Inside my house it's great. It's actually great everywhere! Nextel is great.

Disaster... no reception.

Work inside basement. Don't try Cingular, not even 1 bar.

At San Francisco State University.

No reception inside apartments on Grattan Street in Cole Valley. Poor reception in the street and on the sidewalk, once you are 20 feet from the street reception is completely gone.

I do not get AT&T service if you live in Noe Valley. I don't get Cingular either for that matter. I've gone through both services in the last week and have had to return my phone twice because of non-existant service. If I tried to call my land line the call would drop before the answering machine picked up about 75% of the time. I just got Verizon service today and I have maximum reception. The customer service rep told me that they have a tower at my intersection. AT&T told me the TDMA service would work better and they're probably right, but you're better off going Verizon for Noe Valley in my opinion. Apparently, Noe Valley voted against a measure to add cell-phone towers a little while back. So, it's not so much that AT&T and Cingular are completely incompetent (although they may still be) -- just that they're unable to actually put a tower in Noe Valley.

Under the Sutro Tower. Sometimes I can get out some times not at all. It is very inconsistant on the Castro and not at all usable in Noe Valley.

Perfect reception most of the time. Even inside at home got 5 bar.

I started with AT&T in Sep 03. My first cell phone. They put me on their "new" GSM network, and the coverage was terrible! AT&T kept promising me that new antennas were going in and I should just be patient, but after several months there was no improvement. Finally, the only honest, helpful employee I've ever dealt with at AT&T told me that I should just switch back to an older phone and their digital network. He took care of all the details, and the minute I got onto their "old" network, all my connection problems vanished.

I live on the 101 side of Bernal Heights and get decent reception with Cingular. I guess like most other carriers, the signal can be strong and clear one minute and weak and crackly the next minute. I have not had any dropped calls yet. I'm starting to wonder if it is more of a phone issue than carrier. However, I get zero reception on Cortland Ave. Nothing.