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.

Earlier this month had no reception at all in my condo. Don't know what happened two weeks ago, but now have near perfect reception (usually 4, occasionally 3 bars) in all rooms of my home.

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...

For whatever reason, the area right around the T stop has terrible reception, though it has gotten better in the four years since I've lived here. I used to have no bars whatsoever; now I can at least hold a conversation. Funny (as one other reviewer mentioned) that there's a Verizon Wireless store 200yrds down the road with perfect service inside.

It is amazing I was out in Vail and had full coverage in the middle of the mountains I have no coverage at my home in Brookline. We pay hugh taxes and have no coverage. There is really something wrong with this picture. Our elected officials need to step up to the plate and represent us and demand that cell phone reception is mandatory

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.

No reception in Dartmouth College, Hanover. NH

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.

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?

verizon wireless has almost no reception outdoors, and no reception indoors. This area in general has no cell phone signal at all, leading all the way upto boylston street where atrium mall is. Just outside the boylston st Verizon store has no reception whatsoever.

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

It's amazing that there's almost always no signal in the Middlesex / Devon / Norfolk area near Brimmer and May considering there's a Verizon store less than a mile away in the Chestnut Hill plaza (where there's a great signal)

No reception once you get off of La Grange.

Inside the house there is no reception. You need to go to the major road to get some signal. There some communication about adding another tower to the neighborhood.

Verizon seems to work fine on the Boston side of Boston College (i.e. the BC T-stop), but just as you go West on Comm Ave. for less than a mile, my signal fades and my calls get dropped. When i turn onto my street, my calls drop there as well. Inside my house, the reception is anywhere between one bar and no service, the latter the majority of the time. It seems Newton does not have many cell phone towers up.

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.

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

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.)

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