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Typically 5 of 7 bars on the Nokia 6682 1st Gen Smart Phone. Data transfer rates on EDGE top out at 115.2 Kbps. Reception on all three levels of townhouse works. Last Carrier Verizon worked only on the 2nd Floor. Dropped calls on 1st Floor and Basement. Not sure about T-Mobile or Sprint, but assume they are not better based on input from other users.

I moved here in August 06. Reception was OK. No calls in the basement, and not calls in the kitchen. No Big Deal. Since January I have had no reception at all. I will get 1 or 2 bars. I even get notified that I have a voice mail. Unfortunately, I cannot see who called because there is no received call number. Also, I cannot check my voicemail because I do not have enough reception. I called Cingular, and they were very helpful-AT FIRST. They sent me a new SIM chip. Once I received the SIM chip, I called Cingular to have it activated. No change in reception with the new SIM chip. The lady said that because of the Cingular / AT&T merge, they are working on the towers and I would not have good reception. OK-so when will this be fixed, and what can I do to fix this issue? She does not know how long it will take to get fixed and there is nothing I can do. She was pleasant; I will give her that. Now, what do I do with a phone that I cannot use near or in my house?

Piney Orchard area. Inside my house, I get 2 bars at most (usually only one bar). I have to go out onto the back deck to make a call and hope that it isn't dropped.

Since Cingular joinging up with AT&T I have not found one place my phone does not work. It even works in Hawaii. Most of my friends have Verizon and my phone works in areas theirs dont like basements and other underground structures. People who think Cingular has bad reception must just have bad phones because I have been all over the U.S. and my phone has bever let me down. Most of the time (99%) I have full bars even durring hurricans. I belive Cingular has the best plan ever.