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Got the phone for my parents. No complaints. They call from the 1st story of a two story home and say the reception is always flawless.

Good coverage in the Canyon on the west side of Hwy. 92. Had Verizon before and coverage was so bad they let me out of my contract.

some dropped calls but better than AT&T before 3 / 1 / 04

very good reception all over foster city. In places where my old t616 from T-Mobile has no signal, this one constantly indicates about 80%+

I get good reception all around san mateo county. I had T-Mobile before and I got around 3 bars in my house. With a Sanyo phone that I had on SprintPCS before I got around 4 bars with that.

Verizon Wireless coverage is generally good when travelling on the 101 freeway between San Mateo and 237, and when travelling on 237 from 101 to 880. There is one spot on 101 in Redwood City that the call would drop. When travelling on the San Mateo bridge (highway 92), I would get 1 or 2 drop calls. In Foster City, traveling on Edgewater between E. Hillsdale and Baffin, there is one spot that the call would drop. Generally when I'm walking within a building, I get good reception without any dropped calls. I was in Albany, Foster City, San Mateo, Palo Alto, North San Jose and Milpitas. inside Hillsdale mall in San Mateo, I get good reception. With Verison, I had a compact, heavy Sony cell phone with better reception than the Motorola Startac.

Sprint PCS coverage is generally good when travelling on the 101 freeway between San Mateo and 237, and when travelling on 237 from 101 to 880. There is one spot on 101 in Redwood City that the call would drop. When travelling on the San Mateo bridge (highway 92), I would get 1 or 2 drop calls. In Foster City, traveling on Edgewater between E. Hillsdale and Baffin, there is one spot that the call would drop. Generally when I'm walking within a building, I get good reception without any dropped calls. I was in Albany, Foster City, San Mateo, Palo Alto, North San Jose and Milpitas. inside Hillsdale mall in San Mateo, I get good reception. I used to have Verizon Wireless, and I can say that its reception is the same as Sprint PCS. With Sprint PCS, I had the LG (Sprint) free phone. With Verison, I had a compact, heavy Sony cell phone with better reception than the Motorola Startac.

Great outside... . sux in my apt, unless I'm at the window (or should I say HANGING OUT MY WINDOW). Anybody know if Helio works in San Mateo?

Not good! I am the T-Mobile customers for more than 4 years and the reception is not getting improve. I occasionally have no bar and the max is 2 bar for EDGE. Hardly to have 3g, if I do, the 3g will gone in minutes. Thinking to switch to AT&T for better network.

Inside our house we seldom get phone reception though strangely enough the phones will ring when someone calls us. Sometimes the phones will work if we sit by the front door or window. Sometimes they will work if you go out in the front yard or across the street. Seems to be affected by wind. We definitely need a new cell tower somewhere on the CSM campus for this whole area! In other areas we generally have no problem with coverage. Just a note: when I had Nextel, it did not work at all on 101 going north between Cloverdale and Crescent City. When travelling from there to Grants Pass, Oregon it would only work again on the outskirts of Grants Pass. It did not work either at the Marin / Sonoma county line. Hope someone develops a cheap satellite phone real quick!