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Been with 10 permutations of Att, Cell one, Cingular, etc. All crap! Hundreds of dropped calls everywhere in Bay Area. 5 Bars when the Cell Towers are maintained, however they only maintain the equipment once in a millennium. This is the last time I'll renew with this totally unreliable carrier.

Returning my iPhones today. My previous AT&T device worked fine here, but both iPhones drop calls or have really poor quality from inside the house. It's a shame, because the iPhone seems like a great device. Going back to Sprint.

Lucky to get one bar. Usually "no service" appears where the bars should be. I try to forward calls to my home number but don't always remember before I get to my neighborhood dead zone. If I didn't have an iPhone I'd switch to Sprint. My husband has Sprint and consistently has four-five bars.

I am using an old Nokia phone from AT&T (Cellular One). Reception is great, unfortunately Cingular is terminating the old AT&T system and I have to choose another plan, phone and perhaps a carrier. After reading your posts I am really puzzled- it looks that there is no good carrier here in Marin at all. I guess my best bet is to do a survey of the neighbors. I am planning to get a RAZR phone.

Lots of hills / valleys here in San Rafael area. I live in Ignacio / Novato area, but drive a lot in San Rafael, Larkspur, etc. I get 4 or 5 bars in my house and in all neighborhoods. Everywhere in Marin County, actually. Very pleased.

No service at all until I get to 101. My wife had a Verizon SP and her phone -- same as mine -- gets reliable reception. I am looking to change and hear very good things about Verizon. I would be interested in comments from users deep in Lucas Valley

Reception is just good enough to ring phone, but not good enough to receive call or check voice mail. Particularly annoying since my old analog phone worked at this location. AT&T (now Cingular) insisted that it was not a coverage issue until trial period had ended and I was locked into 2 year contract.

When I'm at home, the only consistent thing my phone does is say "No Service." I have to wait until I'm on the 101 to make a reliable call.

Cingular claims to cover San Rafael from a tower located in an East / West Valley where the signal is available to the downtown area and maybe 5% of the geography of the city. Less Bars in More Places... what a scam. My new GSM phone is unusable in my home and office.