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Full bars on my new Nokia e71. I think there are 7 bars on this thing, and all 7 are lit up. Granted, I am right next to the Fire Station and they have a ton of towers all around them. I just got the "PDA Personal" "Pay as you Go" data plan with unlimited data, no phone minutes (its extra for that). Its $35.00 per month plus ~$5.00 in taxes. I can do Skype in place of a phone plan with them. I can also add text minutes, if I want, which I do not. I will be entering more cell reception reviews for the local area (Banks, OR tonight - trip to the midwest in the next month).
As always, Verizon never fails me in reception on my Nokia camera phone. I drive all over the state, and all over the country for that matter. Verizon is "the bomb". I just have to hunt high and low for quality phones that I like (that don't suck), but once I found my *cute* little Nokia 6236i camera phone? I bought it outright and have been very happy.
Solid performance on voice. I don't use text or internet, but the signal indictor is 5 of 5. I don't like dealing with the company, but cellular service in Portland area is very good.
I've got to let folks know that my $49.99 phone from Cricket outperforms my wife's phone from AT&T hands down. I haven't dropped one call and that includes inside my house and in my office in downtown Portland. My wife continually complains about dropped calls in the west hills and on Scholls Ferry road. The only area I had some interference was on West Burnside going up the hill from downtown. Cricket seems to be a very good deal.
cricket is an awesome plan, I get great reception everywhere, and every year when I go to Michigan, I just get some cheap roaming minutes, and the roaming coverage is great too.
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.
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.
