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I had Sprint for six months after I moved up here, and it just wasn't acceptable. I've had Verizon fov over a year now. It has much better reception in rural areas, and I have had very few problems with dropped calls anywere (although there is a black hole on Rt. 340 between the Maryland/Virginia state line and Frederick). Verizon simply owns over everyone else in the area, even in DC and Baltimore (I spend quite a bit of time in each). I had an Audiovox flip-phone for a while, and usually had between three and five bars, although I often recieved no reception inside. I just got my Kyocera, and I almost always have four bars (the max on this phone), and many fewer problems indoors.

AT&T Wireless has dropouts at the following locations along Interstate 70: at the Baltimore County line between the Beltway and US29. Near Turf Valley (where US40 comes in and joins, near mile 82). At the Frederick County line near Mt. Airy. Near Spring Ridge (Mile 59). Near New Market (Mile 62). Along US340 and US15, there's a severe dropout atop the ridge near Jefferson, MD - the call will drop every single time and 200 feet later you'll have five bars. I've been with AT&T for three years and this has never changed in the slightest.

My calls frequently drop even when I'm in my house. Frederick, MD isn't a good area for Sprint.

Almost no reception anywhere in my house or outside around my house. It wasn't this bad a year ago. What the heck happened AT and T?

Never more than 0-1 bars in my house. It's terrible reception pretty much everywhere (although it does work much better outside 2-3 bars). Go with Verizon, do not get stuck in an AT&T contract if you live in Frederick, MD.

I am on my phone all the time for work. Lose a few calls but overall I get pritty good coverage. Looking to change carriers mainly because of price of my phones. T-Mobile has a unlimited plan for 2 phones for 100.00 but need more info from T-Mobile customers first. I use about 3000 mins a month and it needs to work.

my phone allways says no network 0 bars I have been fight with them for a couple of years now. and they have no solution so I must have a landline phone in my home

I have poor coverage in Frederick, MD... . as well as DC. Some places are great, other are horrible. I see people chatting or surfing in areas where I don't get coverage. I'm going to start asking them who their providers are. I came here looking for guidance, but all the info seems dated.

I drive back roads between Frederick and Rockville. There are several areas along the back roads (Route 85 and Route 28), where I would depend on reception the most in an emergency, but I lose connection with calls I'm on, or have no service at all in those areas. More aggrivating than that, is I told Verizon to take me off their email list for special offers because I was considering a new carrier for the next contract period -- all I got was "okay -- you are off our list". Nothing saying they will foward my concerns to customer service, just okay, you're off. I think that's terrible customer service and they obviously aren't concerned about losing long-standing clients.

My phone gyrates wildly between 5 bars and 1 bar inside and outside my house, even while I'm being still. The real average reception is 1 bar. Constant muffled and stuttered voice reception with predictable drops during the afternoons. Inside or outside the house, it doesn't matter. Even if I drive towards Hwy. 15 on Opossumtown Pike the situation is little better. In fact, reception remains muffled until I hit the Key Mall. From April 17th until April 21st, my cell phone service was totally unusable, even for retrieving voice mail, even though I had "3 bars". That's a shame since Cingular works so well in the Atlanta area. I guess you can't travel, have just one cell phone, and expect to have any reception.