The people who are having reception problems with verizon in boston need to make sure it is not a problem with the phones. Almost every phone verizon services now gets full reception in most of boston, after all, verizon is the landline carrier and practically own the boston telecom market. remember, new every 2, one of the phones listed i know is over 2 years old, go to the store.

I get absolutely no reception in my building and I'm lucky to get any reception outside. Does anybody have a provider / phone that gets reception in Southie? I had visitors who got great reception, but I stupidly didn't ask for their phone plans.

Terrible, 4 bars is a dream. I'm happy when I'm between 2 and 3, and when I place a call 3 times out of 7 the reception just dies off and I can't hear anything. My text message are delayed greatly... sometime I even receive them over 24 hours later. I get a try again error 3 times out of 5 and to tell the truth this is extremely frustrating. I am greatly dissapointed and overall this provider seems to be a joke.

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.

I'm mystified by the folks reporting problems with Verizon. I have used my frequently dropped and otherwise abused Motorola V60 all over the city and burbs with no problems whatsoever. I switched off of Sprint four / five years ago and have no complaints about phone service. Their customer service, however, sucks and I am desperately trying to find another carrier with comparable coverage who will pamper me.

I'm right at the Brookline / Boston border near BU. I get no reception indoors. I get 5 bars outside but for some reason can't make a phone call. I have to go at least 0.5 mile to get reliable / usable signal. I've had Verizon for years and in the last 8 months their service seems to have gotten worse.

Usually good service around the hill, even indoors. The only spots with problems have been downtown, near the water and Quincy Market, but that has gotten better in 2004. Some places in Allston are also bad, but most everywhere around the city has been good.

Good reception on the street near JFK / UMASS train station, in my 3rd floor apartment. My E105 seems to have better reception than my friend's T-Mobile Motorola V300.

Great reception, even inside my office (internal room, no windows). Only had a problem once, but calling T-Mobile revealed that they were doing repairs on the cell tower.

Lived here three years and still the reception is very bad. Helped when I switched phones (I had a Motorola and people couldn't hear me), but reception is not perfect nor where it should be.

My reception stinks in my neighborhood in South Boston. Lots of dropped calls.

Verizon has the worst service and evey time I call they tell me it must be my phone. I have replaced the phone three times and no service improvments.

Reception is good downtown locations. South Boston, poor.

Bad reception in Boston University dorms and buildings. It has gotten marginally better in the past few months, but it still leaves a lot to be desired. At least calls don't get dropped (as often). Have tried calling AT&T Wireless, but they are rude and unapologetic. They just keep stressing that when I signed the contract it never guaranteed indoor service. Jerks...can't wait til my contract is up. Looks like Verizon has the best reception, but I'd really like something with Bluetooth, which I don't see Verizon supporting.

I tried calling my wife, who was standing next to me, and could not make the call. She is also using ATT.

Very poor reception in South Boston, signals vary all around the city, they need to improve the GSM service.

whenever i am in my house, soemtime i get 0-3 signals depending on where ip ut my phone [a few centimeters does show a different!!] but when i get to Boston University or other places rather than my house, i usually get 4-6 signals always. Well except when you are in door or where in some crappy area, which the signal is extremely poor. AT&T sucks period.

New cell tower means the neighborhood (Lower Mills, Dorchester/Boston) gets good reception.