Occasionally a left message will come through but can't be accessed anyhow because dialing inevitably leads to a dropped call.

The service in my apartment fluxuations from 2 to 1 bars. I experience drop calls CONSTANTLY. 90% of calls go straight to viocemail.

In parts of St. George and New Brighton, there is virtually no reception with AT&T. Ours and all our immediate neighbors' is virtually nonexistent, generally with 1 or no bars, and sometimes shooting up to four and then disappearing again. T-Mobile has similar issues in this area, and I suspect they share signals or towers. No question: in much of the area around the Staten Island Ferry, and on the ferry itself, AT&T is practically worthless. I'd dump them if someone hadn't given me an iPHone!

Hardly any problem with the Sprint Service anywhere

Intermittent, lots of dropped calls and difficulty dialing out and receiveing at times. Lots of calls go straigh to voicemail.

This seems to be the worst area on the island. I drive 45 minutes each way to and from work and a majority of my journey is made with no service.

There is a major dead spot around Tompkinsville, which the company admitted one year ago. Company says new towers will be installed by April 2004, but in this area service still very bad. AT&T phones in this area work very well. Service one block away (on top of the hill, Scribner Ave.) is better. Except for the dead spot, where my office is (very important!), service has been average to good.

Amazingly I have Good or Perfect Reception with Verizon wireless in my Area. I had AT&T service before and their service was horrible in my area,i mean no reception at all. I mean it worked perfect in the city, but nothing is more important than service in my own house to me. And just a reminder to all of those who don't know this, the phone does have a lot to do with reception as well. like they say and this is with any cell phone company: you get what you pay for.

From Rockland Ave all the way down to the end of Hylan Blvd.there is no cell reception and I have had various cell phones T-Mobile, Cingular just to name a few. Someone else mentioned Richmond Terrace I live near there on Heberton ave and never had a problem with reception the only time I do is when the weather is extremely bad

i have T-Mobile and the signal is perfect. I have also had virgin mobile and I know people with Sprint all have great signal in this area

Cingular and AT&T, they share networks; you just need a 2 mode cellular (using 850 MHz and 1,900 MHz bands).

i have the lg6100 and my service is poor on the intire richmond terrice from zip 10303 to 10301.for the price that they charge they can do better. (CAN YOU HERE ME NOW)?.

AT&T GSM very poor in Staten Island in general, but near the Bayonne Bridge in particular. At this intersection (where my office is) no reception whatsoever.

Older devices work fine, 3G devices do not.

I just bought an iPhone 4s and switched to Sprint instead of AT&T. I get one bar or two maximum in my apartment. AT&T was just as bad.

for what I pay for, Verizon better get a perfect rating! :) have lived on si for a month now and haven't had a problem with my reception at all here. loose service on the ferry at one spot but thats all.

most of the time very good only when in basement or on the other side of the island reception is bad

the phone bounces between 0-1 bars... Phone calls are almost impossible to make, on the odd occasion they work the other person can't hear you and you can't hear them. Its shown as "Best" on Sprint's coverage map... Yeah right. Even freakin MetroPCS has full bars here.

Barely acceptable coverage outside, so many drops inside its not even funny... yet the recently updated coverage map from Sprint shows this is a "Best" coverage area (upgraded one level from "Good", the previous rank)

I'm.thinking of buying an iPhone 3G S and was wondering how the reception would be in my area