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Decent reception south of Columbia heading into McBain; spotty coverage on KK by turns heading toward Nifong (not always, but I consider it unreliable at best); Nifong is good coverage, so is Forum all the way north to Stadium.

Various Nokia phones and AT and T have been a great combo in SW Columbia, downtown, VA Hosp. Not so much in south MO. Family with different phone brand but AT and T service - not so good.

I also live in Brookside Townhomes and my phone, at most, gets one bar. Most of the time it just says "Searching" or "No Service." It's very irritating. No one I know on any carrier can make a call over here. I lived in a different apartment in Brookside last year and service was bad, but not this bad. I wish there was a way to fix this.

Can't even talk on cell in the house unless I stand facing southwest in one corner of one room on the second floor. If I try moving the call will immediately become garbled or dropped. Coverage throughout Columbia is spotty at best--lots of dropped calls--always warn people as soon as I connect that we'll probably get disconnected and that I'm not hanging up on them. Lots of rollover minutes because it is hard having a long conversation with such poor reception. Had the phone replaced but it didn't do any good. As soon as the contract expires so will our coverage by ATT.

Reception and service has been a problem for a while and continues to decline. I commute between Columbia / Jefferson City daily. Dropped calls are the norm even in the city limits of Columbia and Jefferson city. Travel around the country and experience the same thing in other locations. They tried to say it was my phone and talk me into buying a new one, but friends and family members with different phones experience the same problems. Most have already switched service providers. My family and I are in the process of doing the same thing.

All over Columbia Cingulars reception is very poor. I work at the university and inside most of the building you can't even get any reception. I have friends that have Sprint and they get good reception even in the basement of University Hospital.

The reception at my home area stinks! When discussed they said a tower was going to be shared when AT&T merger came about. Then when that didn't help... "a tower is planned any day." I am ending and will transfer to other carrier as I have boo koo minutes from lack of service at weekends and nights.

When I open my phone to make a call, I may have 5 bars. By the time I hear the other phone ringing, it may drop to 1 or 2. Most calls sound like the comic routine of ordering food at a drive thru. Cingular replaced my first phone, but the problem has never been fixed. Very poor customer service both locally and nationally.