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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.
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.
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?
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!
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.
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.
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!
