Outdoors I get 5 bars, indoors I get between 1 and 2. If I stand by the window I can get 4 bars. However, even with 1 bar this SE T630 phone has been able to make and receive calls. On evenings and weekends when a lot of people are in my neighborhood (SoHo), there is more clipping/compression during a call. I think T-Mobile needs another cell site in this area, but for most of the day it's pretty good. I switched from Verizon, which always gave me 5 bars of service on a Motorola Timeport, but the quality of the calls wasn't as clear as it is with the T630 with 4 or 5 bars. AT&T also shows up as an available network but it doesn't reach all the way inside like the T-Mobile signal does.

Works ok outdoors - since I give it a range of 2-4, I averaged it out to a "3". Sometimes phone doesn't ring at all and I just get a missed call message/ or voicemail. Don't expect any reception indoors - I give that "0". No reception in other locations also sucks. Before this I had Verizon Wireless and had 4-5 reception in NYC and coverage in 95% of my locations - their customer service just sucked.

The resception is pretty good with the V205 no compaints at all

ATT Sucks in NYC. It was great in LA, but upon moving here about 85% of my calls go straight to voice mail. ANd this is supposed to be the "good ATT" service. Only Verizon and T-Mobile are very good in the city.

Faulty tower

Lately, I've been having very poor reception in my office. I was told that T-Mobile had a cell problem in the region. When are they going to fix it?

I just moved from 74th b/w 2nd & 3rd, where I had great reception. Now when my phone rings I have to squeeze against the window to get just enough time to tell whoever is calling to call me on the land line before it drops the call. I went to the sprint store to complain, they laughed and said NO cell phones get reception where I live, which is b.s. b/c I know people who get reception w/ other companies in my building.

see comment on 90811. Looks like ATT GSM needs work nationwide. I spend too much time with nose pressed to glass.

there's a tower at 36th Street, which can get powerful signal, even in basement, when getting 1-block fewer on Verizon note: there's no reception at Dining Hall in Grand Central Station

Att GSM sucks monkey ass! My phone says "Voicestream" half the time. When it works, the reception is very clear, but I miss so many calls. Too many people trying to call me go straight to VM. I am switching to the evil empire (Verizon) even though they are much more expensive. I need a phone that will work!