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Ellicott City, MD - Cell Phone Coverage - By Reception Rating


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T-Mobile Rating T-Mobile 2.67 3
AT&T Rating AT&T 2.17 12
Verizon Rating Verizon 1.25 8
Sprint Rating Sprint 1 1
Nextel Rating Nextel 0.5 2

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Carrier / Rating Location / Comment Date
AT&T
5 Out of 5
5 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Samsung BlackJack 2
Speedwell / Hemlock / Columbia Rd., Ellicott City, MD 21042 Mon Aug 18, 2008

Today is Monday, Aug 18th. As of about last Thursday (8 / 14), I suddenly started getting 4 of 4 bars of 3G signal. Prior to that, I was lucky to get 2 bars of Edge. Guessing a new tower was brought online, or an existing one was upgraded.

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AT&T
5 Out of 5
5 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Motorola T720
Rt. 103 and Long Gate, Ellicott City, MD 21043 Wed Nov 01, 2006

Service has improved over the summer (2006).

T-Mobile
5 Out of 5
5 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Samsung SGH-E105
Montgomery Rd.(Rt103) / Hunting Horn Dr., Ellicott City, MD 21043 Mon Jun 27, 2005

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

AT&T
5 Out of 5
5 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Motorola V551
Rt. 108 / Columbia Rd., Ellicott City, MD 21042 Mon Feb 14, 2005

Full service outside the house and usually three to four out of five bars in the house with no dropped calls.

Verizon
4 Out of 5
4 Out of 5

Phone Model:
LG VX7000
Town and Country BLVD / Rt 40 Or Riding Crop Way, Ellicott City, MD 21043 Mon Jul 25, 2005

I used to have NEXTEL and their reception was terrible anywhere in Columbia / EC / Baltimore Co. We switched to VERIZON and now I dont have to hang my arm out the window of my car to talk! I rarely have to repeat "can you hear me now w. verizon" I live in EC and I have a friend living in Columbia (she has tmobile) and only when I talk to her is when I get the static in my ear but it is her service not mine ;-) My bf has the treo 600. He gets even better reception w. that phone than I do mine. But my phone takes better pictures in the day and his takes better pictures at night. Only ONE complaint w. verizon. My mother lives on WHITEACRE RD in OAKLAND MILLS and VERIZON service DOES NOT work in her apt at all. Very annoying! And she and I both have the service.

AT&T
3 Out of 5
3 Out of 5

Near Wal-Mart and Rt. 40, Ellicott City, MD 21043 Sun Aug 20, 2006

The reception isn't too bad nor too powerful. I would recommend T-Mobile or Verizon. But planwise with pricing and minutes, Cingular does the job well overall.

Verizon
2 Out of 5
2 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Palm Treo
Rt. 40 / Ellicott Grove Apartments, Ellicott City, MD 21043 Mon Jun 01, 2009

Have a terrible time in my apartment complex

Verizon
2 Out of 5
2 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Treom 650
Brittany Dr. / Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City, MD 21043 Mon Jun 11, 2007

Can't use my phone (Treo 650) in my own house. Had the same problem with a Treo 600. Very disappointed in the reception.

T-Mobile
2 Out of 5
2 Out of 5

Phone Model:
T-Mobile MDA
Ballard Way / North of 99 and Bethany Lane, Ellicott City, MD 21042 Sat Jul 08, 2006

Reception at home: I had 3 Cingular phones, and none could get recpetion in my house or sometimes outside even though it showed one or two bars reception. Many neighbors have Verizon and have to go outside to get a good connection. I have 2 T-Mobile phones now and I can get reception in my house (2 bars). Fallouts: The T-Mobile connection is good enough to keep a call going without fallout. Cingular had many fallouts for me when I had a connection. Reception around Baltimore / Washington DC 695 and 495 Beltways: No problems encountered with T-Mobile. I had more fallouts and lost connections with Cingular on west side of 495 loop. Overall: It appears T-Mobile has a better infrastructure and cell tower equipment to support the call traffic. The reception based on the bars on the phones were identical, but I can make clean calls with T-Mobile and not have any connection with Cingular.

AT&T
2 Out of 5
2 Out of 5

Phone Model:
AudioVox SMT5600
RT 40 (Near Odonnel Honda), Ellicott City, MD 21043 Thu Jul 21, 2005

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.


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