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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.

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

I'm so tired of bad reception in Oak park... .I no longer live there but I work there 12 hours a day sometimes and need to be in communication with coworkers and my family. I have a horrible time with reception and data. I just watch my phone do nothing a lot of the time when trying to access anything data oriented on my iphone. Please put up more towers up or increase bandwith. I live in Darien and all is fine there but half my time I spend in Oak Park and thats when I need my phone to work the most. My friend recently dumped his iphone and went Android with Verizon. he gets fast internet anywhere in Oak Park consistently and no bad calls... I'm considering doing the same...

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.

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

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.

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.

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