Cingular has decent coverage in all of Safety Harbor. There are some issues with network capacity during peak hours to consider when choosing this provider. -Coverage- Cingular covers a majority of downtown Safety Harbor with towers (cell sites) located off 9th St.at the Progress Energy sub-station and another tower off SR590 east of McMullen Booth Rd. Users will find an excellent to good signal from the intersection of McMullen Booth / Enterprise east to Phillipe Park. South of McMullen Booth and East of Enterprise all the way down through downtown Safety Harbor towards Drew St. In summary, Safety Harbor city limits are all have a great signal including the Spa and downtown near the harbor. The only known weaker coverage spots are in the shopping plazas at McMullen Booth / Enterprise. Primarily on the west side of the intersection in Publix, CVS, etc. Coverage is also somewhat spotty in the Sweetbay shopping center as well. Other than that, I give coverage a "Good" rating given such strong service is provided in this area with only a few weak spots which are not a significant impact (e.g. complete loss of service). -Service Level- This is where Cingular (AT&T) disappointed me. Having been a user in Pinellas for years I moved to Safety Harbor only to find out there are some serious capacity issues during peak (rush)hours M-F 4-7 PM, ESPECIALLY on Friday. My wife and I both find many calls go to voice mail without the phone even ringing once. Outbound calls experience about a 40% failure rate with call setup sometimes taking 10-20 seconds before failing or sometimes getting through. Overall I am sad to say we will be leaving Cingular for voice. I'll keep my data device for just that.. data. We have drive tested T-Mobile, Sprint and Alltel in the area. See my reviews on these carriers. Overall Alltel wins with their CDMA capacity and 800 MHz coverage with great signal downtown and through Safety Harbor. Sprint was a short distance behind in coverage with a tower just behind Whistle Stop and T-Mobile near the bottom of the list with their tower being right next to the AT&T tower at the Progress Energy station off 9th street... but lacking the punch to penetrate downtown's buildings and almost no service at the spa.
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