I may occasionally get less than 5 bars, but that's pretty rare. I live in a heavily treed area and it's fine because there is a cell tower nearby on Boones Ferry. I couldn't be more satisfied with reception.

I used to be able to talk on my way home. Now I can't get home without dropping calls. After 11 years with the same company (started with Voicestream in 1998), I am going to switch. I was thinking an iphone and AT&T but now I am not so sure. It looks like lots of drops with that company too.

Verizon must've upped there towers around the LO area, because I find I get fine reception everywhere except the low foresty areas of boones ferry. But, every company drops there. AND with my Verizon, I have only had 3 dropped calls (I have had it for 1 year) and they have all been when I am talking to a AT&T customer... coincidence... I THINK NOT! But, Verizon is great! I suggest it!

i've been with t mobile for three months. always got good signal at home UNTIL MARCH 22 when service became nonexistant. t mobile has been jacking me around since march 22 saying they are sending an engineer to fix a tower problem. i'm very close to changing carriers.

It seems that reception is fine around here until after 6 pm, when suddenly I am either roaming or have no reception at all. I have stopped trying to make phone calls on my cell after 6 if I want to talk for more than 2 minutes because I know they will be dropped.

Excellent reception. I've never had a dropped call in LO with Nextel. (Previously had Cingular and had many dropped calls.) On rare occasions I get a busy signal trying to call out.

Not too bad around town, but terrible near the Country Club area.

My Nextel phone works measurably better than those of my wife and children who are on Cingular.

It's clear that this new age of the cell phone is a giant scam. I knew it when Cingular and before ATT wireless was so eager to push me into the "new" great thing called GSM. It's really simple, in order to create what they hope is a huge extra profit stream from mindless and unnecessary functions, beyond making voice calls and text messaging. I had a Motorola V60 for three years, it performed like a dream everywhere in Oregon. The phone took tons of abuse. I was was using of the "old" bad technology. I would rate the reliability at 99.5%. Of course, the phone eventually wore out. Then I get the flyer welcoming me to join the new phone elite, 6 billion dollars invested in the network, new way cool Razr phone, rollover, on the B.S. goes in the flyer. I think well maybe, just maybe, my theory is wrong, maybe this will be good, give it a shot. From day one the nightmare begins, from all points within a 3 mile radius of my home the phone cannot get and keep a signal strong enough for me to be able to hear. even with the volume maxed. Mind you, this is Lake Oswego, mind you my junk V60 with the "bum" old technology never had this problem, having been dropped at least 500 times and the antenna being superglued back to the unit. So, I call Cingular having just received the new GSM phone, tell them I have major problems, they say we'll send you another phone, another Nokia, same problem. Now I know it's the network. I don't like the massive radiation of the Nokia so I say swtich me to a Razr because even if you can get the network problem fixed I still don't want this Nokia, so they send me a Razr. Tech support then calls me and says the network problem should be fixed. Try your phone tomorrow it should work great. Guess what it's still sucks. So now I know to throw in the towel on them, it surely is the glorious GSM working it's magic. I can do everything except make a call with the phone. wonderful! I am renting a camera, glued to an ipod, stapled to a web browser but I can't call the pharmacy. If I were 14 years old I would be amused but I am not. The trick is that in order to allow for all the nonsense features of photos, web browsing, music downloads, and all the rest of it, ALL the companies had to degrade the quality of a key element, the basic phone call. Bandwidth is not infinite, so the more crap they pack into the signal the less there is available for making just a basic call. The junk features are taking up all the resources, so now there is no room for the actual phone call. Sounds crackpot huh? Well, how about if I told you I canned Cingular and just today switched to T-Mobile and I now have the same exact same problem. I am going to be going back a pager real soon. Signed, disgusted. If anybody knows of an old fashioned actual cell phone carrier that is interested in getting paid to simply facilitate phone calls please post it here.

In my apartment here, reception averages 2 bars. By going out into the parking lot, I might average 3 bars on a good day. If the phone conversation lasts for 10 minutes, chances are 1 in 3 that the call will drop. If the conversation goes for 20 minutes, chances increase to 1 in 2. If the conversation lasts longer, the call WILL drop. Multiple times. The cell tower database on this website indicates that the 2 closest poles in a downhill direction are owned by Cingular and AT&T. If it weren't for this little fact, then I would have cancelled my contract already. With the possible exception of T-Mobile, there doesn't seem to be good phone karma here. Guess I'll just have to deal with it for the rest of my time here in bug-infested Mountain Park.

Drops in many places throughout Mountain Park. So very annoying, I'm switching, any suggestions from Mountain Park Residents please? Please post your suggestion, thanks.

VERY POOR if any reception. Have to go outside and walk across the street to talk on the phone. A tin can and string might work better.

the reception is really poor... when I do get reception I have to run to the parts of the house that can hold a call, but usually the calls drop after a minute or so. Unfortunately I just re-upped right before I moved here... I'm screwed

Reception alright with my wife's phone (same model) and poor with mine (already replaced phone). Signal too weak to use either phone at home. Other dead zones in LO. Overall reception seems to become worse. Poor coverage in LO acknowledged by Verizon Wireless.

Coverage in and around the school is excellent. Very few dropped calls, and excellent data coverage. The only weak spot is in the lower science wing which has 12in Concrete walls.

Frequent dropped-calls, dead-zones, and spotty over-all coverage. Even with the antenna extended, the phone has either 1 bar with the "Extended network" or no coverage at all.

A consistent dead Spot. Sprint has always had poor coverage. The phone itself seems to work fine, but the call quality of the Sprint network is scratchy, not to mention the sporadic dead spots.

Reception is great indoors and outdoors. Calls are rarely dropped except in basement levels of buildings.

I've had ATT TDMA for 9 years! It has worked well here in LO, on the mountain, in thne gorge, and at the coast. Last year, I tried their GSM plan and had NO reception at my home-that lasted one day and I returned all four phones. They refuse to upgrade me without a contract renewal even though I've been with them for almost 10 years. I'd really like free evenings and weekends (tho I effectively have free weekends with my weekend minutes). I am currently without contract so have a free move but have struggled with the alternatives. I get an 8% discount because of my employer. Verizon seems ok but charges $20 per extra line (and I have a total of 3 phones). All the other providers charge $10. Sprint is inexpensive but their native network is limited. T-Mobile has terrible coverage outside the Portland metro area.

No reception in Mountain Park, Lake Oswego... across from PCC Sylvania. AT&T sucks. Many days and nights of frustration. If I'm lucky I will get to speak to somebody for about 2 minutes without be disconnected (at thats on a GOOD day). People try to call me and my phone says "This Phone Number Is No Longer In Service" to them, when they were just talking to me! Phone cuts off every minute. I spend far more time trying to reconnect and call back than I do speaking to my friends. Even at work in Tualatin I barely manage to a get a bar or two.