no reception - talked to Verizon, we live in an "area with limited service due to the geography" and "have no plans to fix the problem in the foreseeable future". awesome.

I get decent reception throughout most of the city and Waltham. I can't believe that people get reception in some T stations... I wish I could. I get a lot of dropped calls and cell phone "anomalies" like I can hear people but they can't hear me. My fave is when I get a call and I can hear people, but when I talk all I hear is static... awesome. I had Verizon for years and had better reliability, but Cingular is a client now so I get a discount... not worth it. I may try T-Mobile next.

I used to have great reception with Cingular then a few months ago it just went all downhill. Now I get static too, all the time. I bought a new phone but it didn't solve the problem. Will definitely switch away from this service. It's almost unuseable.

Unusable.

Switched to AT&T from Verizon in October for the iPhone 3g. So far, so good. I live in Waltham and work in Boston, and the coverage has been roughly comparable so far. Here are my impressions: * Coverage in the southern part of Waltham seems equally good with Verizon and AT&T. Around the house, I used to have 5 bars with Verizon, and I usually have 4 with AT&T (EDGE and 3G are about the same). * AT&T seems to be bettter in North Waltham than Verizon- I had no service in a lot of places around Trapelo Rd and Lexington St. on VZW, but usually have 2-3 bars with AT&T. * AT&T has random dead spots around the Waverly Sq. commuter rail station that Verizon did not have. * AT&T 3G coverage has been great all around Waltham and downtown Boston, but there seems to be no 3G in / around the Belmont area.

good reception in boston, cambridge, waltham, worcester.