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I have been with AT&T for the past 4.5 years (since 2008)and at first I had regular reception and only at times in certain locations would I have dropped calls. Soon after and more specially now, I can't use my phone anywhere! I do have some bars, but I get dropped calls constantly. Usually every call I make is dropped at least once. If and when I am able to make the call, quite frequently (about 70% of the time) the other person is not able to understand anything I say. This even happens when I call AT&T customer service to report the issue, oh and customer service is not 24 hours, if the network is bad, you just have to live with it. I would never recommend AT&T to anyone in New England, more specifically Boston -because I dont go out of Boston that often-. I think as soon as I hear the new Iphone is coming out, I will terminate my contract and purchase it in any other carrier. Anything is better than AT&T ANYTHING, unless you dont want to be able to use your phone but still pay for it.

I am not able to use my phone at all in my office... There is usually 2 or 3 bars but no service. Then it will start to look for a signal. I actually get excited when I see the "E" network bc then I can use it. Why hasnt the FCC come down harder on these companys with all the hard push they give with great service when in fact they are horrible and unreliable...

Voice reception is average, but the data network is so slow as to be useless. Text-based pages won't load, etc.

Most accurate comment here was "like having no phone at all" I can't make calls, download emails, play games or anything. it has gotten worse each month to the point where I can't use my phone at all in the city. I can use it at home, but it's basically an $80-a-month ipod at work.

terrible reception- I have to go outside to make a call and even then I often lose the call repeatedly. AT&T is great, as long as you don't want to make or answer your phone inside... .

AT&T service was for the most part a mixed bag up until about June 2011. Now all of the sudden 95% (not exaggerating) of all calls get a dropped at least once, if not several times consecutively and the data coverage is absolute ****. It's also killing my battery making my smartphone's battery go from lasting roughly 2 days to now, a paltry 5 or 6 hours because the phone is constantly seeking and reconnecting to the piss-poor signal. I'm glad these bozos, who don't know their a****** from the elbow won't be taking over T-Mobile because I'm sure as hell jumping ship as soon as my contract is ending - maybe even sooner.

No reception whatsoever in my apartment. I have to walk 3 flights of stairs to go outside to make / receive calls.

Vary from 1 to 3 bars. In conclution AT&T has a bad reception. I prefer to use t-mobile.

I have a iphone 3g, and I don't get reception in my apartment. I'm thinkning that maybe it's due to the age of the phone, however, I'm cautious about upgrading and being locked into this terrible service for any longer. My roommate on Verizon experiences no issues at home. ATT is absolute garbage in Boston.

Get good voice signal however, data rarely / never works in my office building which is a large building housing KPMG. Most AT&T customers have spotty coverage in here (variety of phones covering HTC, iPhone and Blackberry + some windows phones but can't remember which OEMs specifically). Addittionally, several restaurants around the area get spotty coverage which has proven very difficult when I need to head out for business meetings / lunches. NEED TO RESOLVE - this is downtown Boston and this buiulkding alone has at least 600 employees (~200 AT&T given their market share)

Moved from O and 1st St.had great reception there nothing here. Yet Verizon, Metro PCS and Tracfones work here. To make a call you have to stand in the middle of the street. Can't wait to get rid of AT&T.

I have an IPhone and love the phone and the service. This site should really stop company reps from posting false and misleading information. Its pretty obvious the same person from Verizon posted all the negative comments about other carriers on November 6. How do I know? Well I haven't seen three people with a Droid much less all of them posting comments on the same day!

I have had AT&T and an iPhone 3GS for 10 days. It's going back to the store tomorrow. I had Verizon for 6+ years and never dropped a call. I have 4 dropped calls in 8 days with AT&T. Completely embarassing. The iPhone is incredible as a device, but the service is an incredible let down. Switching back to Verizon tonight.

Signal dies all the time. Frequently less than 2 bars.

Anywhere on west 5th street. Anywhere on marine road. Bought the apple iphone couple months ago. Could not make or recieve any calls in these areas. Went to radio shack and bought a $20 AT&T pay as you go cell phone and guess what. Works a lot better,... ... As bad as AT&T signals are, Apple has seriouly dropped the ball with their interior antennas.

wow, AT&T is lucky they have good phones because their service is horrendous. Verizon works much better anywhere in the country, and living in Boston, a big city, I am surprised that AT&T cant pick up their slack

Half of the time, I cannot initiate calls from inside my condo. I don't tend to get many drops when I actually make calls, but still. Appalling.

Usually all set at work and downtown. However, no reception in the basements anywhere.

Cingular's always been good in this area at the top of Beacon Hill, along with Verizon (except sometimes indoors). I just wish someone would post about T-Mobile, which I am planning to move to for a new phone.

Terrible! I had perfect reception with AT&T, then the merger came. First I had a Motorola v551 - couldn't hear a thing - constantly dropped. Cingular sent me now a Nokia 6102i, telling me Motorolas don't work well with their network - DUH - um, hello - why you send me it to begin with?? Anyway - the NOkia is just as bad. Now my fight continues - they said if it didn't work IN MY APARTMENT, they would let me cancel my contract and not charge me the $175! Now I hope this board will help me choose the right carrier for this area! Unreal! Cingular - LOWERS THE BAR!

In my apartment I fluctuate between 0 and 1 bars. Definitely can't talk at all inside. I have to go outside and walk around the corner where I usually can get a sweet spot of 3-4 bars. But this is in rare locations and in general outside I will have 2 bars.

Spotty reception and dropped calls throught out the city. I live on top floor of a brownstone with clear view of back bay (no tall buildings around) and I lose signal from front to back of my building.

wow. I don't have a home phone line, and i'm totally screwed. I can't wait to be done with my Cingular contract. it is ridiculously bad. I can't use my phone in my apartment, even near the window really.

Horrendous reception. Cingular also gets no reception in the area.

As far as I can tell, Cingular has the best reception if you are going to be on the Northeastern campus. It's spotty in some of the classroom buildings, but only on the lower floors.

intermittent reception. sometimes the calls just go dead in mid sentence. the reception is very poor in the basement of BU.

Cannot keep a call from dropping for a couple of minutes

Internittent reception throughout Boston's South End

I have no problems getting reception with this phone and provider. Highly recommended.

No reception around the Berklee College of Music area whatsoever... none. Even on the top floor of the Berklee dorms no service up high or street level.