For the second time in 2 months, I've lost all reception on both my BlackJack and my son's Sync. We're unable to make or receive calls, send texts, or even check voicemail for about 1 / 2 mile radius around our house. Phones work fine outside that radius. The iPhone (which is on a different service, I suppose) works fine. First time, about 1 1 / 2 months ago, it lasted for about 36 hours. Reception was fine up until that point, and aftward up until this point. This time it's been 24 hours, and counting. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

I love the iPhone but it does not work in my house or outside my house. I had Verizon for years and never dropped a call. Now with AT&T and the iPhone, I have been told to go outside, away form trees... .it is ridiculous! We bought 2 iPhones and worked with AT&T for 6 weeks trying to get them to work before they said yesterday that they are never going to work where I live and that we should have been told the service would be "iffy". Now they tell me... after I can no longer return our iphones. I thought if we were working with them they would make an exception. I was wrong.

I have yet to get a consistant reception rate. I have dropped calls on almost all calls that I make or receive. This would include calls that are made in close range. When I say close range, I mean just outside of my own door. I have had calls that never ring through and they go immediately to the answering mode and I have to call the person back. Yes, I've checked to make sure that the ring tone is up to the maximum setting. I have been consistantly disappointed with Cingular and will be changing my carrier as soon as my contract is up!

I have been a Cingular customer forever (remember Cellular One?) and have lived in the same house since before there were cell phones. I have noticed that with each phone upgrade, results vary significantly. The best reception I ever received was with a Motorola T120 (analog). That was four phones ago. The minute Cingular went digital, I had varying results--most of them very poor. The Pinecrest corridor from 8 Mile to 9 1 / 2 is terrible, but somewhat improved with my new Razr. I was told when Cingular merges towers with ATT that reception in this area would improve but the rep verified with my new phone purchase that it hasn't happened in the area yet. The **worst** phone I ever had I just got rid of after 1.5 years. It was a Motorola V220. Dropped calls ALL THE TIME. Never could complete one call and if I was on more than a minute, forget it. Prior to that I had a Motorola T720 and it was second in reception to the T120. I live in Ferndale and work in Livonia and go just about everywhere in metro Detroit. Most of my calls and problems stem from the south Oakland County Woodward corridor since that's where I'm making most of my calls, but there are significant problems everywhere!

No problems with Sprint I never drop a call and it works at my house, in the basement, and even up north.