I've had Cingular / AT&T for several years. I've never had any reception problems, in my home or elsewhere, until I moved to this part of Brighton (Cleveland Circle / BC area). I often get static, dropped calls and no bars in and around my apartment- not all the time, but enough that I'm considering switching.

I work as a real estate agent in allston. I live on nottinghill rd in brighton, inside the comm ave-colborne-wallingford triangle, I also conduct alot of business in back bay, downtown, jamaica plain, newton, brookline and watertown. always have reception everywhere. but I gotta get an iphone, so ill give AT&T a try, ppl claim their service in brighton is fine, so we'll see, but Sprint works great, this coming from a guy who hits all the streets in the area, talking on the phone. highly recommended.

Great reception all across Boston and New York.

It's driving me crazy that I have absolutely NO service with Cingular in Brighton. It's my only phone and I am considering cancelling and moving to Verizon... sucks!

When I get to Comm Ave in Newton I lose service until I reach Chestnut Hill at Cleveland Circle.

Seldom, if ever, have I had any problems with Verizon's connections.

I had Sprint for years. The were awful in Brighton. The phone (LG I forget the model) got between 1-0 bars. I lost most calls within 5 minutes. I got a Motorola Razr with Cingular service last week. I get between 3-5 bars and havent lost a call yet. If you are having reception problems I suggest going into a Cingular store. You give them your address and they show how many bars that paticular area should get - very helpful.

Cingular does not work in Brighton. They said their nearest tower is out of service. No plans to fix it. Thanks Cingular!

Can't talk at all inside the house. All my calls are on the porch. Winter will be fun.

My reception is horrible. I may have a good connection for a second and then I'll move slightly and I lose my connection or the call drops altogether. It is so tiring and maddening trying to talk to anyone on the phone as half our conversation is on if they can hear me or not. Stay away from Nextel if you live in this area. I just cancelled / non-renewal of my contract and am moving to either T-Mobile or Verizon as it seems these are much better in this area.