Doesn't get to much more than 0-1 bar inside my house. I get perfect reception on my T-Mobile phone at the same spot.

Reception is horrible. My phone only works in one place in my apartment.

Reception is inconsistent, running from 5 bars down to 0. At least once per hour I can watch my phone drop from 5 bars to zero, stay there for 5-10 seconds, then come back, all while I'm standing in my living room. Needless to say I get a lot of dropped calls.

Usually a usable signal, even indoors in a building by the lake

I have an old phone, but it gets good reception. I usually get 4 bars (digital not analog) inside my apartment (3rd floor). Six months ago, I only got 2 bars in the same location.

Excellent service throughout Evanston and Chicago.

Sometimes I get two bars. Most of the time, its one bar. Dropped calls, or calls go right into voice mail and then a delay until the phone beeps to notify me I have a message.

Service is fairly good outside, both on and off NU campus, although, have occasionally had trouble with busy cells at times when making calls out. Inside most NU buildings there is no service, though sometimes service is available if you are on floor 3 or above. At Engelhart, service is decent inside, usaully works in my apt, but occasionally goes down to 1 bar or no service and might drop a call. Despite some service problems, Cingular seems to be the best in the area, have heard horror stories about Sprint and Verizon service, and have never seen T-Mobile reception better than mine; its usually equal or not as good, and inside buildings, more often worse or non-existant. I'm sticking with Cingular for now, as the service is the best I've seen in Evanston and it has the best plan for me as well.

i have great signal where I am at even inside the building and so far I have not had any dead spots so I would have to say right now I am happy with my Cingular 25 cents a min pay as you go plan

Recently switched from Cingular to TMobile and reception improved dramatically overall, but especially in this area. I even get 3-4 bars of signal indoors.

HORRIBLE reception in this area

3 different VZW phones used in this location. All had the same results. Very poor service... when it got service.

Coverage is just fine except at NU or close to the lake - then you're down to about 1 bar. Forget getting any signal in campus buildings, but most other buildings are ok. Good signal most of north shore, except a barren spot on Golf road near Chick Evans golf course.

I only get one bar inside Target, and if I try to make a call it drops everytime. I always see other people talking and they seem to have no problems. I'm not sure if it's the phone, or T-Mobile reception. Other than that the phone seems ok

I don't believe I've ever seen a single bar while inside my apartment. Most incoming calls fail to generate a ring. More than half the calls I make from inside are lost after three or four minutes. Reception on the street is better, but still very poor: one bar at most.

Terrible reception, two bars is the most i've ever seen on campus, dropped calls all over the place

Reception inside buildings is almost non existant. Even when phone rings (2 bars) it drops the call once I open the phone to answer. I have tried four different V400 phones inside my office and have the same problem. Others in the office have switched to Nokia phones and get great reception sitting right next to me. Phone gets little or no reception inside most all buildings I have been in across the Chicagloand area. Outdoor reception is fair to poor.

Reception is extremely poor inspite of being a block or two from the water tower with all the cellular antennas. My guess is that the antennas focus their signals in a manner that it excludes the area immediately around the base for several blocks. I can drive 2 blocks north and get a good signal.

Verizon has interesting coverage. There are few open areas I go where I am unable to get coverage. However, coverage will disappear randomly. Inside public building I rarely get coverage, but houses are usually alright. I've placed many calls to customer service, and they've almost always been very helpful. If you break your phone though, you'll be stuck paying for service you cannot until you buy another one as they refuse to give you a loaner.

Horrible, horrible reception. Sometimes it shows 2 bars, I call, and it drops right away. My cell phone is useless here.