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May get 1 or 2 bars, but when I make a call, it either gets dropped or the other person can't hear me.

Unusable in apartment, not even ringing most of the time. Get two bars outside but signal strength is fragile, dropping calls if I take a deep breath. Pretty decent around the south bay in general, though. Just would be nice to be able to use my cell phone, you know, WHERE I LIVE.

I have had Cingular for 5+ yrs and have been pleased with the service, even though calls seem to drop at the most random places (101, 280, etc). After moving to a new housing development on Communications Hill, I have HORRIBLE coverage. I have called Cingular repeatedly to complain and the coverage is still JUNK!

Very poor reception in this area. No signal or dropped calls driving starting from San Felipe on Yerba Buena towards 101.

I get very bad reception in the Archstone Willowglen apt. complex. The map shows good coverage, but for some reason neither my husband (who uses the Blade) nor I (LG) get signal here. Sometimes we roam, other times we don't. Other that that signal is o'k, but never in any unpopular areas. My friends with Verizon and Cingular usually have signal where I don't. I have a contract with Sprint and they won't let me out because I don't get signal at home. I'm very unhappy with them right now because of that.

I have a couple of 'hot spots' in my house where I can use my cell phone occasionally, but mostly it's useless. If I really need to make a call, I go to the Save Mart parking lot at McKee and Toyon where I get some reception. Kinda reminds me of what they said about communications in the old Soviet Union, except, thankfully, we don't need to keep the tub running for privacy. Hey, just because we pay $40- + / month, who says the service has to work?

I have had T-Mobile for year. It is the worst service overall. I have dropped calls and my friends always ask if I am driving with the windows down- when I am not. At home I get little reception and will receive message alerts an hour or more after the fact. The phone doesn't ring to begin with. I was told there were cell towers going up in the area when I initially signed up for service. I have adressed the problem with customer service. I was told I could pay 200 dollars per phone to discontinue service if I was not happy. I spent so much time on the phone with customer service to end up with a supervisor who was a jerk. I am changing service and would not recommend T-Mobile to anyone.

best I can get at 2nd floor apartment is 1 bar, dropping calls in the middle of conversation, no rings, battery runs low very fast

Nextel Willow Glen, parts of 280, 101 and 880 - Horrible!

Nearly all calls are dropped. I've gone to using my cell phone as a rolodex - look up the number and call on a "real" phone.