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Silver Spring, MD - Cell Phone Coverage


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T-Mobile Rating T-Mobile 1.88 8
Sprint Rating Sprint 1.71 7
AT&T Rating AT&T 1.67 15
Verizon Rating Verizon 1.64 14
Nextel Rating Nextel 0.75 4

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

Phone Model:
Nokia 7610
Dublin / cody / Forest Grove, Silver Spring, MD 20902 Sat Jul 29, 2006

Since July 20, 2006, NO coverage on my side of the street (parallel to Sligo Creek). Prior to that (since I moved here 2003), strong coverage. Multiple calls for network investigation -- nada. Cingular sux.

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Verizon
2 Out of 5
2 Out of 5

Phone Model:
LG VX4650
Peach Orchard / Kingshouse, Silver Spring, MD 20905 Wed Jun 14, 2006

spotty in rambler sometimes we have to go outside to get good signal

Sprint
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Leisure World / Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20906 Tue Apr 25, 2006

I like Sprint PCS reception, but not in my neighborhood. The reception is very poor. My wife still persists with Sprint, but I switched to Cingular which has good reception in that neighborhood. If Sprint builds tower in my area, there are a number of people who will switch to it.

Nextel
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
i830
Silver Spring, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Wed Apr 19, 2006

Obviously, Nextel knows that it is a dying company. Very poor reception, messages show up after days and truly such an useless cell phone system.

AT&T
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Motorola V557
Beltway, Silver Spring Around To I-95 South and So, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Fri Apr 07, 2006

I switched from AT&T to Cingular a bit over a month ago, and got a new phone that I'm very happy with, but it was a total disaster when it came to cell coverage. Driving from Silver Spring around the western beltway to I-95 S and ultimately south to Richmond, it's pretty hard to maintain a conversation for more than 5-10 minutes at a time virtually anywhere along the entire route. Now, I just got off the phone with Cingular and I have moderate good news: the representative spoke with a supervisor, who verified that they do in fact have low coverage around the western part of the beltway, and they agreed to waive my termination fee. (I had argued that their sales rep sold me a product that doesn't deliver what they said it would, and I made it clear that I was prepared to document all my dropouts for a week or two and then dispute all charges on my account.) The rep was actually very apologetic, but she also said explicitly that it will be at least months before they get enough new towers in place in my area for it to make a difference to me. She also told me that she could not switch me back to AT&T because they were phasing it out. So, bottom line: I think (and the company itself more or less verified) that Cingular is virtually worthless if what you want to do is talk on the phone on the western Beltway and down I-95 South toward Richmond. (Yes, I use a hands free set and I drive very carefully, with a lot of follow distance!) However, I was lucky enough (or had chutzpah enough) to get them to waive my early termination fee. Now I just need to figure out which other provider is the best one to switch to, because I don't want to go through all this again. Wish I could have my AT&T back, sigh...

AT&T
3 Out of 5
3 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Palm Treo 650 (GSM)
Randolph Rd. / Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20902 Sun Apr 02, 2006

Cingular has decent reception in this area at times. It tends to get overloaded at times and calls will not go through or come in. Additionally, the service is hit or miss. Sometimes there is a delay in receiving a voicemail notification. Also, the service is very temperamental as you start traveling around, working in some places and not in others. Overall the signal strennth is not very strong anywhere (even though my phone indicates that it is). The service is mediocre at best, and I would npt conitnue on with them if it were not for the fact that they use GSM technology, and this saves me money when I am traveling outside the USA.

Verizon
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Kyocera 2325
Royal Rd.- White Oak Area, Silver Spring, MD 20903 Thu Dec 29, 2005

Occasionally good enough to carry on a simple conversation upstairs, but often no reception at all in the basement. Sometimes it works a little better on the front porch.

AT&T
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Motorola V180
Grubb Rd. / Washington Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910 Thu Dec 29, 2005

Typically, the phone only has a one to two bar connection (both inside and outside) and the calls eventually end up being dropped. I've noticed Cingular generally has poor coverage around DC altogether, though, the phone seems to work great in Scottsdale, AZ.

Sprint
0 Out of 5
0 Out of 5

Rt. 29 / Stewart Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20904 Fri Sep 30, 2005

I never had coverage issues in the past. Recently service is not available. What happened?

Nextel
1 Out of 5
1 Out of 5

Phone Model:
Motorola i95cl
495-Greenbelt, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Mon Sep 26, 2005

On the beltway around Greenbelt heading toward Baltimore coming from AAFB, the call always gets muddled and then drops. Nextel suggests bringing the phone in for a diagnostic test, but never admits fault with their service area.


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