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worst reception ever here in san rafael, especial when I can see cell towers

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.

Great reception at home and through most of central Marin. Exception: Going over Wolfe Grade (canyon like) and a certain spot on Sir Francis Drake - near Bachich school. If a call is in progress it's fine; if I try to make a call in those two areas - can't connect. Spotty in southern Marin in hills of Mill Valley.

Never had a problem with Sprint in San Rafael, even out at the beach I still have reception !

Very poor here also for husband's Razr (also Sprint). Coverage was poor here also with previous carriers / phones, including ATT and Verizon

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.

San Rafael CA has little or no reception for the Blackbery in most locations.

Generally very good reception now with T-Mobile; a few dead spots in the usual Marin areas (much of Fairfax, upper Sleepy Hollow).

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.