I only have reception in my kitchen. I can't walk around the house. I drop every call I make no matter where I am. Cingular (AT&T) is NO help. Last year they said I needed to buy a better phone - on their recommendation we bought samsungs. Not any better at all. On a recent trip into the store (another problem with the phone) I was told that I have a "junky" phone. When I told him that we bought these phones because they told us they were good, he said "well, they were new then and we didn't know any better. Now we know they aren't any good". STILL they would not trade the phone or do anything without charging us (retail price) for the phone. My daughter has a pay as you go phone -- standing in downtown Springboro she had to borrow a friend's phone to call because she had no bars. On my end -- sitting in Kettering on Dorothy Lane I recieved 3 calls from her. 2 never rang, went straight to voice mail and I found out when the missed call ring came through. The 3rd called - for whatever reason - came through just fine. I'd love to leave AT&T... but after reading stuff on here, I don't know that anything else is much better. My sister's Sprint phone never drops calls and even had reception in places I don't even bother with.

I've never have had any luck with this company. Every time that I make a call, it drops. I have had the phone replaced 3 times and it still drops calls. But AT&T still maintains that the network works fine its the phone.

Outside of my home, I enjoy adequate signals and rarely a dropped call. Inside my condo, 100 yards from I-675 (halfway between 48 and Wilmington Pike Exits), the signal is frustratingly poor to non-existent. Verizon store reps offer a variety of "entertaining" reasons for my signal problems (if nothing, they're creative) and stare blankly when asked for a solution to my problem (this is the "network" standing behind each customer??). During my last visit I finally got the truth: 2 reps "confessed" that Kettering bordered by Bigger and David Roads is "dead" because it is located in a "depression". Despite being aware of this issue for many years, Verizon has clearly done zilch. Its "valued" customers are told to "tough" it out! In April 2008 a top Verizon executive committed to rolling out "Femtocells" by 12-31-08. Femtocells are "mini towers" about the size of a router that hook into customers' broadband internet access (cable or DSL) and provide 5-bar signals within a 30-40 yard radius of the device. Researching on the 'net, this technology is universally hailed as a "win-win" to inside coverage problems. I "count the days" until Femtocells are available as it should be a boon for millions of long-suffering customers. While effective and inexpensive for customers, carriers have not suddenly turned altruistic. While fixing customers' complaints, Femtocells obviate carriers' need for $$ millions of investments in additional towers and switching gear freeing resources to upgrade "macro" cell technology. So frustrated am I to to unable to use my phone at home I'll gladly use a Femtocell irrespective of whatever benefit carriers may realize!

I get one or two bars in some areas in Dayton, Ohio area(in my home 1 or 2 bars 0 in the basement is there a force shield? When I'm in Springfield, Ohio I get one bar in some areas. and in certain areas depends on where I am I can sometimes get 3, 4, 5 bars. Why is that?

Great Coverage throughout Kettering and Beavercreek - Terrific Customer Service at T-Mobile at The Greene

One or two bars - but mostly makes good calls. Works well elsewhere around town and state.

no dropped calls, walkie talkie and phone work well. no static

Don't even attempt it. The back roads here are horrid with all the trees and the distance from the tower.

No reception in or around our home. We had some signal on analog (from some provider) and Sprint told us to use that and it would be free. But phone would only ring and register calls. Couldn't talk. Switched to Verizon. Perfect signal.

I've had both Cingular and T-Mobile (company provided phones) service. Reception is none existent south of Shakertown.