On this block and in my building, I get perfect reception. When moving toward the inner part of the building, signal strength drops slightly, but I still retain the ability to make calls even inside the elevator.

Verizon reception has been almost perfect all over Manhattan

Way too many droped calls, coutmer service and the insurance policy sucks.

Surprisingly good reception. Absolutely no problems outside and fairly reliable inside (even in the bathroom :-) Overall, I didn't have too many complaints about Sprint in the city. I could make long taxi rides on the phone without dropped calls. Not that it even comes close to quality of service in Europe or Asia, but that's another story.

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.

In my apartment on the 2nd floor I have to be sitting beside one particular window facing south to get one bar if I'm lucky. Boyfriend has Sprint with no problems with reception. I have to add that I have a very small year old phone that I didn't buy through the carrier (unlocked), which might be contributing to the problem, but I get good reception elsewhere in the city.

I have had Cingular for about 1 week now after switching from Verizon and haven't found one instance of no service (except in the tunnel under the east river (LIRR and Subway)) or very weak service in the tri-state. Get at least 3 to 5 bars of signal strength everywhere that I've been.

Perfect reception in my apartment. Migrated from ATT TDMA about 6 months ago and what an improvement. I travel around the metro and surburban area a lot by car and rarely get dropped calls which used to be the norm. The saturation is better than decent - though not perfect.

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 am very happy with the service. Excellent indoor and outdoor reception.