metro is HORRIBLE! NEVER buy their phones!

have had 3 different phones over about 6 years... a Nextel and 2 motorolas and have had perfect reception any place i've tried to use the phones. from Easton and vicinity to Conn.

no reception! How to get reception?

I get consistently good reception and no dropped calls anywhere in the Lehigh Valley and NW Jersey. Verizon's customer service is very user friendly and I have been using Bell Atlantic Mobile / Verizon for about 10 years now with no problems and very few dead zones in the area. I would highly recommend that anyone in this area use Verizon. I am still using a 2 year old Verizon / Motorola phone until I get a chance to get my new one that comes with my plan (new every 2 years). It needs a bit more charging than it used to when it was new but it works great even though it gets thrown around in my purse a lot and has even been dropped several times. Overall I am very happy with Verizon over 10 years of service in Berks County and the Lehigh Valley / NW Jersey areas.

I live in Easton, PA and have AT&T Wireless with GSM. All I have to say is AT&T sucks reception wise around this area. I am always mising calls, dropping calls and anything you can think of. I just got my phone and it has a little better reception then my last T616. I can be in my basement and have no bars at all and can't make a call or receive. But when I am on the phone and come down here, I talk fine, never dropping it or having any problems. Why is that? How can I have no bars and not make a call but come down while on the phone and be fine? Confused, but anyway. Easton, PA sucks for reception.