4 Bars, no problems

I had Sprint PCS and couldn't get reception in my apartment. I would drop calls 75% of the time and if I moved the phone more than 3 inches during a call I was hitting the redail. With Sprint PCS there was a clear dead zone at the stoplight at Tewilleger and 10. With Verizon Wireless I have found no deadzones yet nor dropped any calls in SW, NE or SE Portland. I am very pleased with the service.

I have no trouble with my reception. My family is on Verizon, with the exception of my brother on Sprint, and they like their service as well. Prior to Cingular I had T-Mobile and they gave new meaning to the term "poor service". As soon as I hit 217 the coverage dropped to zero. That figure also applies for their customer service. If you're in the Portland-metro area, especially the West Hills, your best bet for coverage and sevice is Cingular, Verizon or Sprint.

Quad-band phone, better reception than my old AT&T Nokia analog phone, but still not great. This is an AT&T phone before the Cingular purchase, and I've heard Cingular phones have better reception. If I ever get a Cingular phone I'll post those results.

My phone works great with 5 bars most of the time, until I walk into my house. It immediately goes down to 1 (maybe 2 bars). I drop every phone conversation at least once during the call. I have to stand in place while talking on the phone in my home, sometimes even making sure I don't make any sudden moves with my head, otherwise, the phone call is dropped. I'm switching to another service.

Has anyone checked out the tower map here? Can that be right? There's not more than 2 towers west of I-5 on the peninsular crest. No wonder I hate using the cell phone at home.

Constantly dropping calls. I go from 4 bars, turn my head, and loose the call. It is rediculaous out here. Thinking of doing the unthinkable. Getting a landline...

Stay away from Cingular if you are used to good call quality. You get what you pay for...

Been with AT&T forever and have now had it with them. After the 2 year agreement that I was sold was misrepresented even after reiterating with the agent what the bottom line was (yes my fault for not taking the time to read details). Basically told "tough- S***" by them afterwards. Reception at home is a crap shoot (works okay if I go in front of the house). Friends with other services come by and have no problems. Currently looking at Verizon and T-Mobile.

My two year old Sanyo 4900 works fantastic close to the freeways, but when I go deeper into NE, it gets worse. I have no problem when I'm upstairs inside, but occasionally drop calls on the main floor, and don't get them at all in the garage.