Perfect reception anywhere on DePaul University's campus. If you go in any building, still all bars. Any other provider does not work though. Sorry, you're out of luck without Cingular / AT&T.

perfect reception

below ave.outdoors poor indoors no reception in basement.

Used to get great reception until new buildings were built. Called Cingular many times but no improvement. It has been 1 year now with bad reception.

I just moved from Houston, where Verizon was fantastic. Now, EVERY call is dropped. I am not exaggerating. This is so incredibly annoying since I depend on cell phone for all correspondences with work and friends. There is usually 1 small bar to no bars. Don't bother trying it on the train, you'll get nothing. It has sporadic moments where you will have a 20 min conversation, but wait, no-- it will drop the call the moment you start to trust it. It is completely worthless inside buildings. The power suddenly drops and it turns off. But if you turn it on a minute later it is OK. Weird. Customer service told me to get it serviced. I did. Nothing has changed. I just took a trip back to Houston with it over the weekend, and it worked perfectly. Therefore, I believe that Verizon is full of itself and that they don't have enough coverage for Chicago--they of course blame you or pretend that you have to spend hours at the shop with them or on the phone. Don't bother. Save time and money and just cancel it ASAP. It is worth your money not to feel constantly frustrated.

I never drop calls with my Verizon phone. I was just marvelling how great my reception was... just rode up the elevator--4 flights--and did not lose my call!

Cingular service has been excellent in all areas that I have observed. All service provided in my local area is GSM. I originally was given the Nokia 6340i by Cingular to insure that I had complete TDMA and GSM service when travelling in rural areas.

It's like being in a big shadow. Walking east, bars begin to reappear as I approach Fullerton and Sheffield.

VERY poor reception - rarely can get through on first several tries. Often can't call or be called inside of structures. Today was NO reception from my car. Called to complain and they were unhelpful. I'm getting a different cell phone provider -- I've had enough of Cingular / ATT.

In my apartment(1st floor of 2 flat) on Belden and Sacramento I get about 1 to 2 bars. I get a lot dropped calls as well. There must be major interference in the area because my wifi will not work either.