it's horrible, I'm sitting next to a window in a second story of a house within the beltway of our Nation's Capital and my cell can not transmit a call! AT&T sucks here!

I had to walk pass my garage or walk around, to get a reception that is still poor, and the worst is it still drops every once in a while, dont know if repeater will solve the problem.

Verizon used to have horrible reception on South Campus, especially in the Commons. I never got any signal in my apartment. Then, just the other day, I opened my phone and I saw 5 bars. (New tower?) Anyways, I've had fantastic reception all across South Campus ever since. Also, Verizon works great all across UMD's campus.

Loved the phones, but absolutely horrible reception! Haven't had a call that wasn't dropped (have made calls all along the BW Pkwy. from College Park to Baltimore). Calls are dropped in the middle of conversations, and the person on the other side can't hear me. Can't make calls from my house; 0-1 bars. Have to switch to Verizon.

Verizon wireless is the only cell phone service I've experienced to give me reception on the Metro however calls are dropped continuously when I'm in my room and the lack of service on the first floor of many campus buidings including the Commons apartments make for very furstrating situations when you can hear your caller but they can't hear you. It's a terrible trade off, to be able to tell your callers which Metro stop you'll be arriving at but not being able to talk to friends from the comfort of your room. Haven't tried any signal boosters but I feel like they won't make a significant difference.

Chronic dropped calls within 2 minutes if indoors. "No Service" indicator while sitting in front of the Maryland Book Exchange!

Reception indoors is unacceptable. I cannot remember the last call I made that wasn't dropped. Outside I have to walk around until I find a signal and then I cannot move for fear that I will lose the signal. Verizon is supposed to have great reception but anywhere around the Univeristy Of Maryland campus other than at the Police Station you are lucky to be able to make a call. Can you hear me now? No...

Dead spot once you turn off of Kenilworth in College Park. Not so great on Kenilworth either.

Got the Verizon Wireless hoping to replace my landline but could not get reception in my apartment. Even going outside yielded only minimal at best reception. Had to cancel contract. I don't recommend Verizon here. Location is a couple of blocks from campus.

you get service basically everywhere, but in buildings its spotty at best. if you wanna get texts in the middle of class or a call in the middle of class t-mob is not for u, but i love the service cuz once i go outside it works perfectly

Absolutely no coverage inside McKeldin Library or any building on campus, for that matter. Outside, T-Mobile is fine. Once you step foot inside a building, however, good luck trying to send or receive calls or texts. I switched to T-Mobile from Virgin thinking they'd be better... Nope. I'm planning on going to Verizon once my contract expires. Don't get Virgin or T-Mobile if you spend a lot of time in buildings on campus.

Inside the building, don't even expect to get any Sprint coverage. Also, inside most buildings (Engineering, Armory, etc) Sprint doesn't work. Oddly enough, I don't get any reception at the open mall.

I almost ALWAYS have average-perfect reception on campus. The only places where I don't are elevators and basements of buildings. I never get reception at Jimenez though. Van Munching is always good-perfect.

I get either 1 or 0 bars on campus. I would not recommend Cingular at this location.

I usually always have some service, however in buildings its difficult to get really good service. I always barely had service in the dorms, and usually kept the phone by the window so I didn't miss calls. In South Campus Commons, I can have in anywhere in my apartment without trouble, but I don't ever have more than a bar or two. Outside of buildings, I get pretty good serivce. In classrooms, depending on what building I'm in, I either get some service or none at all. I do find, however, that I generally have better service than people with cingular, nextel, etc. Generally, from what my friends say, the only carrier that gets great service at UMD is Verison.

Absolutely no coverage inside the building, but possible to get maybe "1 bar" when standing in front of glass windows (or as other poster suggested, when sticking your head out of a window). Verizon is confirmed to work inside the building.

No reception inside the classrooms, 1 bar from time to time inside the atrium (glass ceiling) - but not even enough to deliver text messages. Above average up to full signal strength the second I step outside the building. If you spend most of your time in VMH, I would not recommend T-Mobile. Other people seem to have better luck with Verizon and Nextel - which isn't much of a surprise since Nextel installed several transmitters inside the business school.

Need to stick your head out the window to get reception (or have an ear piece!) I have noticed other peoples phones working in inside rooms. Perhaps Verizon

Pretty good reception except when inside brick building or being blocked by one.

Was in College Park, MD over the weekend. Had full service with Cingular everywhere.