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Gainesville, FL - Cell Phone Coverage


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Nextel Rating Nextel 2.17 6
Verizon Rating Verizon 2 8
Sprint Rating Sprint 2 8
AT&T Rating AT&T 1.76 37
T-Mobile Rating T-Mobile 1.42 19

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Carrier / Rating Location / Comment Date
AT&T
5 Out of 5
5 Out of 5

Phone Model:
iphone
Newberry Rd.And 43rd St., Gainesville, FL 32607 Mon Sep 14, 2009

Works great where I work and at home - way out on Archer Rd. Love the iPhone - 3G and cell service is great in Gainesville except at Royal Park area, that seems to be the only dead zone. Had Alltel before and it dropped calls quite a bit.

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AT&T
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
iPhone
SW 34th / SR 26, Gainesville, FL 32605 Thu Sep 10, 2009

Service in the area of Royal Park and Gators Dockside stinks!

AT&T
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Motorola V3 Razr
Just West of Plaza Royale, Gainesville, FL 32607 Tue Aug 25, 2009

AT&T's coverage great everywhere in town except where I live. Inside my new condo just west of Royal Park / Plaza Royale I get poor reception. I have to lurk by a window and remain motionless to get a 2nd bar. Calls constantly fade in and out. Calls get dropped. There were murmurings about putting a tower at Westside Park which would help out that Newberry / 8th Ave. semi-dead zone. Email your commissioners today! Also, I have spotty service west of High Springs at my father's place. He has a metal roof, though. Walking outside keeps the call from getting dropped. When they lowered the cell phone signal strength wattages, a lot of the mobility left mobile phones.

Verizon
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
LG VX5200
Shands / 1329 Bldg, Gainesville, FL 32610 Fri Jul 10, 2009

Only get reception near the windows or in the elevator lobbies. Cuts off in the elevator of course!

Verizon
2 Out of 5
2 Out of 5

Phone Model:
LG VX5200
Millhopper and NW 91st, Gainesville, FL 32653 Fri Jul 10, 2009

Would love my service except for not being able to use in everywhere in my house. It's only consistent on my porch, which is a drag in the winter. Think it makes a difference that my phone is old? Would a newer phone make a difference in reception?

Nextel
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Motorola i880
Waldo Rd. / Fairbanks, Gainesville, FL 32609 Sat Jun 20, 2009

I have Boost, which I understand uses Nextel towers. Reception is usually ok in town, but not so good outside of town.

T-Mobile
3 Out of 5
3 Out of 5

Phone Model:
blackberry curve
39th Ave. / 34th St., Gainesville, FL 32606 Mon Jun 15, 2009

I've been with TMobile for 8 years now. There have been times that I've been extremely unhappy due to dropped calls... constantly. Since getting a blackberry last fall I have rare dropped calls now. Cell reception in Archer sucks which is a problem because my daughter lives there. There is a certain area that is good but between Archer and Gainesville on the Williston road there is NO service. Also... no service between Newberry and Fanning Springs / Chiefland. Once I get almost to Fanning Springs, service picks up again. Contract is up now and will be changing to ATT and getting the new iPhone soon!

AT&T
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

NW 98th St., Gainesville, FL 32606 Sat Apr 25, 2009

Ever since ATT has taken over Cingular, I have at least half of my calls dropped everyday around Gainesville. It doesn't matter where I am at, on Campus or by the mall or on the Interstate or at home, my calls will eventually get dropped. It is not that phone either because I had it replace three times and the sim card changed twice to see if that was the problem of dropped calls. It wasn't. So that just leaves AT&T's network. Unfortunately, all my friends and family have Cingular and we get free calls to each other. And if I change companies I will lose all that free time. That and the company that does have decent coverage in Gainesville is Verizon but there is something funky with their system where your phone will not ring and you will get a voice mail a day later.

T-Mobile
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Treo 680
Tower Rd.And 24th Ave., Gainesville, FL 32607 Mon Apr 20, 2009

OK in most areas of town but around my home neighborhood very poort, in my houe varies between no bars and 1 bar most of the time and often drops calls.

T-Mobile
0 Out of 5
0 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Samsung SGH-T619
SW 34th St. / Archer Rd., Gainesville, FL 32608 Fri Feb 20, 2009

I've just ended my two year contract with TMobile, and I can't to drop them. I cannot make a call for more than 7 seconds, if at all. This phone will not take calls, make calls, send nor receive texts. After numerous calls to customer service, they've tried working on the phone through the network and have assessed that there is nothing wrong with the phone. Either their wrong and the phone is horrible, or their network sucks. I can't wait to get a new provider, but I'm nervous which might be the best!


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