Frequently unable to get a signal

Just got a Cingular phone and couldn't be happier in Midtown. I even have service on the 35th floor of my office building. My coworkers have to stand near the windows and are constantly dropping.

Service in Grand Central Station is terrific. Even on the tracks. My friend, who has Verizon, envies me since he gets no service in the lower levels of Grand Central. I guess Cingular is raising the bar!

According to the cell tower map... there's a tower ON our building. While my phone indicates a decent signal (3 to 4 bars), the quality is awful. Reception is full of dropouts and garbled sound. Moving near a window does not help. St.level is OK. We have found that virtually all carriers have similar problems... thus indicating some type of signal interference or crowdedness.

Unbelievable... It's two days that I am completely unreachable. The phone works perfectly... as a matter of fact as long as I'm closer to 8th avenue it works great. As soon as I start walking towards 10th avenue, the line drops and I have no signal, when I used to have it for the last 2 months. Not only, often the phone shows full signal strength, but no matter what number I call the lines are always busy... My two friends who also have Cingular have had the same problem. They better put up some repeaters, or they'll lose all their customers in the area... I'll be the first one Cingular, raising the bar... .funny, huh?

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.

Reception is very poor. It can cut out completely at times around Central Park. Completely dies between 70th and 72nd street.

Often 1-2 bars. Consistently drops.

Reception is poor with this carrier. I constantly get dropped calls and what's worse is the carrier will interupt service for a measley cent! I've been a member of Sprint for a very long time and I'm done.

Had AT&T for years - everything perfect until 6 / 28 / 05--told to switch to Cingular for GSM-- which I did after a week of problems--told a tower for digital was being "deconstructed"-told they don't guarantee reception indoors-told everything is okay when they test it from their end and it must be a neighbor blocking the signal and I should ask around. Terrible AT&T customer service--nicer customer service for Cingular on the phone, terrible in the Cingular store no one has answers. Signal goes up and down only in the building, and depending on where you are in the apartment.

I have been a Cingular customer for 5 years and never had any problems until I moved to the city. Now about 80% of my calls are dropped, and it's not because I have no reception - I will have full reception at the beginning of a call, and then (while in the same spot of the apartment) it will suddenly drop to nothing, at which time the call gets dropped, but will immediately return to full reception again afterwards. When I called to complain their response was "your contract says we don't guarantee service in all areas." Come on, this is NYC!

Many times, people call me and say that they've been trying for several times but get the message that "All circuits are busy" and it just hangs up - doesn't even go to voicemail... The idiots have oversold their service and need more towers or bandwidth or additional frequencies... It happens to me EVERY NIGHT! I just switched just over 2 months ago - is there any way to break my contract and not pay because I'm not getting the service I pay for?!

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.

Aside from no reception in my apartment, I get dropped calls quite often. Service has just gone downhill since Cingular merged with AT&T. Heard good things about Verizon, for those who are looking.

Inside the apartment, I would rate my service poor to terrible. I am lucky to get two bars. The calls are dropped constantly. Conversations are choppy. I would be grateful to hear from anyone in my area who is happy with their cell phone service. I would like very much to change carriers. Thanks.

I need to find out what provider gives the best reception in New York City

Freaking A! Cannot get any incoming calls or dial out! Phone shows "Network busy" message. I reported problem to T-Mobile and the problem is still not fixed after 1 week. This is just outside the New York Stock Exchange, so called the Heart of the Financial Center of the world.

I got AT&T before it merged with Cingular and have a quite highly rated phone. Ever since they merged with Cingular, I have started getting signal problems. I asked Cingular that since the merger, my service should be better NOT worse and they said that in order for me to take advantage of their broader coverage, I would have to get their device and that means signing up for a 2 year contact. Right now I really want get a new carrier but am more confused than ever after reading some of the comments over here. Does anyone have any suggestions? I rarely travel and just want service that works in New York City and New Jersey and occasionally in Carlisle Pennsylvania.

terrible, I am switching carriers

Love Sprint..works everywhere in the city even most elevators