Always drop calls when going 50 east. Nextel sucks glad its my work phone!

Reception perfect until about a week and a half ago (Aug 10). Now, no reception at all. 4 hours in 4 calls to ATT. No help.

Since a week ago (Aug, 13 04) I have had no reception. I called in a trouble ticket - to no avail. I've tried three different phones, a neighbour's AT&T phone is also dead. A friend with AT&T, came to visit - she can't make calls out or in. No support from AT&T. Of course they want me to buy a new phone.

Horrible reception around DC. I can't get reception inside our house or out. Constant dropped calls. Nice customer service though. I cancelled less than two months after service began with no penalty. I didn't have to pay for activation either. I wish it worked because our plan was the best around.

When I had my old clunky Nokia phone I had no problems at all. I got the new phone from Verizon and have had nothing but trouble. I have to go outside to get and keep a call.

I recently moved from Los Angeles where Sprint ruled the airwaves. Now I have to go across the street and stand in a field at Trinity to get a signal. I have tried in various locations around town and do not seem to have a problem until I get into buildings with 2 or more stories. I hope to find a carrier that I can use in my apartment.

We just don't have a good singal in this area.

The Panasonic GU87 works on GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 bands. AT&T switched from GSM 900 to 800 and renders the GU87 veritably useless. Of course, they failed to mention that they would be switching bands when they sold me the phone.

Can you spell "poor" reception? It's 1-2 bars and dropped calls all the time. Verizon said I needed new phone, so I bought one. Guess what? It's the Verizon signal (or absence thereof) not the phone that is the issue here in the shadow of the National Cathedral.

I have a very basic LG model. At first I was frustrated until I saw hw many problems my friends who have AT&T have. Sprint is above average throughout most of DC, No signal in Metro except Union Station. I am switching to a higher performance phone hoping to improve the signal clarity.

I started out a Nokia 6160 on AT&T's TDMA network. An old phone and the battery was on it's last legs. I upgraded to T-Mobile for their rate plan and got the T610 phone. No reception at my apartment unless I hung out over the balcony and no reception above ground on the Orange Line in VA. Exchanged the T610 for a Nokia 6650 which had improved reception, when T-Mobile was able to provide service. Found out firsthand they have oversold the network, so when it's busy no reception. Also found out their frequency (1900 MHz) does not penetrate buildings like my old 800 MHz TDMA. Took everything back. They tried to get me to stay by claiming DC has "exceptional" coverage and that they will have two new towers up in 6 months. They would not put that in writing and were not able to tell me what to do in the meantime. I found too many dead spots to list, and am betting at least one of their towers is the one local residents have successfully stopped construction of with a court order. I am now switching back to TDMA with AT&T where I get full reception to T-Mobile's GSM's zero. PS: Even when you do have reception T-Mobile's T-Zone data network is down for days.

The reception at South Dakota & Michigan Ave is horrible. I have to stand at my front door of my house just to get any kind of connection.

Sprint rules. I have tried T-Mobile and ATT Wireless GSM. I do not get signals inside buildings with the GSM phones. Sprint is always at full bar. I even get 3 bars reception in my garage which is 2 levels underground and in the elevators. I would highly recommend sprint for DC.

I love T-Mobile plans but the reception sucks in my house. I live upstairs and still have to move around saying 'Can you hear me now?'

T-Mobile worked fine in this area before, for the last month and a half I have gotten no reception and t-mobile's tech support people won't get back to me. I should have stayed with Sprint

Reception is non-existent from 23rd Street across the Memorial Bridge. Going south on the GW Parkway from downtown, reception does not return until after passing Reagan Airport. Heading north on the GW Parkway, reception returns for approx. 5 miles then is lost as you approach the McLean exit until you approach the 495 ramp.

My life keeps me around Capitol Hill and the Pentagon. I moved here from Baltimore where my service with AT&T was great. Once I arrived here in DC I checked in with my local AT&T Wireless store to get my number changed. The sales associate was kind of enough to tell me that there seem to be regulations keeping GSM towers from the areas I work in. Thus far my reception has been extremely poor and sporadic. Just recently I am not able to get any service what so ever. I'm switching to Verizon and going TDMA now that my contract is up.

It used to be real great in my area. Before I had AT&T and they sucked in my area, so i switched to T-mobile. Recently in the past few months my reception has been horrible, i've called t-mobile about it many times, but they havent seemed to done anything about it.

Why is it that on my billing; it sometimes shows Arlington Virginia as location of call; when I am in Washington, DC?

Last year, I tried with a Motorola. This year, an LG. Reception is defective in upper Georgetown. Calls drop way too often in several other sectors downtown.