I always have a good signal most of the time I use my phone.

Poor reception--especially inside

4-5 bars on a regular basis with Verizon wireless. No complaints at Hwy26 and 185th exit. I go all over the board and never have dropped calls. I go to PCC Rock Creek (past 185th and Union), go to PCC Sylvania (Capitol Hwy / 49th), old town Beaverton (by post office) - you name it, I go there. Vancouver works fine, Washougal -- all get 3-4-5 bars. The only place I drop is in the forest going out to Tillamook. But, hey -- on the way to the town with more cows than people, what can be said?

Samsung on Sprint network gets 1 bar as well. It sucks... .

no coverage inside street level 2 story apt. only works - barely, inadequately - on my patio.

Calls and voice mail messages do not come through due to T-Mobile's inadequate network even when my phone is hanging around my neck. T -Mobile says to shut down your phone several times a day to keep calls from getting hung up in their cell towers BUT the real problem is that their network simply can't handle the traffic!

I must disagree with the January 3rd 2006 comment. I get pretty good reception in the same area that person is. My phone is not supposed to be that great of one, but I have no problems whatsoever. My wife has the Nokia 3210 and she doesn't seem to have any problems with reception either. These are our only phones, and we also have good reception in our basement, which I can't say the same for my parents in our basement with Qwest. They were on roaming for some reason.

According to AT&T this is a marginal area for them. This new phone works better than the old Motorola clam shell (V-550).

Best cell reception I have had! I rarely drop calls. I used to have to watch where I went, but lately I have coverage everywhere.

The only places around town where it drops calls are in underground garages and inside a large building (like in a hospital). This is in sharp contrast to when I used to have AT&T wireless a couple of years ago, when calls were dropped so frequently that my friends thought I was developing antisocial personality traits.

Drops everytime going over the top of Barnes road to Burnside. How do poeple live up there with no cell phone?

I switched from Verizon, which rarely dropped calls, to T-Mobile which almost always shows 0 or 1 bar of signal. Sad. Don't do T-Mobile in the SW hills.

Spotty reception at my house and I drop a call every time I get to the bottom of Valleria View Drive. I drop calls fairly often as I get on 217 too. Lots of bars but dropped calls. I've been complaining for a year and a half but no real improvement. WIll be switching as soon as contract is up!

My cell is my only phone and it works at all time.

It normally varies between 1-2 bars out of 4 in my house. My previous Sanyo and my wife's new Sanyo are slightly better with a steady 2 bars inside. Haven't dropped a call except in my basement. Sometimes the caller's voice will cut out for under a second. My work Cingular Motorola phone has slightly better indoor signal. Sprint has plans to put in a new tower at Walgreens on Lombard within 120 days.

Almost no reception. With all the high end houses, how can the carriers no put a tower up here. It is ridiculous!

I have had no problems with T-Mobile reception anywhere in Portland. I always seem to have a good signal.

I switched from Cingular to Cricket when they came to the market. The unlimited anytime minutes every month for a flat rate was extremely attractive to me since I use my phone all the time for business and personal. I have found the coverage to be terrific. I was constantly dropping calls with my Cingular phone. I experience a lot of echo on my Cingular service also. I can count the dropped calls I have had with my Cricket phone on one hand. I haven't had any echo. I find Cricket to be an exceptional value.

My cricket phone is the cheapest one they had and it works great. I had a razor with T-Mobile that dropped calls all the time and barely worked in my apt. in Tigard. Plus, my bill is always the same! Hands down... .. BUY CRICKET!

Great reception with my new Cricket phone. Much better than my old Cingular, with better voice quality and far, far fewer drops. It may be inexpensive, but it works great!