San Francisco. Of note, the phone does make a significant difference in reception, please read the reviews before buying.

Cingular and AT&T reception is horrible in this new development area.