Great reception in Trinity Park

I get terrible reception within my apartment. It gets a bit better outside. Overall its terrible. Looking to switch

Since I moved to Durham 2 months ago, I cannot use my phone for more than 2 or 3 minutes inside my apartment, and even then the connection is still terrible. I lived in Chapel Hill earlier this year, and reception was okay, just like it is in most of the Durham area. This is my second LG phone, though, and I will never buy one again. The reception is horrible and last year it would often just not ring. I would have it sitting on the table next to me and all of a sudden a voicemail would be delivered to the phone, even though the phone never rang. I've had enough of LG phones and if I weren't still sharing a plan with my family, I would drop Cingular immediately.

The reception in this area is really weak. My friends use Verizon phones and they have much better signals all the time. Even at Duke, Cingular is bot reliable and the signal dies whenever you enter any building or structure. I strongly recommend not using Cingular in this area.

Cingular coverage around Duke has been miserable and unreliable. It was perfect out West, but since I have moved to NC, it has been awful. Calls with four bars reception strength one minute drop to nothing--and I'm sitting still, indoors, with clear weather. It is very frustrating and I'm looking for whatever else is out there. Had a terrible experience with Sprint and was grateful to have such good coverage and service from Cingular while in California. From what I read on this site, not much hope in Durham with Cingular.

I am currently on my third phone with Cingular, and the cell coverage is as horrendous as ever. I suffer so many dropped calls and crackling reception in the Chapel Hill / Durham area that my friends have resorted to just e-mailing me. I have no problem with Cingular's prices or customer service, but the reception in this area is truly infuriating. My contract ends in two months, and I'll be going with Verizon, which seems to be the dominant carrer in the Triangle.

I usually only have 2 or 3 bars inside but reception is usually good. Outside, I have 3 or 4 bars and reception is always good. However at work (in Hillsborough) I only have 1 or 2 bars and can't receive calls inside buildings.

I just moved into town and my cell phone coverage has been pretty bad in Durham. At home (in American Village) the coverage is extremely spotty, which makes sense since I there are a lot of trees and not many nearby towers. Elsewhere in Durham, the coverage is decent, including in my building at Duke near the Duke Medical Center. I can get signal than most of my labmates. It doesn't make up for the bad signal in American Village, though.

No more than 2 bars anywhere I go. Most times when using phone goes to 0 - 1 bars and drops call within 5 minutes. Half the time the phone doesn't even ring and I just get notified I have voicemail because of poor signal. Contacted Cingular to complain and got generic reply about "many factors influence cell phone reception including device, weather, location, surrounding buildings, etc."

Rarely ever get reception near Little River School.

I've used Alltel, Nextel (pre-merger), Sprint, Cingular and Verizon Wireless over the last year (through Feb. 2006) in this area, Sprint, CING and VZW currently. Both Verizon Wireless and Alltel provide decent indoor and outdoor coverage, up to three bars outside and between one and two inside. Cingular coverage, since the network integration, isalso much improved and I get both GSM and EDGE coverage at one to two bars inside and three or more outside. Nextel coverage is quite spotty, with no indoor coverage, and Sprint is even worse. For all of these carriers there are coverage gaps where the calls drop, but overall I like Alltel and Verizon the best with Cingular a close second.

Entire no reception in the inside of buildings. Out side of building I can get 2 or 3 bars raising. You should wait someone at the outside of building altough it's freezing or raining. Brayan Center, Libraries, Social Science and many others...

Reception poor to below average at best, which is consistent with the fact that there are no towers near the intersection of NC-751 and I-40. My roommate's Cingular phone has similar reception, meaning spotty and subject to fading depending on who-knows-what conditions. You'd think that with all the residential and commercial development in the immediate area, the need for additional signal strength would be apparent.

Entirely usable indoors at my house, including Vision features.

Had TDMA Service with AT&T Wireless which was sold to Suncom which was sold back to Cingular. With AT&T Wirless and Suncom I had strong Digital service in this area. With Cingular I had digital service up until 11 / 29 / 2005 when Cingular claims to have done "network consolidation". Ever since the consolidation, I have ZERO digital service from Cingular using my TDMA phone. Cingular says I will have to switch to GSM to get digital service again. I chose a Tri-mode phone because the service worked even in remote areas where the phone switched to modes "Extended area" and "Roam". Now all I get from Cingular is "Extended area" and "Roam" service. Cingular will definitely loose my business unless this is fixed.

My calls are dropped constantly in this area where I live. If I didn't have a land line, I couldn't complete calls. I won't get new service because I'm moving back to San Francisco in a few months where reception is mostly good.

When it gets stormy out I will occasionally drop to two bars for about 5 minutes. If I leave the phone in one place it'll jump back up to 4 and phone conversations are crystal clear.

I have had a Nextel cell for the last 4 to 5 years because I was unsatisfied with the numerous other service providers and Nextel proved to be the best in several ways... BUT, the service has actually gotten worse over the past few months and friends with other providers receive much more coverage. Needless to say, I am beginning to look for other providers. My advice to anyone looking for a new wireless carrier is, DO NOT try Nextel.

Always excellent reception. I've heard that subscribers of other networks aren't nearly as satisfied as we are. Verizon - keep up the good work!

Good reception inside our building. Rarely have a dropped call, occasional static / choppiness but for the most part the service is good. Sprint customer service has been awful in the past, but seems to be improving - slightly.