Excellent service throughout Evanston and Chicago.

Great reception inside my condo (behind Ryan Field). Great reception everywhere in Evanston.

Outdoors I mostly get 5 bars. Indoors, however, differs greatly. Mostly get at least one bar. Had no dropped calls. However, 3G speed fluctuates. I'm happy with AT&T.

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.

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.

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.

Signal is mostly fine. Could be a bit stronger, though.

Previously I owned a SE T306 and I had two bars, but when I bought the V600, performance has improved significantly!

I've been told there's a tower on the Northwestern University campus, and reception is great anywhere on campus. Inside buildings is non existent, but I've never experienced any dropped calls or poor reception outside.

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

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.

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.

There is a major dead spot in Evanston for the Sprint network right where I live by Willard School.

Cingular service has been all but stellar. I've had so many dropped calls - sometimes I just want to put Cingular out business. At Cingular they also have poor customer service. I'm just happy my contract is up and I can leave right now.

Dropped calls fairly frequent.

I get better reception in Beijing, China than Evanston, Illinois with AT&T. Really! T-Mobile fantastic, AT&T horrible.

last 6 mos. dropped calls, e-mail not checked for hours... I use this phone for business, I'm dropping Verizon after 12 years.

OK reception outside. No reception in my house. Glad I still have a landline.