I get amazing reception in New Orleans with Alltel. I rarely ever have had less than two bars anywhere and dropped calls are pretty rare. Even inside an old shotgun house with solid cypress planks in the wall (where my Tracfone that used AT&T gsm and another before that that used t-mobile's networks couldn't ever get a call inside the house, plus it's right next to another similar shaped house) my Alltel cdma phone can get and receive calls reliably.

calls drop every time on I-10 east going between tower at franklin avenue and florida and gentilly blvd. near havana street

I have to walk outside to get two bars and sometimes that doesn't work.

can not receive any signal at all in my home. all calls within about 1 / 2 mile are most often dropped.

AT&T and Sprint give poor to no reception indoors and below average outdoors.

I cannot use my AT&T Samsung phone on the first floor in my house. I have to go outside or upstairs. My AT&T wireless card for my laptop does not get strong signal either. Once I cross the high rise and get closer to dpwntown, it works better. My work phone is from Verizon and always has good signal and never drops calls. After almost 3 years now, this can no longer be blamed on katrina. I allowed AT&T to talk me into new 2 year contract. Now I have to wait until the end of 2009 to switch to verizon. AT&T SUCKS ! !

April 7, 2007 Cingular in New Orleans: 'Poor reception or no reception. 'Very unreliable since one year before Katrina (that's when I signed with Cingular.) This is my 4th phone as I keep begging Cingular for one with better reception. 'Can't get a straight answer from Cingular tech help people about which model picks up better. I strongly suspect it's because the Cingular network and the negligible amount of band width they provide me is the real problem. During rush hour, during french quarter fest, jazz fest, carnival, my Cingular network is so busy that my phone is almost unusable, and I am not in the crowds; not at the events. 20 or so trys eventually gets it. Dropped calls? Usually. Wait time to report difficulties with Cingular phone support? 15 to 20 minutes. (monumentally frustrating) What is acomplished when I report these "events"? Nothing. How small is the sliver of band width Cingular provides me? Anyone interested in a class action against Cingular? Cingular sure is good at collecting my $75.00 per month.

Long known to be a dead spot full of people, even much before Katrina, and still pretty bad. However, I think it's gotten better lately. I can now drive through that intersection without losing my signal entirely.

Reception here's gotten MUCH better. Still some busy signals around 5-6pm when everybody's driving around, but much better than it was.

reception is fairly good in most areas of city. However, calls are almost always dropped in my neighborhood, especially in my house. There is an absolute dead zone on I-10 West over the Spillway.