Verizon's coverage is very good in San Diego. I RARELY drop calls. I live in Linda Vista and work in Point Loma, party downtown and in OB, PB, LaJolla, and Solana Beach. No problems at all.

I constantly get dropped calls not only in my home but even walking around outside and around the neighborhood. Sprint has been no help what so ever. The only way our phone works is if it is in roaming, but that charges us minutes. We have been with Sprint with 4 years now and we will have to drop them if this continues... it's sad. My family has the Nextel Walkie talkies and they had perfect reception here though, and that is sprint. So we might try to change phones first. Hopefully it improves.

Zero to 2 bars. Updated roaming online and software in the store with no change. Calls break up and drop ALL THE TIME! We have 4 phones. Tested on all of them, some brand new. Verizon claims cell tower signal is good for my location and recommends standing outside my house (doesn't make a differnece) or spending $400.00 for an amplifier solution! My days of 2 year contracts are over.

Ever since "Cingular became the new AT&T", I have had terrible reception. I'll manage 2, maybe 3 bars outside my home. Once inside, I can barely manage 1 bar. Call quality is poor and there are many times when my current calls will go dead for a few seconds. It baffles me because down the street near Rancho Bernardo Rd and Camino San Bernardo, I have excellent 3G coverage and signal strength.

Reception has been extremely poor throughout the Western US. Weak signals and dropped calls have made the service virtually unusable in a business context. Much older phone on Verizon still works perfectly.

3 out of 3 bars on my model. Was on Cingular / AT&T and their predecessors. Coverage deteriorated during one of the sell-offs (people in the industry advised me that towers were sold off to sweeten the deal) - whenever I asked someone what carrier they had noting that they were talking easily in a building while I had to step outside, the answer was always Verizon. I switched and have been satisfied ever since, in all parts of the West Coast and Hawaii when travelling..

I've been repeatedly calling cingular / ATT about poor reception in the San Carlos area for over a year. We live on a mesa, so there are no hillsides blocking (like in a valley) or tall bldgs. Consistently we get from zero to 3 bars, rarely 4, and never 5. Over 90% of the time its nearly impossible to carry out a conversation. We've had to repeatedly use land lines instead. We even upgraded both our phones to current models in an attempt to help the problem (at the suggestion of Cingular), but it did not. Recently I was told they are upgrading tower service in the area, and tried to switch us to something called a "blue" tower network (whatever that means), but that didnt solve the problem. I've gotten better reception (5 bars) in the elevator of my office downtown, and in Yosemite valley, of all places!

I either can't use the phone at all or the call drops every time. It's in the middle of the city, so I am not sure why it won't work on this particular street.

For the past 2 weeks I have not been able to make or receive calls. Ever since the switch to "the new AT&T" I have had nothing but problems. I heard that they increased the Edge network to accomodate the new iphone. I have called every day starting last monday. I was credited $25 for my inconvenience. So far this coverage problem has cost me more than the credit they issued.

UCSD Medical Center. Lots of dropped calls or caller unable to contact me. Lots of dead spots around the research anex.

Pretty good reception and rarely a lost call. However, recently, there is a "dead" spot at Ralphs Ranch and Camino San Thomas.

Great reception through most of Point Loma and all of Downtown San Deigo

Cannot get any decent reception in my house or most of the surrounding area. I live in a newer developed area, but there are a lot of houses and condos that should attract a tower soon. Trying to answer my cell while insde my house is worthless. Didn't own a landline until moved into this area, but due to the service restrictions, had to get one.

Used to be good, but recently it is poor to no reception on or East of N Torrey Pines Rd.

I get 4 bars regularly inside my apartment.

Very spotty reception with Cingular. Consistent dead spot at Carmel Creek / Carmel Mtn intersection.

Below average, But, best of all services I've tried in the area

No problems at home / work Haven't had any problems with coverage in San Diego.

5 by 5 from my Verano Condo

I had Cingular for 2 years and lived in Mira Mesa. I can't count how many times it said 5 bars and the next thing I knew, the call dropped. Customer service was very apathetic also and told me I could drop for $175- thanks for the options guys. I had a Nokia, a Motorola V550, and then another Nokia phone, none of them changed the poor coverage and terrible Cingular service. I switched to Verizon, finally, and have had maybe 2 dropped calls in the area - vs hundreds with Cingular. My recommendation - use anyone by Cingular (oh, and don't buy the bs commercials)!