Reception sucks in downtown Jacksonville on my phone. Half the time it shows as ROAMING and then I have to dial 1 plus the area code to call anyone!

Keep dropping calls when on overhead expressway.

Outside you are okay. In a car, it gets spotty. Ditto for inside a building. Signal varies widely in a short distance.

Signal drops significantly between I-95 and 5 points on Riverside Avenue. It's done this for years.

Verizon Wireless has the best reception in my opinion. I've had Alltel before too and I had good cell reception from Alltel at work (Riverside area) but decent cell reception at home (Westside area). With my LG-VX6000 cell phone on the Verizon Wireless network, I can usually get 4 bars both at work and at home.

I go to Baymeadows everyday to work. Baymeadows area, I have about 2 bars, which works fine for me. Downtown, I always have 3-4 bars outside, if I'm inside buildings downtown, I can have anywhere from 1-3 bars. Some buildings are better than others. Riverside (where I live), I have the worst reception when your inside (it's great outside), but no other companies are much better inside of any buildings in that area. Northside and Arlington, I have great reception. Beaches and Westside is fair. I can have my phone in my back pocket and it almost always has reception and I don't have any problems getting my voicemail a couple of minutes after the person has called if I'm out of my service area.

Usually no bars. Inside max on either phone or air-card is 1 bar but it drops to no bars it the wind blows (yeah, that's a joke, but the signal strength is the truth). Outside usually 1 bar, on a lucky day jumps around between 1 to 2 bars. The closest Sprint tower is at NAS JAX, next closest is at JAX airport. Sprint store told me "too bad for you". Some kind of service, huh?

San Marco / Miramar Neighborhood. No reception to one bar inside home. One to two bars outside and drops calls 50% of time.

Like others, I get fairly good reception in the car or outside. When I go inside, I only have one or two locations where I can talk. Also, as an aside, do not buy the Blackberry I own. I am on my 3rd replacement, and am on the phone right this minute demanding an upgrade or I will leave T-Mobile. It is even worth it to me to pay the $200.00 cancellation fee.

In the neighborhood, I only get 3-4 bars; however, my calls are never dropped. Others I know who have other services (T-Mobile, Cingular, Sprint... ) continually have dropped calls. Even though service is just ok, I would recommend Verizon over all the other carriers.

Goes from 0 bars to 5 bars to 0 bars with no movement.

You are fine outside. Inside residences in San Marco or Granada areas, the signal can become marginal to unusable.

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It is rare that I am every without reception with Verizon. Always good coverage.

This is my first expereince with Nextel. What a waste of money. I have never experienced reception as bad as I have with Nextel. The City provides me a work cell phone, but it has proven to be pretty worthless. I carry a Verizon phone to assure reception. It is not uncommon that I receive my Nextel voicemail three or four days after they are left for me. If you don't like receiving cellular calls, Nextel is the one for you.

I have no complaints about signal or service... .but I think I owe that thanks due to I have a Bluetooth... .that little ear piece works wonders!

No service in my home. Outside poor. Cingular has no clue.

Reception is non-existent inside any building on campus at all. Outside you get maybe 1 or 2 bars max. You have to literally leave campus to get any signal.

Good outside bad indoors or pocket.