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My husband and I have similar phones and our T-Mobile reception in our neighborhood (close to downtown Baltimore) has gotten steadily worse over the past year. I have no coverage in my house and have to walk 1 / 2 block down the street to check voice mail. It is difficult or impossible to get information on whether a different phone would do better. We almost switched to Cingular, but checked Consumer Reports web site rates them worse than T-Mobile.
I have Verizon and have terrible reception. I used to barely eek out reception in my apartment, occasionally getting 2-3 bars on a good day, but now, can barely get one bar, and even then, calls drop out in the middle of connecting routinely, etc. Retrieving voice mail is an exercise in futility. My Verizon coverage, strangely enough, has actually gottten worse. Same location, same phone - but my bars are now pretty much gone, even within a few block radius. T-Mobile works best in my area, of so I've heard. Haven't tried Cingular / AT&T but am considering it, since across the board, the performance of Verizon, everywhere I go is increadingly spotty and unreliable, with drop-outs, echoes, and sudden drops from 5-6 bars to none with no warning. Verizon definitely is starting to show reliability problems for me. (Of course, at work, they installed a Verizon antenna, so it works there. To bad it stinks every where else seemingly.)
2 bar reception at most, about half the time the phone won't even ring when there is an incoming call. Works well elsewhere but Hampden reception is POOR. Complained to Sprint PCS and was informed that "sometimes it happens"...
I just switched from the SCH-A530 to the A670. My older phone overall had better reception, but the service is still great. I get a great signal throughout the city, and wherever I travel. I rarely have dropped calls. Also, when I'm in a city's subway system, including Baltimores, I always get a full signal. I think Verizon is still the only company that offers underground cell phone reception.
I always have a great signal no matter where I am in the city including the downtown area. I live in a high rise apartment building, and my reception is perfect in my apartment as well.
I sell Verizon phones but they do not work in my house. My friends are also on Verizon & they all have problems in the Pikesville area 21209. I tryed At&T it also had a bad signal. I have T-Mobile now and it works the best in my area. Cingular and Sprint work here as well. Every company has dead spots in some areas. You need to find the one that works the best where you need it. On the road Verizon is the king.
No reception worth a darn in Rodgers Forge. I have to walk into the middle of the road to talk. I want to ditch my landline but cannot until I can find a provider that works.
