I can answer an incoming call, but it drops within 20 seconds. Very annoying! I get 2 bars max at any given time. The apartment complexes along Contee Rd.receive little to no service with Sprint. I just move here but residents tell me it's been a problem as far back as 2005! Really Sprint??

Within the past 3 months, I've gone from having reception in all but one corner of my basement apartment to not getting anything unless I go outside. What's the story?

I don't really pay attention to bars of reception; it's probably 3 or 4 in most places, and the voice quality is almost always clear and loud. I have used this phone for the past 2 1 / 2 years and don't remember ever dropping a call anywhere. It works in every room in my house, including the cellar; in my car wherever I've traveled; in stores; even out in the woods in Indiana. Maybe my phone's analog reception helps there. I have no complaints about Verizon's coverage.

Dozens of large apt complexes here with no service except on the top floors. 0 or 1 bar here. Can send texts when the wind blows the right way. Sprint said "they are having tower issues" here. But the problem existed in 2005 it looks like when reading these reviews. Just got a Airwave from them, let's see what happens.

Nextel is absolutely the worst carrier I have ever had!

My service with Verizon has been great. I've read some of the complaints involving Verizon service and I heard that the best brand of phone to use with Verizon service is LG because it works best with Verizon's towers. Also, some of those Verizon users with the complaints may not be updating their phones software by pressing *228 at least once a month. Of course, everyone's case is different.

Good service on 197 and 295. Decent service on Muirkirk, but once I turn onto Ispahan Loop, it drops to 1-2 bars. As sson as I step inside, it goes to 0 bars and won't call out at all.

Reception is excellent. Customer service is actually improving but still average.

If you leave at any of the apartment buildings in Larchdale Rd you end up with one bar or no bar at all. The signal its really bad.

Most of the time the signals are between 2 / 3, but due to the hills, when you are inside the house the signals can be 0 / 1. For the past 6 years, I have tried all major carriers and Verizon is still the best!

This is a recent improvement. Before August 2004, we had no signal from this locale. Now we usually get 2 bars.

Can get 1 bar if I go outside but even that isn't very reliable.

T-Mobile improved service just this past week. Whereas my calls before were dropped almost every time, now I can actually call people from inside my apartment. I can even move around the apartment and the signal will degrade to only 3 or 2 bars.

One of the few places I get in reception since Sprint took over nextel

Since Sprint took over nextel, I always drop a call on the exit and don't get recption back until right before the rest stop.

About 1 / 4 mile before the rt.1 / Gorman Rd intersection in Laurel, MD there is horrendous to NO reception.

Called complaint into Sprint PCS and was told 'this is a known dead zone with no plans (as of 01 / 24 / 06) to put up any more towers due to funding issues'. Nice... ..Sprint will SELL phones (actually has a store with in 3 miles of here) to unsuspecting customers.

Almost no reception at all in North Laurel. Do not get T-Mobile if you live in the laurel area. When I go inside, I get no reception, have to face a window or go outside to make a call. my contract ends soon so I hope to switch to Cingular which seems to have better reception in laurel.

Inside my apartment, I get either one or no bars. On my balcony, I can get two if I'm lucky. Moving around my apartment, I lose the signal. So, to make a call, I have to be perfectly still. This is OK, since I just put the cell phone down on a stool and use the ear piece to speak into it. But it also sort of defeats the purpose of a cell phone. I was hoping that I could just have a cell phone as my primary phone, but it seems that I may have to get a land line. Reading the other reviews for this part of Laurel, it seems you would get bad reception no matter who the carrier is. My neighbor also complains about bad reception. The most vexing part is that my phone gets good reception if I go about a mile north or south of here. So it seems like I'm in this no-man's land between cell towers. I bet you the first company to move in here would have a lot of people switching to them. So, I suppose if you are going to live in North Laurel, think about a land line.

Will barely get a signal in the apartment. The phone keeps going in and out of service (0 to 1 bars) and reception is horrible, keep dropping calls. Sitting in the parking lot is a little bit better but still drops calls. While sitting in the parking lot, dropped call to customer service three times in a row!