I've had Cingular for a LONG time. (since late 90's) I used to have good service from it. Only ongoing issue I had was once in a while (very rarely) it would recieve a call with no ring and not deliver the notification of the missed call and (usual) corresponding vmail until a day or so later. HOWEVER, recently (last 3 months or so) it has turned HORRIBLE. So bad, that I actually stumbled on this thread while looking on the net for answers. Basically, it just drops to 0 bars of reception, for long periods of time (30 minutes to hours), and regardless of location (one minute I am at home or at a restaurant with full coverage, the next I have 0 bars and get the "No Network Coverage" when I try to make a call). I couldn't communicate with my Dad when I was late to a lunch with him. I've been cut off from conversations at night only getting coverage back the next day. (and getting their vmail) I even travelled through Houston and had it happen to me there at the airport while I was on a call: full bar to 0 bar that lasted for hours (I walked around and tried to get something, nadda). I don't like being cut off, but I also don't like people thinking I just flaked on them or snubbed them. I thought it might be my phone, though a friend who lives in Clairemont told me AT&T stinks and he has the same 0 bar issue. I'm planning on taking my phone in today to a Cingular store and finding out what is going on. If things don't resolve, I will check with my tech friends on what service to switch to.

i have had Verizon for about 5 years and always had great signal. no dropped calls at UTC or near the airport, I work in Little Italy.

Even though I get full reception, there are many times where someone tries to call me and the phone does not ring, and there is no sign of a missed call. Also, voice quality can be choppy, especially at night time.

Even though I get full reception, there are times when my phone does not ring and some is trying to call me. Voice quality is choppy, especially at night time.

Nextel works OK inside my house near the post office, but going into the canyon at Genesse and 52 is a death zone now, use to work fine. Moraga just north of Balboa at the 4 way stop is a touchy area, usually drops, but then once in a while it stays connected.

The new caltran building has lost all AT&T reception inside in the last 6 weeksyou used to get 3 bars and now you get zero since Verizon added boosters

Signal highly variable. Many dropped calls. When I called Verizon customer service, they tried to blame it on my phone, even though I told them that reception was perfect a few blocks away. After doing some checking, they finally admitted that there were "reception problems" in my area and that Verizon was "working on" installing a new cell tower nearby. This' was over three months ago and nothing has happened. m not sure why we are paying for this!

I have never had a call last more than 2 minutes without it dropping in my neighborhood. You can tell who has Verizon in our apartment complex because they all go walking around outside looking for better reception. Not sure why this area sucks so bad. I've had to purchase a land line just for phone calls at home.

I get dropped calls all the time no matter where I am in San Diego. I have already switched my phone twice thinking it would solve the problem. Sometimes I miss calls becaus it only rings once then goes to voicemail. I am thinking of switching to Verizon. I just like AT&T because I like GSM phones better, I like the fact that I can just get any phone and put my chip in it and it will work.

The phone will not ring into the apartment. I understand the cell band is from sprint.