Since June my reception has been poor. In my house it goes from 3 bars to Seaching... . to No Service. Get the 3g E alot as well. Went to local AT&T store in Sept and they said there was maintenance going on on the towers. Sales Rep at store had 1 bar while I had 3. Problem has continued and recently missed 2 calls from a "lady friend" I am trying to date which resulted in a missed evening out. NOW I'M PISSED! Called AT&T today and they said they had "several degraded towers" within 10 mile radius. They have given me a credit for the past 6 months of voice and are adding a credit for data. Total credit should reach $360. It seems to me AT&T is accepting payment for services that they cannot provide adequately. This reminds me alot of AOL in its early days of internet service. Is there any class action activity going on against AT&T? I recommend calling AT&T and mentioning that you heard there are degraded towers in your area and you would like to receive a credit. Be calm and respectful. The customer service employees are not to blame. This is the fault of a poorly managed quality control system.

Dropped calls every day

Drop, drop, drop (2nd review; in last review gave too high a rating)

Drop, drop, drop.

I hate Sprint with a burning passion. The only reason I don't chuck my phone out the window and switch to Verizon is because my parents don't wanna cancel the contract. I get no reception almost anywhere. My phone has no capability to text at all. Sometimes my friends get 5, 10 copies of a text that I only sent once. I cant remember the last clear call I had. They always drop, and the person on the line can never hear me. The only reason Sprint gets a 1 is because its good at sending messages under the desk at a school... .do yourself a favor--DONT GET SPRINT!

Terrible service. We had to buy a microcell for my home office, and even then it's not all roses. Forget leaving my home. It's a 50 / 50 chance a call will not drop and / or the person on the other end of the line will hear me.

Making outgoing calls is really bad; have to dial three or four times in order to make one call. When I finally make the connecton to call out, the other side can hardly hear what I say, or the call drops. Then, I have to try another three or four times just to make the call again. Almost never could finish a conversation with one simple dailing, but rather going through a lot of frustration just to make one phone call. Getting incoming calls is not as bad. My friends usually try once or twice, it gets to me. But still cannot hear each other clearly and drop call. At this location, I would try other phone models or other carriers.

AT&T in Oak Park, IL is horrible. Dropped calls, frequently 1 bar of service, and when a call does go through, often the other person cannot hear what you are saying.

My phone went from having okay reception to now not working at all. I always get "network not responding." Sprint is AWFUL... I will be checking carriers as soon as my contract expires.

For the most part the reception is decent. Does drop calls and some parts of downtown Chicago has spotty coverage. No probs in Oak Park where I live.

my Sprint phone barely works anywhere near my house, either inside or outside. i've had similar troubles in other parts of Oak Park. moral of the story: contract is up in 25 days and I'm getting a new plan at that moment.

Never had any problems whatsoever. I use the Razr in our apt at Lake&Austin and also all over Oak Park including downtown. Never had a dropped call yet with Verizon, never have less than perfect reception. Verizon is more expensive than the competition however and I think this is why!

I have contacted Sprint about the lack of reception but it has been useless. I have updated the phone several times but it is time to look for a new provider.

Often no service in my home so I have to take calls outside. Even then the number of bars seems to be hit and miss for unknown reasons. Looking forward to dropping Sprint when this contract ends.

I'm on a first floor center of an apartment building but you would think I would get some signal.

Cannot make calls, calls dropped if connected, incoming calls go straight to voice mail. Loaction - oak park ave between lake and chicago City - Oak Park State IL

Terrible reception. This is where my office is, and I get no signal inside. Must walk up Metra platform to get signal.

I have never experienced five bars. I have really had terrible reception since I purchased the Treo 680. AT&T / Cingular service is very poor, I'm considering Verizon but I'm concerned that I'll experience the same.

I call extensively throughout Oak Park. About 18 months a go I switched to the Razr phone and the call quality went from average to outstanding. I get calls in most buildings and throughout the village in my car. I have a dropped call or bad reception with maybe 3 or 4 calls out of 100 in Oak Park. I've talked three friends into switching to the Razr and they've had similar results. Don't know what makes this phone work so well with the AT&T network, but it sure does. I know other AT&T users, with other phones and their results aren't as good as mine.

Inside my building I drop conversations constantly during the summer months, however during the winter months things seem to be ok. Maybe tree interference, however I don't see any major trees around.