if you can get a signal east of bangor on or around rt 9 from AT&T your lucky. most signal comes from unicel (roaming partner) 5 bars until AT&T finds your phone and reprograms it to ignore the roaming partner. Then you get 0 or 1 bar.

My wife and I switched to TMobile from unicel due to traveling all over the nation. T-Mobile is great for that, but in Maine it is random and spotty. There are spots in Bangor where I will drop calls, etc. Then again we are in Maine... rather than Mass. etc I am thinking about switching to USC now that my contract is up!

Have now had US Cellular four years. Reception is perfect. Rarely if ever can't call or receive. Travel throughout county and state daily. Out of state relatives with sprint, Verizon and AT&T use my phone cause theirs won't work. Biggest negative, phone selection is terrible and expensive. Razr was $160 less at other carriers than I paid at USC. Free incoming and messaging less at USC.

need a good phone with great reception

I moved to Downing Rd and found that I had no signal. I complained to T-Mobile and they sold me a new phone. I still get zero bars. Not enough towers in town.

Reception was okay til Summer 2006, now dropped calls, can't make calls, 0 bars in places where friends have full signal. Will go from No Service to 5 bars to No service in seconds... Cancelling the service.

Reception is spotty at best. I can get 5 bars if I travel half a mile towards town. This is sad because a Verizon phone at the same location will get 5 bars.

Excellent reception

Signal varies around campus.

Tmobile service in Bangor / Brewer is good and consitant if you are in town. Its ok if you head up river to Orono and ok down the 95 corridor until Hampden. Anywhere else in the Bangor area is spotty at best. Heading south on 95 after Hampden you might get blessed with spotty service until you hit Augusta from there it seems to work just fine all the way down to MA.