Reception is terrible in South Tampa overall. Bayshore Blvd, forget it. I work with a guy who used to be the Nextel rep for South Tampa. So I can tell you they know it's horrible. There used to be a temporary tower at MacDill AFB. Why it's no longer there, I don't know. I can't wait to switch.

Usually great reception all over the state, except for a dead zone on I-4 between Orlando and Tampa - EXCEPT in Seminole Heights. Zero reception inside the house - poor reception outside the house. I am dropped from every call that I am on if driving on Florida near Sacred Heart Acaademy (MLK). Like clockwork.

Very few dropped calls but network is sometimes overloaded - or so it seems. Person calling us may get a busy signal when we aren't on our cell.

Been with Sprint for three weeks and the reception is very bad every time I use the phone. Cuts out, static constantly. Had a TracFone before, worked perfectly.

T-mobile gets no bars as soon as I turn off Fowler into the Raintree Village condo's. Have called them only to be told their map says reception is good there. Switching to Verizon.

Horrible! The most I get with my Cingular service is 2 bars of reception if I stand ABSOLUTELY STILL near a window. Any where else in my small apartment I can get no reception. Once I got 10 dropped calls in 20 mins!

Sometimes 4 bars, sometimes 2. Mostimes that's in the middle of a call and then it's dropped.

I get great reception on my phone with verizon, I think sometimes though my house blocks some of the signal.

not just my phone, seems that most cell phones have the same problem, we need a tower near here to cover the area with some signal. phones often do not ring, they just go to voice mail and then you get a new vm signal. flips to analog roam, digital roam, no signal and then back to roam... . other folks leave the building to get signal.

Good service, never had a problem so far.

My Quad band / EDGE Treo 650 has great reception in this area. Automatic band switching by this phone covers the full GSM spectrum. Now if I could only get it to control the weather.

Never had a problem with Verizon's reception in this area or any adjoining area for a 200 mile radius. Wish they had more competitive plans. Keeping them in spite of better deals from other providers.

Cingular service is maybe even worse than the horrible AT&T Wireless service it acquired. Dropped call, poor reception, line noise, and often all calls are forwarded to voicemail. Would not recomend their service, products, or customer service (lack) to anyone I know. HORRIBLE! HORRIBLE! HORRIBLE. Stay away and save yourself TIME, GRIEF and MONEY by going to another service.

Wife had Alltel for 7 years, worked good most places. I had T-Mobile for 4 years, worked good most places. We got 5 MetroPCS phones a couple months ago and the reception is Perfect everywhere in Tampa. 75% of the time ALL THE RECEPTION BARS ARE HIGHLIGHTED!

Using Cingular's TDMA service in this area is not that good. I could get a signal previously in my 3rd floor apt ( I would get the regular "Cingular" screen) but lately as of last week all I get is "Cingular Extend" kind of like roaming. Other than that sinal anywhere East of Westchase is very good. Hopefully if / when I upgrade to GSM there will be better service.

I was attracted to the idea of unlimited calling because I use about 1600 minutes a month. Now I can't use 900 minutes if I tried because of all of the dropped calls and bad reception. I'm switching back to Alltel.

Only one GSM cell tower in this area. Cingular representative even said this area has poor signal strength. The only way you'll get full bars is if you have a signal repeater in your house, or stand next to the tower five miles down the road. The only good thing about Cingular is that they have great phones which can be used around the world. If you want Cingular I recommend buying a Quad-Band phone which will cover the full cellular frequency spectrum to maximize reception. Had a Razr which was Quad-Band and never lost a signal (even in the bathroom)! My Tri-Band SMT5600 just doesn't cut it...

Havent dropped a call or lost evdo service

Awesome coverage. No complaints. Verizon Wireless rules!

Never had any problems with it. I had the V710 before this, but it was great, too. I also have their EVDO wireless card for my laptop, and it works like a dream.