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Reception sucks. I can sit in the parking lot at Rite Aid on RT. 40 in Ellicott City (across from Odonnel Honda) and watch my reception go from 3 bars to 1 without moving 1 inch. I was an (unhappy) AT&T customer before switching over to the Cingular side of the house hoping my service would improve. It has improved some at some locations around town (MD / DC / VA) but has performed worst in more locations - especially at home. I have to go out my front door to get a quisi reliable signal. When I was on the AT&T side of the house - I could at least make phone calls from my home. I spend quite a bit of time on my phone do to the nature of my job and spend a good percentage of my day concearned about whether I will be able to recieve calls or make calls. I think Cingular sucks. I think they are selling us a bill of goods. To make it worst - I just love riding buy one of those Cingular billboards bragging about how many bars they have. Then I am reminded by the few bars that my phone has (typically 1 or 2 - if any at all) and I am quickly reminded the old sales motto of never confusing selling with installing.
This has been an absolutely excellent service. There is one spot on Rt. 103 near Waterloo Rd. where the service drops out. (about 2 blocks). I work in Glen Burnie in an OLD Middle school and I get excellent reception throughout the school (to the dismay of many students) and all the way home along Rt 100. I have been very pleased with T-Mobile's service. The only reason I'm considering changing is because I would like a BT enabled phone for free which I can get with some of the other providers. However, I am concerned about coverage with the other providers. Decisions, decisions... ... . Charlie
I have experienced frequent dropped calls all around the 21042 area, but there seems to be hardly any reception behind Mt. Hebron High School. Ever since we "upgraded" to the digital reception we've had very spotty service compared to the analog service. I have a feeling it is our phone: LG C3100. We've had both of our phones replaced (swap for same model) but did not experience any improvements.
I can get reception next to a window in my house, however, no reception can be had in the interior of the house. Even outside is spotty at best. And the "spot" moves. The reception is 2 bars at best, outside.
