I switched from Cingular 2 years ago, and haven't looked back. I live in Framingham, have worked in both Cambridge and Medford, and generally traverse much of the Boston Metro area. The signal is consistently excellent, with only one 'dead zone' near a cell tower along Rte. 2 where calls occasionally drop. Otherwise I use the phone outside, inside, even in elevators and rarely drop a call.

When I 1st got the phone it worked okay and had resonable although not great reception. After about a year 1 / 2 I got NO reception in my house and had to go outside to use the phone. I get no reception in wayland or weston... I got a new phone-same model, with updated software and it doesn't work any better... I won't get another Samsung phone and may not get Verizon when my contract runs up.

Usually get pretty good coverage around town. Apparently, I live pretty close to a tower. Calls routinely dropped driving along route 30 and route 20.

Got zero to 1 bar with cingular, now get 3 to 4 consistently with verizon

About 4 houses away from mine, I get 1 bar. If I walk about a block and a half away, I get 2-3 bars. In and around my house, nothing. A nice man at the T-Mobile store showed me a close-up coverage chart of just Framingham (something no other provider has been willing to do, no matter who I call or even when I ask for a supervisor), and the color was strong almost everywhere except my tiny block. So you're probably okay in the general area unless you live on Eaton Rd.West or Cynthia.

We have a fleet of Nextels for our business and the network is dreadful. There are dead zones all over the place between Framingham and Boston. We drop calls constantly. It is frustrating beyond belief to try to conduct business with them. AND their customer service is non-existent. Take THAT Nextel!

The worst Cell Phone I have ever used- phone drops calls all over metro west Boston and in Framingham there isn't even a chance of making a call. Now they are telling me it will cost $200.00 per line to cancel service on a phone that I cannot use where I live or work or drive... unreal.

There is a cell tower only a half a mile away. I don't know which carriers use it, but I'd like to know, because I use Sprint and can only get reception in a 1' by 1' spot in my house right up next to the window, and then it's spotty at best.