Service is worse since ATT took over Cingular. 3G is terrible! I usually have 1, sometimes 2 bars on Notchview Ct. Inside house - service is unreliable. The line of terrain all the way down the creek to McMullen Creek is a dead zone. The worst is if you have 1 bar of 3G and try to make a call... Probably will drop in transition to Edge. 2 years ago I had 2 bars - reliable service. Something stinks with the new management.

Absolutely the worst service I have ever had in over 10 years!

I have never been in a place that has 0 bar! AT&T should get sued for advertising that they have more bars than any other provider. Alltel has great reception in the same apartment.

never have reception problems at home in Ballantyne area. There are only about 3 areas in Charlotte that I ALWAYS lose connection - that are very consistent locations (one spot on Morehead by downtown, one spot on Sharron Rd close to Wendover). I don't like the fact that I may not get a text or voice msg for 30 minutes approx after the sender sends it to me. My biggest complaint is I go ZERO service up in the Mountains - Roan Mountains / spruce pine / Bakersville / Little switerland - and we go there every weekend, so I can't ever use my cell on the weekends up there (it's just worthless). Wish they do something about that. As I am a 24 / 7 hour IT professional the cell phone service is mandatory for me. In Charlotte it works 95% great, in the mountains 0%. But my boyfriend gets service from his Sprint cell in the mountains.

Cingular coverage in this city is ridiculously horrible. Dropped calls continously. Anyone moving to Charlotte should plan on changing cellular service or deal with the constant frustration.

Reception totally sucks. Where's the network? Verizon could care less. Anyone for a class action suit, the service doesn't live up to the ads. No good at all inside house, very marginal outside.

THE WORST! Tin cans with a string would probably be a better choice. Tried different phones, always getting the same miserable reception, if at all. Voice mails arrive 2-3 days late. My contract with Verizon ends August 7th, 2008. It will be a day of celebration!

AT$T is doing nothing to fix this problem. I've been suffering this"pain" 4 years. They say I'd try to switch a new cell phone. I did. IT's still the same. AT$T sucks!

Just moved to this neighborhood and I can't get more than 2 bars on my phone. Reception is horrible if I get any at all... very patchy. I've never had such problems with reception and I've been using Verizon for 6 years. Definitely going to have to get a land line which sucks. Haven't had a land line in probably 5 years.

I've been a customer since 2000, and for the most part have been fairly satisfied with their service. Lately though reception doesn't seem as good and I'm dropping more calls. Last year I had an issue with my phone and was basically told that I was not a new customer and was in the middle of a contract so they were not pbligated to be be too nice to me... I just purchased an unlocked Blackberry and since my contract is now doe, am shopping around...

Reception is usually always at one bar. Sometimes I will receive voice mails without the phone ever ringing, and drop calls are about 1 in 5. I've heard Alltel is the best in this area, but I've still got about 10-months left on my 2-year contract with Verizon so I can't switch. Lame!

Service in the house is poor to none, often times I will usually receive voicemail notification hours after the voicemail was sent. Calls fade and drop even standing outside of my home. There are no Sprint towers close to this area.

This has been a nightmare with nextel / sprint coverage is bad all over charlotte. Dead areas, 485 arrowod to providence rd, 77 remount / clanton, all of carmel rd, providence country club, any surrounding counties. Total disbelief of service.

We have had Verizon service for about six years and have encountered only occasionally dropped or broken calls or poor reception areas. Overall we are happy with the service except for Verizon's pricing structure which are generally higher compared to other services especially for talk and broadband data plans and also the fact that they don't allow unused talk time rollovers from month to month.

Inside my apartment, I can barely keep one bar. Outside, reception is average. If you plan on living here, you'll need a landline if AT&T is your carrier unless you enjoy conducting all of your conversations on the sidewalk.

Can't use phone in house. Have been told home in a dead spot / zone. May be able to get call through with 1-2 bars, but more than likely call will be dropped. Very disgusting having to pay for service which you can't get unless you drive out of this area. Definitely will switch once contract expires.

My boyfriend and I both have Verizon, he with a Motorola Razr and me with a Nokia phone. We both have very poor reception and have had lots of dropped calls in the neighborhood.

Verizon service is terrible at this location. Verizon has performed field testing and concluded that this address is a "dead" area (The Pointe Apt Complex) and have offered to cancel my contract.

AT&T sucks. they have known about this area and the constantly dropped called for over 5 years and still nothing. FCC needs to take control from the cell companies instead of letting them make the rules.

I have to go outside of my house to get any reception and even then, I often have my calls dropped.