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Sporatic coverage - not reliable. Standing right on the beach of Lake Tahoe, you would think at least one tower would be in range. NOT!

I have an old NOKIA 6160m PCS with an awesome plan and great coverage from inside my house. My wife has the Nokia 3395 from Cingular, with "No Service" displayed on the screen. Cingular (AT&T) is shutting off my PCS band and has offered me no plans that even come close to my current PCS plan, and wants me to downgrade to GSM. I have emailed AT&T and called 611 to complain. The answer I got was, "Go Outside". That's fine until the temperatures are in the 20 degree range, then your lips don't work too well. After months of frustration (I have been a PCS customer with AT&T for 10 years) and being ignored and forced to switch, I cut AT&T. I switched to Verizon (even got a phone with Analog AMPS for my travels on 395 or I-5). Both phones work inside the house, although my signal strength is not as good as PCS phone, we don't drop calls. Traveling to Lake Tahoe? Leave the GSM phone at home! Verizon also works on I-80 between Truckee and Nevada State Border (dead zone right near the border). Cingular GSM and PCS would not work on this side of Truckee!

Cingular OK at my house. Usually have 3 bars. Wife's and daughter's phone with TMobile was a joke. Horrible service throughout the Incline area. Both have switched to Cingular with good results.

According to Cingular Coverage Map, Coverage is rated "BEST", but GSM calls are dropped continuously. I have the old AT&T TDMA which works perfect, and my wife has the Cingular GSM which we cannot use reliably. Cingular wants me to downgrade calling plan and switch from TDMA to GSM. I am thinking of dropping Cingular all together due to poor service and plan offerings.

The only 5 here is the 5% of the time that I actually can use Cingular in Incline Village! It always shows a few bars of reception, but as soon as you try to make a call, they all dissapear! The only way you ever know if someone has tried calling you is when a few hours later, the message icon shows up. Booooo Cingular.

I can usually make calls from the area around Raleys, but its still a bit inconsistant

occaisionally I can get a signal for a brief moment at home, but mostly no service at all. AT&T is pretty awful service wise as well. I've had too many problems with them to count. I'm switching my number even if I have to pay the termination fee.

My reliable old Nokia 3360 has analog capability, so maybe that explains the decent coverage.

Pretty good reception with Sanyo. reception drops dramatically going further up the hill, with no reception on Nadine Court

I have little to no reception in my house with T-Mobile and had the same issue when I lived in Tahoma. Dropped calls and missed calls that just pop up as voicemails all the time.