Coverage Reviews for Tampa, FL

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Rating | Carrier | Location

Verizon

Can't sit in my living room and use my cell phone. Customer Service told me to buy a Network Extender. But, it's YOUR netowrk, not mine! Leaving at the end of my contract!

Sprint

I just got the Note ll and I get no reception. great phone bad service. I want to stay but I can not pay a $120 bil for nothing. They are feeding me this dream to get me locked in a contract. 4g LTE will be coming soon to area. if I wait for it and it never come then I and locked into a bad deal. I need a date, not a very soon. When very soon come then I will be back

Sprint

Phone calls ALWAYS DROP! I have 1 to 2 bars max when in my home and those always drop. God help if I have an emergency and need to call 911.

Verizon

Reception is very good, I am not sure what perfect reception is, but it is perty good here, but I am upgrading my review to perfect since that is what shows on my phone (5 bars)

Sprint

No LTE coverage. Terrible 3G coverage. Change carriers!

Sprint

Am able to send text message seem to be delayed though. Phone calls are spotty. I cannot be inside the house at all. On the driveway the service goes in and out.

Sprint

Signal constantly drops and almost never goes over 2 bars. Constant missed calls day in and out has become the norm.

AT&T

After reading this thread - the answer to the eternal question of what is the best carrier / reception / coverage / speed, is - IT DEPENDS. Good luck to you in your quest!

Verizon

Very Poor Reception in my house - 1 bar continued drop calls. Wife has Sprint, and it is awesome. May have to makea change.

Sprint

The WORST zip code / location I've ever had to endure!

Verizon

I had Verizon for 2 years now, I can count my dropped calls on one hand for this period. I traveled this summer from Tampa to Detroit to Texas then home, Great service on the road also... .. I was going to change to AT&T to get the Galaxy Note II but Verizon will have it this November... So I am staying put... ..

AT&T

Don't try to talk on the phone in your apartment. I'm looking into getting a microcell

Sprint

No reception in my townhome. Sprint had to send me an airrave to allow me to receive calls while indoors. While I work in 33602 (just outside of downtown)my 3g download speends are between 200-350kbps. In my opinion sprints speeds and and signal penetration are terrible.

AT&T

This is a brand new apt complex. Are there towers nearby? My cell reception is terrible.

Verizon

Very frustrating.. 3 G coverage maybe 1 bar so Internet access very slow. Tin cans would work better talking on cell phone to neighbors within a short distance. Always thought it was MACDILL AFB interference but hard to tell as ipoorvsignal prevalent in south Tampa

AT&T

No LTE reception although AT&T coverage map says I should be well covered

Sprint

I have problems at times near the airport on Hillsborough Ave. I was with Verizon for many years and never had a problem. I switched to Sprint because of price issues and poor customer service with Verizon. I have not had any dropped calls in Tampa or on the road in the Tampa to Miami routes. My only gripe with Sprints 4G is it is SLOW. 3G is at times much faster on downloads.

AT&T

Best carrier I've had. I've had them all here in Tampa.

AT&T

I live in the Hyde Park area and always have excellent service everywhere I go with AT&T.

Sprint

Awful reception in this area. 0-1 bars or roaming constantly.

Nextel

Sector out North coverage ZERO. SPRINT refused to repair wanted to "Upgrage" to their system. No service, no customer. BYE BYE Mr. Hesse. Hope the rest of the NEXTEL customers leave like Emergency Services customers have in the past. NEXTEL service was fantastic. SPRINT SUCKS. Get Smart, GET A NEW CARRIER NOW

T-Mobile

reception is poor when inside buildings. I know that AT&T works here and have seen friends talking over AT&T but T-Mobile has no reception.

Verizon

Poor coverage in the house, have to go outside and stand in my driveway to use my phone, more likely it's the model of my phone as others in the house with different models of phone have better reception.

AT&T

Full service, fast internet, minimal dropped calls.

T-Mobile

No reception. Unable to place or receive calls. Unable to text. I spoke to top tier support and they advised me that they are in the planning stages of a new site but until then, there will be no resolution.

T-Mobile

My HTC G2 Android phone works fine both upstairs and downstairs. I can't recall ever having a dropped call.

T-Mobile

I get 2MBps to 2.8MBps inside my 3rd floor condo in Tampa Palms. I've had no complaints with speed of service although some texts and voicemails don't come through timely. Some dropped calls but not bad enough to bother me. Only problem is that with speeds that fast on 3G I hit the 5GB ceiling pretty fast. Please post current Sprint and MetroPCS speeds!

AT&T

So many dropped calls I regret having a contract and am lookin at alternatives. Don't get an iphone in the new tampa area.

AT&T

The HTC Inspire 4G works a *lot* better than any previous phone I've used in the last 5 years while at this location.

AT&T

AT&T SUCKS. Do NOT buy the iPhone if you live in this area. At first, thought it was my house... it doesn't even work 1 / 3 mile from my house. When it does work in the South Tampa, St.Pete area, it's spotty at best. Constant dropped calls, inbound calls go straight to voicemail and then I don't even get notified of new voicemail for days sometimes. Texts are just as bad... I have to be in just the right spot with my phone at the perfect angle (don't know what that is yet... always different) for any message to go out. They come in at completely random times. I even went so far as to forward calls to my Verizon FiOS home number when at home but that doesn't even work dependably enough. STAY AWAY FROM AT&T! Wife has Droid with Sprint and gets great coverage all over. Her only complaint is battery life but I'm sure she's got auto-fetch and other battery-eater settings enabled.

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