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Calls frequently dropped while inside the house. Outside, the connection is reliable.

I cannot use my phone in my house. Sometimes my phone will not even ring - then much later it will beep that someone left a voicemail. I went to the galleria this weekend. The whole time I was there my phone was on roaming. Constantly beeping / changing back and forth between roaming and weak signal wherever I go. Went to Chicago last week and could not even talk on my phone in my hotel room. The only place I seem to have a good signal is in Bridgeton around 270 & the rock road. I just switched to Verizon from Sprint because I always had dropped calls / bad reception with them too. Is there any good cell phone service in St. Louis?

The phone is terrible, I get 0 bars at the house where my old phone would get 2. I was told by associate the phones are all the same, now they want $35 restocking fee to return phone.

Warson and Somerset Downs is in a valley. No cell phone reception by any carrier in this area.

I just bought the Nexus S 4G yesterday and I've tested reception from the Fenton Best Buy where I bought the phone all the way to Jefferson Barracks. 4G reception is almost non-existent everywhere, and I've already started dropping calls. I came from straighttalk which is a tracphone and I have never lost a single signal. My download speeds range from 0(75% of the time) to 0.70mb on average and have never been over 0.90mb, which is unacceptable for 4G service. If it doesn't improve after a few service calls or trips to best buy I'll return the device and go back to my straight talk phone..ole' reliable.

I have rarely if ever dropped calls with US cellular. I usually maintain 4 bars or better no matter where i'm at. I can make calls anywhere in my office (where other can't). I get reception anywhere in the St. Louis area and haven't come across any dead spots. I switched from CIngular (now ATT) and had problems everywhere. I couldn't talk in my house and had to be standing by a window in my office to get spotty reception.

Reception here now is near perfect. I live in an apartment near this intersection. When I first got my phone in Jan 2005, I could not use it inside the apartment. I complained to Cingular on a daily basis.. Now there is a new Cingular cell tower about 150 yards from my apartment.. Works great!! No more problems.

t-mobile has no reception on campus. it makes no difference if you're inside or outside.

In most of St Louis city and South County I get between 4 and 5 bars of service. Of course where I need it the most, in my apartment, I only get 1-3 bars. I can manually search for a different network and usually land "Extended Area" (which I assume is a hop to Cingular towers since it's the only other TDMA service in the area) for 4-5 bars, but that doesn't help for incoming calls. Overall I would recommend it for anyone in the area, since with the 30 day risk-free trial you can easily tell by then if it will work where you live. I get by even with the low reception in my apartment fairly well. I am hoping the merger with Cingular will boost reception, since I have heard Cingular's reception is top-notch in the area.

Coverage is minimal and dropped calls are frequent. Roaming list is regularly updated via *228 with no improvements.