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3G coverage overall is very poor in singal strength. 4G HSPA+ is nonexistent and EDGE although higher signal strength, it is still extremely slow for data and voice call quality is very poor. Although AT&T might seem to be the best option for a cellphone company in the Boston College Chestnut Hill campus including dorms and other buildings, reception is not of great quality and there are frequent dropped calls and fails, at least one or two per call. On BC's Newton Campus, Stuart Hall Dining Hall, AT&T has no coverage at all and in dorms, coverage is very spotty. On Newton, service is definitely very poor and at times, nonexistent. AT&T is great in many parts of the city of Boston and Verizon Wireless is a great alternative. T-Mobile and Sprint are not good alternatives to use at Boston College; only Verizon and AT&T.

Listen to the stupid ad from AT$T "More bars... " For this kind of service they deserve a cell with real bars on the windows...

Absolutely no reception on Harwich Road, Pond Brook Road, Botsford Road, Brookline St.anywhere past the traffic circle toward Newton. My understanding is that cell phone reception in the area is terrible. Neighbors with Verizon and Sprint report similar experiences. Tough to believe that in one of the wealthiest zip codes in the area, one can't use a cell phone.

Using a SonyEricsson T616 the coverage in door in this area is having very poor service. Often lost signals, drop calls, and only have 1 bar of service in certain spots. Some spots have no signals at all.

Using a SonyEricsson T616 (GSM) the coverage was absolutely horrible in the Newton/Chestnut Hill area, also on Boston College campus. I often had no service. Switched to T-Mobile with same phone (T610) and got much much improved reception

This is a major cross roads area in a neighborhood in Boston. Many carriers drop calls in this area despite antennas being less than 2 miles away. How is it that this community, that has a very high density of people per square mile has such poor service?

Sprint PCS has very poor reception in this area, No service indoor at all. STAY AWAY!!

Although better than others in this area, T-Mobile signal dissapears once you get off Lagrange Street. After some complaints (yours truly two times) now I have one bar of reception from the window of second floor. Overall this area has horrible reception for all providers and one wonders how come no improvement has been done over the years although the area sports one of the richest neighborhoods.

Just past Rt. 9 to VFW on Hammond Pond - complete loss of reception on T-mobile. Practically a 10 x 10 block dead zone.

Using a SonyEricsson T610 I found the reception to be pretty good (often between 3 and 4 bars, occasionally 1 or 2 bars) but I almost always have service in the Newton/Chestnut Hill area (also Boston College campus). I switched to T-Mobile from ATT wireless....T-Mobile is MUCH MUCH better all around I have found. (ATT wireless's GSM service is too new, the reception sucks right now.)