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Have to be next to a window or go outside to even get a small signal. Their coverage map says they cover this area, but I never get signal. Calls drop all the time. It's just as bad as Brighthouse networks.

The last few months service has gotten progressively worse. Constant dropped calls, static, dead zones. Very annoying. This is with 3 different kinds of phones... not just blackberry. Becoming very unhappy with At&t.

Cannot make calls from inside house or close to house outside. Have to walk into the street -- and even then the calls drop. Love my phone, but service is horrible. I think I'll give Verizon a try when my contract is up in a few months.

Have to find that sweet spot in the house to make or recieve calls... .

Horrible reception. Dropped calls daily. Almost impossible to use phone indoors or out.

AT&T signal couldn't be better here on the west side of St. Petersburg near SPC--iPhone has worked wonderfully well for the year that I have had it--I had a Motorola RAZR before that and it also worked just fine. I can't believe all the bad things I'm hearing about AT&T. My experience is just the opposite. Good wireless signal and good customer service from the AT&T company store near Tyrone Mall.

I've had AT&T for years--great reception most everywhere in downtown St. Petersburg-- including inside buildings. Only had one dropped call in several years and that was on the Howard Franklin Bridge. AT&T (and Cingular before them) has always given me four and five bars. I'm off contract and could switch anytime, but I'm staying with AT&T !

Terrible inside house - must be in the right spot to get any bars at all, and still weak Better in backyard

Have to stand in a certain corner of my apartment to get any kind of signal... very frustrating. Signal shows 5 bars, but cant make calls or receive calls in most of the area.

No reception at all in house and maybe, if lucky one bar in street.

Had AT&T tdsm with ok reception. Then Cingular with gsm and got a little better reception. Now with the new AT&T I get a below average signal. I've callled them several times and they do some kind of reset and reception remains bad. Their rep told me that I would receive good reception 200 feet north of my house. Sure, when I need to use my cell I'll walk 200 feet down my street. I have 4-5 bars then it drops to 0-1. Can't use in house. Contract expires in 2 months, will find new company!

My old phone (same model) didn't have great reception here, but my new one has had 5 bars consistently since replacing. My husband has a LG and also gets good reception here.

I find the entire downtown area of St. Pete, especially the Baywalk and Bayfront areas, have no reception at all. I don't know if this is because there are a couple of hospitals in that area, causing some kind of interference with phone reception, or if it's the AT&T phone service.

Gets weaker as go east along Pinellas Point Dr.and 62 Ave S.

I was with AT&T and my service was good. When they merged with Cingular, my service was average, but declined each month to the point that I would have no bars and could not use my phone at home at all. Cingular stated that I needed a new phone and needed to be on the GSM network in order to get quality service. The problem was that they would not honor the plan that I had originally signed up for with AT&T, hence, they did not have a phone to sell me. I contacted the public relations department and still no resolution. I talked with someone from the Office of the President's office and the rep provided me with some options, better than what was being offered on the site, and sent me a free SLVR phone. After a couple days of using Cingular, now on the "optimal" GSM network, which turned out to be terrible. I contacted Cingular and they said it could be the device. They sent me another SLVR. The reception was still terrible. Friends and family who called said my voice was muffled and skipping. Same problem when trying to hear them, also, I could hear clicks, and buzzing sounds. I switched to Sprint, which so far has been clear reception. I used to like Cingular, but I'm disappointed in their service and technical support. There motto is raising the bar. I hardly had a one bar. They are also pitching they have the fewest dropped calls, but what about the service in general. Perhaps they do have the fewest dropped calls, but that wasn't my issue. I couldn't hear the person on the other end and they couldn't hear me. Hopefully they'll fix their systems so other Cingular users don't have to deal with these frustrations.

Phone is unusable in my home. Phone can not even find the network at times. I have had dropped calls as well. Problem has been going on for 3 months and Cingular did absolutely nothing to fix my problem. Service was very good prior to that time. Company wouldn't even connect me with a person in tech support, said it wasn't there policy. Spent hours on the phone talking to there customer service and only received ridiculous suggestions. Very dissatisfied with Cingular's performance.

I have dropped calls every single time. It's so bad there are days I cannot even access my voicemail. My phone frequently goes into "emergency only" mode. Seemed to have gotten worse after AT&T merged with Cingular. I am so steamed I am ready to pay $$$ to terminate the contract early.

Terrible Reception, dropped calls and buzzing feedback the past 2 months. Cannot use it at my house

We have had nothing but problems with Cingular, dont go with them if you live in St.Petersburg

Cingular Orange -Switched to a GAIT tri-mode in February 05. Last Month GSM by the water good to very good, but lose it and pick up TDMA in front of building - below to poor. Totally lose it at Cobia, pick it up again on Elkcam. Service had improved since merger until the past few weeks. This weekend, totally gone. GAIT phone mostly on AMPS (Analog) this weekend. Just got TDMA back a few hours ago, and GSM a 1 / 2 hour ago. GSM signal now about average, worse than last month. Erratic all weekend. Cingular CSR's are not sufficiently well trained to even know what GAIT is, let alone troubleshoot.

Was marginal 3 years ago, then improved. Now with switch to GSM, TDMA declined to poor 95% time, fair 3% and good 2% (usually when "extended"). Another forum had Cingular CSR post info from their maps stating NO TDMA or GSM service for area. The closest "acceptable" as 22 Ave S. Cingular states it must be my "phone" although it performs fine up in Palm Harbor and N. Ft. Myers.