Cell Phone Coverage Map in Durham, NC

Cell phone coverage comments are submitted voluntarily by visitors around the Durham, NC area.

Carrier	Avg Rating	No. of Comments	Towers	Coverage Map
1. Verizon	2.23	26	Verizon Towers	Map
2. Sprint	1.95	19	Sprint Towers	Map
3. AT&T	1.21	34	AT&T Towers	Map
4. Nextel	1	1	Nextel Towers	Map
5. T-Mobile	0	1	T-Mobile Towers	Map

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Carrier / Rating	Location / Comment	Date
Verizon 4 Out of 5 Phone Model: LG VX4400	Herndon, Durham, NC 27713	Mon Feb 28, 2005
Verizon 4 Out of 5 Phone Model: LG VX4400	I get very good reception just about everywhere in the Triangle, including at work in RTP. My neighborhood, Fairfield, is low-lying and tends to have problems with all providers, but Verizon is better than others. I used to have AT&T and before that Sprint, and had poor reception in many places around the Triangle with both of them. My husband still has AT&T, and gets terrible reception from our neighborhood all the way over to Southpoint Mall.

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Verizon 1 Out of 5	Main St., Durham, NC 27701	Mon Feb 07, 2005
Verizon 1 Out of 5	I frequently cannot get reception in Trinity Pary area. My statement is valid because this has been going on for months.

Sprint 1 Out of 5 Phone Model: Sanyo RL-4920	Pebblestone Dr. / Daniel Rd., Durham, NC 27703	Sun Jan 23, 2005
Sprint 1 Out of 5 Phone Model: Sanyo RL-4920	The entire neighborhood has very bad reception with Sprint.

Verizon 5 Out of 5 Phone Model: LG VX6000	University Dr. / Academy Rd., Durham, NC 27707	Fri Jan 21, 2005
Verizon 5 Out of 5 Phone Model: LG VX6000	I get virtually perfect reception from Verizon all over Durham. I can't remember the last time I couldn't get a signal, even on the ground floor of large concrete and steel structures. I used to have AT&T and got rid of it because service was extremely spotty. I had to go outside my work building and stand in a particular spot on the back steps to get two bars. Prior to AT&T, I had sprint, which was almost as bad. Get Verizon if you are at Duke. It's worth it.

Alltel 4 Out of 5 Phone Model: Motorola V60	Duke University, Durham, NC 27705	Fri Dec 24, 2004
Alltel 4 Out of 5 Phone Model: Motorola V60	Reception isn't good at all in buildings on campus. I'm wondering if it's the phone. Wish Alltel offered a wider selection of phones. Overall I'm very happy with the reception but I haven't tried any other providers in this area with which to compare. the only other suggested provider would be Verizon. It would be a benefit for me to switch if I could still use the phone in the Duke Med Center. I'm not sure any service provider can do that though.

Sprint 1 Out of 5	Guess Rd. / Russell Rd., Durham, NC 27712	Tue Nov 23, 2004
Sprint 1 Out of 5	No service or calls dropped constantly in this area.

Verizon 1 Out of 5	Russell Rd. / Bivins Rd., Durham, NC 27712	Tue Nov 23, 2004
Verizon 1 Out of 5	The reception is very poor in northern Durham.

Verizon 1 Out of 5 Phone Model: RIM BlackBerry 7750	Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710	Wed Sep 08, 2004
Verizon 1 Out of 5 Phone Model: RIM BlackBerry 7750	Very spotty reception around Duke Medical Center. Most calls require multiple attempts. No reliable reception indoors. Many outdoors "dead spots."

Verizon 4 Out of 5 Phone Model: LG VX6000	University Drive / MLK, Durham, NC 27707	Mon Apr 26, 2004
Verizon 4 Out of 5 Phone Model: LG VX6000	Generally great reception. Sometimes it takes a minute to get a signal. Call drops are rare. Overall, Verizon's network quality is great.

AT&T 1 Out of 5 Phone Model: Nokia 3360	Constitution Drive / American Drive, Durham, NC 27705	Fri Jan 09, 2004
AT&T 1 Out of 5 Phone Model: Nokia 3360	Little to no signal on old TDMA handset from Cingular. Not much better elsewhere either.

AT&T 0 Out of 5 Phone Model: Palm Treo 180	North Waters Edge Dr, Durham, NC 27703	Tue Jan 06, 2004
AT&T 0 Out of 5 Phone Model: Palm Treo 180	Cingular sucks in East Durham. Trying right now to figure out who to switch to..

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Sprint 0 Out of 5	James Street (Work), Durham, NC 27707	Mon Dec 01, 2003
Sprint 0 Out of 5	Sprint's got to be kidding! No reception flat! One bar if I go outside and point in the right direction.

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