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So, my experience with AT&T TDMA seems to be the exception. Signed up Fall, 2003. Got quality advice from salesman at local AT&T store. Very honest. Said that, while GSM is much better tech, the Denver area coverage for AT&T was mediocre and would take awhile to improve. I was looking for coverage in the mountains, and he firmly recommended the older TDMA network. Boy was he right. Service has been good to very good through much of the Boulder area. I get solid reception in my house, and while signal varies around town, very rarely can I not make or receive calls. Works in Broomfield, Louisville, Longmont, etc. Heck, works great in Leadville, CO. GSM quality (based on calling from store demo phones and leaving self a voicemail) is definately better, and the future. But the darn phone needs to work more places then the airport and the freeway. My contract is up, but I will roll month to month, at least until the local GSM coverage from Cingular (AT&T) is improved. Salesman did think that GSM would improve once the merger was complete and Cingular had a chance to upgrade the local plant in this area. Finally, he strongly recommended the not-so-fancy-but-free Nokia phone. While not snazzy, he said it had the best antenna of the TDMA models avail. Normally I never trust salesman, but the guy earned his commission. I'm a satisfied customer.

Just plan bad. Looking for a new phone and carrier.

I get good reception through most of boulder with some spots of low signal

I commute between Boulder and Broomfield. I can count on losing my call at least twice during the drive: once at the top of Davidson Mesa and once going under McCaslin Blvd. I also sometimes lose calls going past Storage Tek. I never had these problems with Verizon, so I'll probably switch back.

Varies between poor reception and none at all (must be right on the edge of the area). Receives text messages, but calls often fail to go through, or will be dropped.

Signal strength typically varies from 0 to 2 bars. For somewhat reliable conversations, I need to go to the 2nd floor to talk.

Terrible reception. Will get dropped on almost every call. Have to have all my people call me on my land line. Useless Service.

Sprint reception awful to nonexistent at Centennial Middle School - don't buy your kid a Sprint phone if they go here. It's been a problem for me at Parent-Teacher conferences or when I'm picking up my kids. Just south or west of here I get coverage again.

reception was excellent until a few weeks ago, but now it is off most of the time. Comes on for brief moments, often not even enough for sending an SMS. I wonder what happened.

Outside reception is Perfect. Inside the house is good near the windows. In the middle of the house, reception is average. Have been a T-Mobile customer for 10 years and very satisfied with their service.