Poor cell service indoors. I can usually make / receive calls from the upper floors of my home, but call service is spotty on the lower levels. Data is even worse despite AT&T's claims of "Best" service at my home.

100% dropped calls from this area for over a month! When calls are received or made person on other line cannot hear what is said. Neighbors, myself or anyone who comes into this area with AT&T wireless cannot use their phones. No resolution from complaints that are filed daily. When asked if this was acceptable wireless service - was told (and I quote) - "It will have to be acceptable."

I live on a College campus and can get at the most 3 bars, but it still drops many calls frequently.Reception sucks here for At&t. I get "fewer bars in more places!" Its the middle of the town but my phone reception is like I'm in a nuclear fallout shelter here, or the bottom of the Grand Canyon! My vote?... "Boooooooooooo--hisssssss!"

If you live in north Lombard / Villa Park do not go with Sprint. They did have acceptable signal until spring this year when they activated a new tower. Sounds odd how a new tower could cause a dead zone? When the new tower / antenna is directed opposite from you and caused the neighboring tower / antenna (your old signal giver) to be directed away also as to not have wide signal overlap. Given the two are directed to Addison and Elmhurst / 83 respectively, there must be more subs in that area.

data coverage is extremely spotty, sometimes non existent. Calls drop often...

I've always gotten great reception with Verizon all through this area. I'm pretty sure they've been bumping up their tower coverage. My roommate's T-Mobile phone only gets reception in one corner, and I can move all through the apartment.

12 days into AT&T service so far with good results. Hope all stays as current. Consistent 3-5 bars indoors, 4-5 bars outdoors. There's a couple towers in this area so I've notice some switch off. 3G data speed is faster and more consistent than Sprint's EVDO. AT&T is popular among the neighbors here and after inquiring recently on cell service, apparently Verizon still has their centralized void in downtown / north Lombard. This has been well known by them for at least 4 years. Why??? AT&T may not be the best for the city dwellers however it appears to be decent in this locale... so far.

Major signal bouncing however well over 100dBm indoors. Somewhat consistent -90dBm outdoors. Frequently dropping down to 1X (vs 1XEV). The Blackberry Curve is typically good with reception and in-depth testing with other carriers and handsets show this is a network issue. Sprint operates only on the PCS band (1900 MHz) so it's understood not having solid in-building penetration as other lower cellular bands (i.e. 800 / 850 MHz). Will look to VZW if losing "special" deal (will not pay advertised price). BTW - USCC operates on the PCS band as well in Chicago land therefore this as well pricing excludes them from the selection. AT&T's signal is overloaded worse than them all thus too unstable in Chicago land therefore they are excluded as well.

it seems like it is in my home... .my kids' phones do not work either... ... signal is very weak and it continually cuts out... ... outside is fine though

Full reception with full EVDO at my house and around it :)

Nextel is very spotty in Lombard

Stay away from Lombard if you have Verizon... doesn't work at all, even downtown by the train station!

Much better than Verizon. I can be almost in any part of the house and get decent reception.

Nextel seems to get great reception everywhere else except for around here. Many dropped calls inside and outside of house. Flashing green light on phone sometimes even turns solid red and the phone will say "NO SERVICE". It sometimes stays this way for 30 seconds or longer. Have called Nextel at least 4 times about the problem but to no avale what so ever. With the amount of fade out and in of everyphone call I make it's ridiculous.

Verizon Wireless is pathetic! False advertising on their part. I have 2 separate Verizon phones and they both barely operate within the city of Lombard. Hey Verizon, do you hear me now: You Suck. Ya lying jerks!

We moved from downtown where we had great reception with Verizon - nothing but praise for their service. Now, 1 of our 2 phones gets a bar or two around Lombard and sometimes in our house, while the other phone almost never does - it gets no reception.

No reception is perfect however in my travels it's done the job. My travels take me from the western burbs, north to NW burbs, east to north Chicago, and west to Rockford via 90 without failure of signal. Back in the day there was signal issue along 53 however that was fixed a year ago. I will admit the only time I've ever seen no service on the phone is in one corner (which appears to be a vortex for Verizon and Cingular as well) of a brick building in the NW burbs. With Nextel you do need to reboot your phone. I really like the razrs and bluetooth and I could save $22 a month going to Verizon however I've spoken with a few individuals that had some recent reception issues in my travels. I'm one of those cell geeks that does the hofo, modding, etc. so I'm not shy to ask a co-worker or friend about their cell service. BTW - motos are the easiest to customize.

Overpriced! Terrible reception! The reception in my basement and house would be on 4 bars and then as soon as you make a call, it would drop to 1 and then most of the time drop your call. I was so fed up, switched to U.S. Cellular and never had a problem since, even in the basement. I heard Sprint is better with their service reception but it is a completely different network then Nextel so it doesn't matter. Stay Away!

Cannot use this phone throughout most of lombard, thought the problem might have been the phone model itself but Verizon will not take back their phone and exchange it with another. poor customer service and you will go nuts making calls because they will drop. Very poor.

I had Nextel for about 4 years. Terrible connection service and way too high plan prices. I love U.S.Celluar and with a 30 day trial, even if you buy a phone, you can return everything and get your money back. The guy at the dealer said I can even send in the rebate, which is 30 to 60? dollars and keep it even if I do not continue the service with U.S. Celluar.