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I've used all of the carriers throughout the Bay Area and traveled nationwide. Hands down VZW is by far the best. No service is perfect but VZW has done the best for me and my cell phone is all I have. I've been without a home phone for over 8 years. If I had to rank them, 1 VZW 2 Cing 3 Sprint but they're way down the list 4 Nextel but they're fading fast 5 T-Mobile, don't rely on it too much 6 Metro, great for kids who don't care Try them all out but for voice and highspeed data, there is no comparison to Verizon Wireless.

i have grate reception up in my room almost always a solid 5 bars up in my room

Usually get around 4 bars, never had a dropped call. Great VZW service that I need and expect.

Average reception at BART station. Some dropped calls. Maybe Walnut Creek has crappy reception because no one wants to allow cell towers to be added. C'mon people. We're gonna have to allow some new towers if we want better reception.

I'll have 3 bars on a good day. I can be near the patio and still the reception is low. It's almost a daily tradition to have at least 3-4 dropped calls a nite with my girlfriend.

I have Sprint for 8 years and I've never gotten great coverage inside our house. Inconsistent coverage at best. Upstairs gets 2-3 bars and downstairs gets 1-2 bars. Almost always need to go outside for better coverage.

2 bars is the best I'll ever get. 50% of the time I get one, which is good enough if I don't walk around too much my house or away from my windows. I use an ear piece, find the best reception and leave the phone in place.

In early summer the reception was excellent, since then I get poor reception and / or calls drop

Terrible reception at this location. Dropped calls, and voice fades in and out.

I have two phones on my Sprint plan, This one in Walnut creek, and one out near wallace. The reception is so bad in both places, I can't call my other line, which is what I use the phone for most often. Switching today but no service stands out yet.