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Location / Comment
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T-Mobile
 1 Out of 5
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North Harvard / Hopedale St., Allston, MA 02134 |
Thu Jul 08, 2010 |
Every call I take or make in and around my house is dropped. SOOOO frustrating.
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AT&T
 4 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola RAZR |
Packard's Corner, Allston, MA 02134 |
Thu Jun 25, 2009 |
I have lived in brighton, brookline and allston with no problems in any of my apartments. I do have low reception in BU buildings that are made out of concrete (my friends' Verizon phones work though) and along the D line I never get reception between beaconsfield and newton center.
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AT&T
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Nokia 6102
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Comm Ave. / Chester, Allston, MA 02134 |
Thu Oct 19, 2006 |
Almost always full bars. Never had a dropped call.
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T-Mobile
 4 Out of 5
Phone Model: Sansung SGH-X105 |
Harvard Ave. / Commonwealth Ave., Allston, MA 02134 |
Wed Oct 11, 2006 |
With old sansung phone, never had problem in 3rd floor apartment and also in 10th floor. Sometimes inground, no reception, but that's common with other serveice.
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T-Mobile
 4 Out of 5
Phone Model: Sansung SGH-X105 |
Harvard Ave. / Commonwealth Ave., Allston, MA 02134 |
Wed Oct 11, 2006 |
With old Samsung phone, never had problem in 3rd floor apartment, and also in 10th floor too.
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AT&T
 2 Out of 5
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Kelton St., Allston, MA 02134 |
Thu Jul 13, 2006 |
When ever anyone calls me my service bars vanish as does the person on the other line. Some much for "least dropped calls" It happens to me daily. I also had service problems in other areas of Allston and Jamaica Plain
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T-Mobile
 1 Out of 5
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100 Brainerd Rd., Allston, MA 02134 |
Tue Apr 18, 2006 |
No reception in the living room. I need to come closer to the windows of the bedroom.
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 0 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola V505
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Comm Ave. / Brighton Ave., Allston, MA 02134 |
Tue May 10, 2005 |
Absolutely terrible reception. Call sometimes goes through indoors, but call drops when the other person answers. Sound quality is terrible (when I do get through). Even on my balcony facing open air and no obstacles, only a couple bars and calls still dropped. Signal strength goes up and down like a yo-yo, from 3 (at most) to 0 bars. I am sick and tired of having to explain my crappy reception to the person I'm trying to have a normal phone conversation with, and I recommend everyone stay far, far away from AT&T (now Cingualar).
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Sprint
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Sanyo VM-4500 (SCP-5500)
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Common Ave. / Brighton Ave., Allston, MA 02134 |
Wed Dec 15, 2004 |
I had Samsang A460 before, 1 bar outside, nothing indoors: full bar inside out with my Sanyo 8100, then I switched to the Sanyo 5500. no compalins. My friend's Sanyo 8200 is not as good as my old Sanyos here in my apartment.
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Sprint
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-A460 |
Harvard Ave. / Comm. Ave., Allston, MA 02134 |
Thu Nov 04, 2004 |
I consistently have 4 bars of reception. Never dropped a call and sound quality is great.
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AT&T
 4 Out of 5
Phone Model: Sony Ericsson T616
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Brighton Ave. / Harvard Ave., Allston, MA 02134 |
Fri Oct 29, 2004 |
I've noticed that sometime I get zero reception in Downtown Crossing, or Kenmore Square. Also, on Tuesday from 7pm - 11pm people who called me received an "all circuits busy" message, weren't able to leave me voicemail and this caused all sorts of problems. I think Cingular has too many customers and not enough equipment around to carry everyone at once in this area... but when you get a line it is almost always prefectly clear.
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Verizon
 0 Out of 5
Phone Model: Nokia 3895i |
Brighton Ave. / Linden, Allston, MA 02134 |
Sun Oct 10, 2004 |
My reception indicator keeps saying 3 or 4 bars, but when I try to call, it says "Call Failed" 9 times out of 10. I went up Comm Ave toward BU and everything was clear. In Allston Ctr., though, no calls in or out. Must be a bad cell tower.
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Sprint
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-A460 |
Lower Allston / North Harvard and Cambridge, Allston, MA 02134 |
Thu Sep 30, 2004 |
Sprint gets awful service here. I get one to two bars outside. No service indoors: I have to sit next to two windows and get 1 bar. But if I breathe wrong the call is dropped. Outside of here I get good service in the Boston area. But stay away if you live near me.
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T-Mobile
 4 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola V300
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Commonwealth / Harvard, Allston, MA 02134 |
Thu Sep 16, 2004 |
Good enough phone reception on V300 in 3rd floor apartment complex. A bit of hiss on the line - but nothing terrible. My girlfriend says T-Mobile's Samsung SGH-E105 gets better reception.
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AT&T Wireless (TDMA)
 0 Out of 5
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Brighton Ave. / Higgins St., Allston, MA 02134 |
Fri Sep 10, 2004 |
Repeatedly missed calls; They went direct to voice mail while I held the phone. Any that got though had extremely poor quality. AT&T sucks in general. Voice message alerts would appear up to 14 hours later. A clerk in the AT&T wireless store told me that they are switching the TDMA equipment with the newer GSM thereby reducing the TDMA coverage. AT&T sucks.
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