Poor to no reception in my aptt

Coverage is fine if you're outdoors all over town. Once you're on a bus or in a building it's all down hill, including terrible data service performance.

Had AT&T in Iowa City / Coralville area for 4 years and usually always have coverage. The coverage also has gotten ALOT better over those 4 years. Most always it is at 3+ bars with 3G.

My son gave me his old iPhone 3G Coverage has been 1 bar to no service. Cancelled plan! My Verizon flip phone has never dropped a call in Iowa City. In fact we have even gotten coverage in the arrowhead of MN on Lake Superior. Anxiously waiting for Verizon to start carrying the iPhone !

If reception was consistently bad it would be far less frustrating. AT&T are geniuses at providing tantalizing service (occasionally excellent, then none even when you put the phone in one place and use as a speakerphone.) Would get iPhone / AT&T only if the phone feature is not important.

Reception varies, never good. tried booster, still no help. company talk about improved reception in spring, 2010. It's mid-June and no improvement.

Sprint coverage inside Iowa City is great. I work in the basement of a research building at the Medical School, and I get a great signal.

Poorest, most frustrating phone service I have ever had. My boyfriend and I are on a family plan and can hardly ever talk to each other. Our calls never go directly thru but go to Voice mail. And then it can take anywhere from 2 hours to 2 days to get a message that we have new voice mail. Cannot use the phone in my house, and sometimes not even on my street, and I live on top of a hill "Summit St." Occasionally I get calls to go thru at work out on the west end of town. If you live in IOwa City, don't go with AT and T, a big waste of money!

It seems to have gotten worse in the last month. Now signal is completely lost in many areas between Iowa City and North Liberty. I have friends who have moved to Verizon and it solved the problem. Unfortunately, can't move with the iPhone though.

Signal strength ranges between 2-5 bars... but I'm always able to make calls without any issues. I get a dropped maybe once every other month... so, it's rare. Would go with Verizon again because their signal strength seems to be best of the major carriers (Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile) in Iowa City.

I live in a lower-floor apartment (2-story bldg) which opens out onto a garden and lawn. The reception inside is minimal - the phone loses its connection very quickly (10-40 seconds) when I make or receive a call; I can't have a sustained call. And in parts of the apartment it doesn't work at all. Outside it works fine (a couple of dead spots notwithstanding). In my place of work (downtown Iowa City) it works fine.

No reception inside the house with i-wireless service. getting 2 bars outside the house. planning to switch to Verizon wireless.

Frequently drop calls in town. No reception in certain areas I regularly travel to and from work. No reception in areas of Cedar Rapids. Several "dead spots". Go with someone else.

never had a dropped call in the 4 years I have been with Verizon.

Reception actually vaires between 2 to 5 bars. I very rarely have dropped or missed calls. When I do, I am usually in a big building or basement and I don't expect any other carrier to be better in those situations.

Seem to be between towers. 1Bar then 4 bars then back to one. Garbled voice then perfect. We need more towers in Iowa City. All AT&T users should complain. I know its a pain in the A&& but they need to hear it from their users.

I have traveled throughout the US using two different Cingular / AT&t phones. Their service is at best frustrating. I would never go with them again. There are massive dead spots throughout Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota (esp. the Twin Cities), DC, Boston and New York. You would think that in the most populace parts of the country the company would be aggressive with ensuring coverage. No such luck. Look forward to either no reception or constant dropped calls-in the network that they claim have the least dropped calls. If this is true, I will be available only via email from now on.

If you would like to waste $70 a month, go with Cingular, now AT&T. In my apartment on Broadway I have used two phones, one being an older Nokia, and another a newer Motorola. Neither of them work. Most of the time there is not even enough reception for incoming calls to ring and the rest of the time they are dropped anyway within seconds. I really enjoy the convenience that cell phones offer-getting to stand outside to get enough reception during conversations is simply wonderful. Do not waste your time with this company. They drop calls everywhere!

Coverage is horrible in our house and spotty around the city and state. As long as you're on a MAJOR highway the coverage is good. I hate the inconsistency.

My Verizon phone constantly drops calls and the reception varies widely throughout town and in building. The problem with Verizon is they don't care about a market this small so they cover it as sparingly as possible. They also have the new phones set to hold the Verizon signal as long as possible, making calls on the fringe of the service area impossible as it won't switch to the much stronger partner network. Verizon is great for any large city but traveling and use here has been horrible. I have friends with the other carriers and from what I've seen I Wireless and US Cellular are by far the best choices for local Iowa coverage. I can't wait for my Verizon contract to be up!