No 4G reception on the 6th floor. If I manually switch to CDMA I get full 3G reception, but phone won't auto switch.

Strong 4G LTE signal in subway 4, 5, 6 stop.

No reception in N, R, Q station.

1, 2, 3 train station: barely usable 1g signal. Can send / receive texts, but no data.

Zero signal in subway station (4, 5, 6).

Strong 4G LTE signal- even inside elevator. Works very well.

I just want to say to everyone complaining about not having ATT service close to places of interest (especially the fool by the naturally history museum) thinking you'll have better service at a place where there are always a lot of people is highly misguided. The more people in an area, the higher the load on the network and the worse the reception.

Awful data reception in 61 Broadway. I'm no the 22nd floor, right next to a window. Calling seems fine, data (3G or otherwise) is non-existent.

I think there is a troll here. Verizon service is solid. I hated my Incredible. The service sucked on it because it was the device. iPhone shows 5 bars where Droid showed 2-1 bars. Speeds are fast, too. Just got 2.4Mbps.

Man of course vzw has no reception here. I drop calls and have extremely slow data. 0.2mbps down and 0.09mbps up using speedtest. Seems like all the carriers are having worse service and wanting to charge more.

Generally 4 bars reception with no dropped calls. Changed land-line number to cell, so I need for this phone to function well and consistently here. It does. I expect to keep Verizon and upgrade to Motorola Droid.

Switched from AT&T to Verizon Wireless and I am so happy I did. This phone is amazing! I love it! Better then my iPhone I had. My data speeds are fast, and I have't had ANY dropped calls!

the only place I've lost cell reception is on the NE corner of 40th St.and 5th Ave. (across from the NY Public Library). Step off the curb, and the reception is fine again.

Verizon's signal fades in and out, and there is no consistency. Very high probability of call being dropped. Battery dies pretty quickly.

I cant not tell how HORRIBLE AT&T is here! My calls are ALWAYS dropped! The sound is UNREAL and the call quality is the worse! I switched my business of 185 to Verizon Wierless yesterday. We all have BlackBerry Tours, and Verizon has a wonderful network! The sounds are clear and data is fast! VERY happy I made the switch!

Verizon works nearly everywhere I go in Manhattan. Only problem spots are my office desk next to a window (2 feet away works great) and in one elevator as it hits the second floor. The other two elevators have no problem.

Had Verizon for nearly 15 years and NEVER had a dropped call. Recently I switched to AT&T for the iPhone and had almost 25 dropped calls per day. Switched back to Verizon and LOVE my service. Great, crisp sound quality!

Becoming practically not worth using. Landline more and more practical, at least reliable. Dropped calls getting worse and worse. Usually have plenty of bars, but calls die nonetheless. Lately almost every single call: drops, then drops, then drops. I know there's interference from 60 Hudson with all the dishes, etc... . but this is getting unbearable. Calls never drop outside or other locations.

It may not be the fanciest handset anymore but not a single dropped call on my Verizon Razr in about 2 years at this location!

Exceptional service and reception. Occasionally even holds onto service in the elevator going down 14 floors. Absolutely amazing. I have friends with T-Mobile and AT&T service that frequently complain about reception issues or dropped calls. Thankfully, I can't relate. Unfortunately Verizon service isn't cheap, and the phones are generally considered pathetic. I'd gladly drop Verizon if a competitor offered lower rates with similar service, but that hasn't happened yet.

just got a new blackberry and my call sustained all the way thru on the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. I had ATT for many years and dont recall ever sustaining a call all the way thru from NY to Brooklyn.. 6 years and every time I tried, the call dropped (on GSM and later on 3G). I am so glad I switched..

Generally I have no problems with reception at all anywhere in the neighborhood or in my apartment with the exception of one room. Also work in WTC area and reception is excellent everywhere in the area.

perfect reception with a phone service originating from las vegas.

Outdoors on the sidewalk there are 1-2 bars, sometimes up to 3. But in our 4th floor apartment there is barely enough signal to send a text message when you are hanging out the window. It has been a hellish year living with a phone you have to go outside to use. When I hear my phone ring and see who it is, I am filled with rage that I can't answer the call. Verizon said there was nothing they could do, so we're both switching to AT&T. I hear Verizon is better in general but I need my phone to work where I LIVE.

Reception and call quality are amazing with the BB Curve on Verizon Wireless. I think it's function of both the phone and network though. Though I got pretty good reception and call quality with a Motorola Q9M before also on VZW, they're even better on the Blackberry Curve. I'm still lusting after the iPhone 3G though but have had an awful experience with AT&T on the first iPhone, so going back to AT&T is just out of the question.

great service all around. when compared to t-mobile, sprint, nextel, cingular(at&t), it blows it out of the water. I have lived all over nyc and my service with Verizon is impeccable. rarely do I drop a call, I think it might be my blackberry though, but besides that, no problems whatsoever.

Never a problem with reception anywhere in midtown, downtown or uptown. i wish ATT had good reception in manhattan because I want to get an iphone. but I can't miss calls-- I use this for work!

Just got this phone and I have to bring it back. I work ten feet from a window and DO NOT get service. It seems ok outside but indoors the service gets real spotty. Dont know if its the phone itself or Verizon doing something with there coverage. I had a Samsung before and would get good service indoors. The service was getting a little weak and opted to get a new phone with the 100 dollar credit they offered. BAD MOVE.

Whenever I'm anywhere other than in the dorms, I have great reception, but if I'm anywhere in my dorms, especially in my room, my signal goes from 5 bars to 0 and drops the call. There is no reason to it, I can be sitting in the same place and not move an inch, and it just loses the signal. I actually have better reception in the elevator than anywhere else in the dorms! However, any other place that I've been, Verizon has excellent service. Which is why it's so frustrating not having any in my place of residence!

verizon is amazing. and I always have reception in my building, which is very high and by the river.

Bar goes to ZERO. Failed calls 3 out of 4 attempts for the last couple of months. You figure you'd have perfect reception since you're in direct line of sight of the Empire State Building and I'm sure every carrier has broadcast capability from midtown.

Terrible reception in the building. I am on a high floor and barely get reception.

Very good reception - but as mentioned above, wish Verizon had a better choice of phones!

15th floor hi-rise. Perfect reception in every room.

I had at&t / Cingular since 1999 for personal use, and it was downright unreliable. Since I switched to verizon, my signal has been perfect. Both phones sitting side by side, AT&T has one bar and Verizon is full (not that it matters on a digital network, one bar is as good as full reception on at&t) I should have switched a long time ago!

Good signal - only occasional static. Never drops calls.

excellent quality and reception

Great reception everywhere on the upper east side. I also get great reception everywhere in the Tri-State Area as well as throughout the country. I drive monthly between NY and DC and have never gotten cut off once during the drive. Unless you have the need for newest Blackberry Pearl or Curve, I would definitely say Verizon is the best in the Tri-State Area.

Great reception, everywhere in the city.

Very good reception in my apartment - friends with T-Mobile or Cingular don't get any reception at all in my apartment.

Verizon service works as it should. I get full reception all over the city. Sometimes even in the subway! My only complaint is their pricey data plan.

Most places in Manhattan the reception is great. In my apartment, mediocre at best. Enough to still make calls most of the time, but sometimes the service will just drop out for an hour for no discernable reason.

I often get out of the train and try to call my wife. I have to wait until I've walked almost to 145th and Convent (or 141st and Convent if I walk down St. Nicholas) to get any reception bars. It must be that the cell towers don't reach into that valley there, but it's annoying.

Awesome Reception! I used to have Sprint and hated it so much! I hope they go bankrupt!

I am working on the 48th Floor. Reception is poor, i.e., I direct the phone towards the window in a vain attempt to keep and signal, but calls are dropped, and emails / Web services are interrupted.

Outside reception is good but going into building the reception falls greatly.

Ground floor apt. facing rear-no reception. No subway platforms or elevators, either.

Verizon Wireless has foremost the best reception than any wireless carrier. I had T Mobile and Cingular and they really need to upgrade on their network. I never had a problem with thier network wherever I go. Especially out of the tri-state. They do work under some the #6 Train stations, Chambers and Essex St.on the J Train and in Atlantic Ave. and Borough Hall on the #4 train. I was shocked to recieve reception with them waiting on the 1st car of the Manhattan bound F and V train in 34 street / Herald Square ( 1, 2 bars though. )

On 10th floor of a building located at 46th st and Broadway, reception pretty inconsistent and Verizon may be selling too many phones and not upgrading their system, I cant get a connection to talk to my wife in the evening..

Reception in the area of the Medical Center is generally okay, but very poor inside buildings, even on higher floors. It never cuts off on me when I'm outside, but inside buildings reception may vary from 0 bars to 4 bars in adjacent rooms.

Was a Verizon user for over 10 years..had a problem with a phone as soon as I upgraded and Verizon replaced it with a refurbished phone which was worse than my original... long story short Verizon says they are not responsible they do not manuacture the phones CLEARLY their clueless and yes agree with many Penn Station service SUCKS can't get a singal while foreigners are using cell phones from other countries. Switched to Cingular and for past has been AMAZING signals everywhere including Penn Station great officer prices, more important rollover minutes Verizon could care less about it's customers... p.s. customer service and technicians beyond rude and obnoxious all they know is "can you hear me now" dah not for long many friends of mine are having similar issues and are switching to other carriers once their contract expires.

Verizon is excellent all throughout parts of the city I travel. I have never had a problem with their service. Bar none the best quality in the city. Indoors, outdoors, on some subway platforms, epic coverage.

Switched to Verizon from Sprint about 11 months after moving to an apartment across from Riverside Park. Sprint had dodgy service at best in my apartment, so I had the change carriers. Verizon has been perfect. No dropped calls and I always have a signal (even in the basement laundry room). I only wish Verizon had Sprint's prices... My Cingular b'berry hardly ever works in my apartment. The unit usually has to be held near a window in order to capture a signal.

I literally need to lean on the bedroom window to get 1 bar. No reception throughout the rest of the apartment. Friends with T-Mobile get good reception.

Despite 5 bars, in my apartment there are spots where I lose connection and drop calls (19th floor). In elevator or street no problems.

Basement apartment. Other than a couple of "hotspots", no reception while in apartment. OK on the street.

Great reception from the seventh floor and on the street.

Even in the basement of my appartment building, I get reasonable receptoin. Very solid everywhere in NYC. Get good reception all over the US and Canada--Miami, Lauderdale, Tampa, St. Augustine, all over Long Island, Dobbs Ferry, NY, Stamford CT, Nova Scotia, LA, San Diego, Frisco, Chicago, St. Louis. Only place I encountered a hole was Mystic, CT (odd). Very good service.

Usually works great, very occasional call drops.

Reception was incredible. I also lived at 114th and Amsterdam the year before and reception was great there too. Other than customer service, Verizon is the way to go.

I just got a new phone, but I used to have the LGVX 4400. Both have had average reception in my building. I'm in a third floor apartment, and when I'm in my bedroom (with windows near the outside), it's usually decent, arouns 3 bars. Anytime I go more to the interior of the building (i.e. away from windows), I lose calls and barely get reception. On the street around the Columbia area though, reception is generally great. I can get reception anywhere on campus, even in elevators.

I usually have poor voice quality with lots of dropouts, and the occasional lost call. This is fairly consistent for Verizon throughout NYC, with some midtown and Upper East Side locations having no service available at rush hour. They have told me it's the phone, but then replaced it, with identical results. Poor.

Nearly every call is lost within seconds. Phone shows maximum bars for signal strength, but there seem to be too few circuits to actually handle a call when it comes in or goes out and then the phone searches for and switches to a tower too far away. Result: the call is dropped. Same thing happens to others in this area. "Can you hear me now?"... (silence)...

live there for 2 years, never lost a call

Had Sprint years ago - no reception - switched to Verizon 5 years ago - very few reception problems since. The LG 8000, while large, gives good reception (also has a faily low SAR of 85) - Main negative no Bluetooth.

Just bought a Verizon phone because I bought the hipe. This junk phone is killing my business. I cant hear you now? Use to have T-Mobile they were bad but at least I paid less. Verizon has noooo coverage in grand central. yet these guys have posters saying reliable... . talk about false advertising...

Verizon service and reception never goes above 3 bars... then drops the call without warning. I'm on the 6th floor and calling right next to window.

What the Hell are half of you people talking about. I get Coverage Everywhere with Verizon and I mean Everywhere. You people with Cingular are lying. With Cingular I had nothing around here. Verizon ROCKS. And for you that said "Verizon Spokes-Dork: "Can you hear me now?" Verizon Customer: "Huh?" Verizon Spokes-Dork: "Good." YOU SUCK ---------! Everywhere around here it is "Good"

I cant believe Verizon says it has the best network in NYC. I cant get service in my office on the 35th floor while Cingular's service is very good.. I gotta switch to Cingular 'cause they are much better on the upper floors.. they must be doing something to target the higher floors that the other carriers arent.. If you work on a skyscraper, get a Cingular phone, your only chance it will work all the time..

I should have got a pager. Spotty variable reception. When most calls come in they are lost within ten to twenty seconds. Lousy reception due to overtaxed circuits in this area. The phone will show a good signal (5 bars) until you try to use it. Because the circuits are actually filled to capacity the network then switches you to an antenna further away almost as soon as you are receiving or making call, you get 1 bar or less and the call is lost. *************************************** Verizon Spokes-Dork: "Can you hear me now?" Verizon Customer: "Huh?" Verizon Spokes-Dork: "Good."

In general, Verizon works just about everywhere. Only the very rare signal loss. Also excellent service up and down east coast of US.

Great reception overall on the East Side. Works great in Central Park including the transverses (unlike T-Mobile and Cingular). Only downfall is that my phone doesn't work in my elevator (which no carriers do in my building anyway). In addition, Verizion Wireless works great in other parts of the country as well.

Verizon has the best service! most of my friends have T-Mobile and Cingular and have at the most 2 bars! veerizon also needs to offer more features that T-Mobile and Cingular phones offer! I suggest you get a tri-mode phone for NYC.

The cellphone reception varies dramatically, one minute all bars, the next minute dead. Call me paranoid, but I would think that with the UN and all the embassies nearby it's not Verizon's fault the signal is killed...

Verizon covers New York well. They also cover subway platforms which alone makes them worth while. The technology may be behind but they work hard to get things well covered in the city and you'll find a lot of people who actually live in the city, as opposed to commuters or newcomers, carry verizon.

The moment I enter the building, the signal is unpredicable. Calls are dropped frequently.

No problems, even in elevators.

"Can you hear me now?"... HUH? "Can you hear me now?"... click! Phones near Penn Station show perfect signal strength with full bars, but Verizon drops calls consistently after a few seconds. Same (worse) with a Samsung SCH-a310, Motorola V60, etc. It's not the phones, it's the Verizon network. The signal falls to one bar at random. It seems Verizon's antenna nearby does not have anywhere near enough circuits to handle the volume near Penn Station, hence strong signals and dropped calls. The commercials are 100% on target, all you can ever say on a Verizon phone around here is, "Can you hear me now?"

I've only had Verizon for a little over a month, but my experience has been good so far. Just switched from TMobile, which also had good reception, just a lousy selection of phones. I bought the phone in CA and migrated here to NY. Perfect reception in both places, even in elevators. No static, no dropped calls. I especially like the fact that no matter where you go in the US, you're not roaming.

Very good reception, but only average selection of phone models to chose from

Up until recently, reception and call quality has usually been fine. For the past couple of days, however, I have been experiencing dropped calls (irrespective of the location of the person with whom I'm talking). When I look at the reception meter, the number of bars fluctuates quickly from 2 to 5. Could this all be a function of a failing battery? I've had the same battery for a couple of years.

Verizon reception has been almost perfect all over Manhattan

Never had a problem with reception - in NY or NJ area. Tempted to try T-Mobile since VZW doesn't offer the new B-Berry.

Just changed my old Motorola V60c (brilliant) after 2.5 years. Verizon reception perfect everywhere, can even take it in the bathroom. Just got this weekend Motorola V265 and had to change it after 48 hours - no sound, bad connection, static and dropping calls. Second new V265 brilliant - so far! Verizon is the best - with AT+T my partner has to hang outside my apartment window to get even one bar!

I never have had a problem - great reception and dependability. The LG VX6000 has been my best phone. Solid all around!

Wall between Broad and Broadway has no reception.

This location is a cell phone black hole. So far T-mobile and Verizon have no coverage on this corner.

My cell doesn't work inside the basement. Otherwise good.

I was shocked at how good my reception is with Verizon in NYC. I get an excellent signal everywhere, including most subway platforms and elevators in buildings. Maybe it has more to do with the phone than the service. I have a Motorola V60i from a few years ago that still works perfectly despite fairly heavy use.

Poor to no service in and around the area.

3 bars on both the Uptown and Downtown side of the 103rd St. and Lexington Avenue Subway! Call was not dropped or lost, even with trains roaring past.

Verizon has never given me less than 5 bars whether in my apartment or on the street. Works great all around.

Problem is in my apt. Phone will cut out for no reason. I used to have an Audiovox phone which was perfect. Used it for about 5 years until it started giving me problems turning it on. Had no problems until then and had perfect service in elevators, the subway, etc. Have always had Verizon and find they have the best coverage; I blame the phone I got from them recently for the sporadic cut-outs.

Got Verizon in April and the signal was perfect. Worked in some subway stations too. Now, a month later has very intermittant service anywhere near the Empire State Building up to W 40th Street along Fifth. The tell me there is nothing in their system that indicates a signal problem. Can't get a signal at my apartment building on W 35th St anymore. :(

Reception fluctuates wildly from decent to nonexistent. Often, calls are often dropped as soon as they connect.

Verizon Wireless has great service in this area. Never a dropped or missed call. I even got rid of my home phone it is so reliable.

The best reception. I never should have left. I've tried Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless and, now, AT&T GSM. Sprint was useless. AT&T was better. But Verizon works the best by far.

Verizon is the way to go in New York city. I have had sprint and AT&T and both pale in comparison to Verizon service. With Verizon I even have reception in subw tunnels sometimes. With Sprint and At&T I had problem getting reception standing in the middle of the street. Do yourself a favor and start with Verizon. Otherwise you have months of frustration and shotty service ahead.