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1. Verizon
2.84 Rating | 44 Reviews
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2. Sprint
2.55 Rating | 22 Reviews
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3. AT&T
2.16 Rating | 37 Reviews
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4. T-Mobile
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July 18, 2006

5 Out of 5 Verizon

Girard | Front, Philadelphia, PA 19123

Love Verizon it gets reception when I need it to and I can sometimes even get reception underground on the train.

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13 out of 19 people found this review helpful.


July 15, 2006

1 Out of 5 T-Mobile

719 Millwood Rd. | Bloomfield, Philadelphia, PA 19115

I get little to no reception in my house. As soon as I go out side I get at best 2 bars.

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


June 16, 2006

5 Out of 5 Sprint

Cheltenham Ave. | Cheltenham&upsal, Philadelphia, PA 19150

Most of the time Reception is cool, it's the voice quality thats bad. I find myself self saying what did you say over and over again, also ringtones volume is low compared to other phones.

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18 out of 24 people found this review helpful.


May 19, 2006

1 Out of 5 T-Mobile

Veree and Rhawn, Philadelphia, PA 19111

Worked fine until Nov. of 05 and then I would get a continuosly fluctuating signal and almost any call over 5 min. would be dropped. Sometimes I get bars, but it won't let me make a call. T-Mobile gave me an excuse about aligning towers to fix it, but nothing has changed in months.

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27 out of 33 people found this review helpful.


April 18, 2006

4 Out of 5 Verizon

All, Philadelphia, PA 19126

For the most part I've had VZW for about 7yrs and its been great. However there phones suck compared to other companies. Sprint / Nextel has the flyest phones but the worst service.

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19 out of 23 people found this review helpful.


February 28, 2006

4 Out of 5 T-Mobile

Broad St. | Olney Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19120

Only one dead spot on Germantown Av. in Mt. Airy. Great phone. Too bad they don't offer this one anymore.

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12 out of 18 people found this review helpful.


February 01, 2006

4 Out of 5 Verizon

29th and Poplar | 34th and Girard, Philadelphia, PA 19130

The reception has been great all over Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. Outside of an occasional dropped call I can't report any cellular war stories. I've been in basements, elevators, on highways, and in the countryside and have always been able to make some sort of connection. I must say I also love the Kyocera brand. The handsets features are very easy to navigate. And Verizon seems to be the only company in Philly carrying them Verizon is more expensive and I'm experimenting by switching to T-Mobile using a Samsung x475? phone---I'm holding my breath hoping the experiment doesn't tank... and have a sinking sensation that I will be back to Verizon within the 20 return window

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70 out of 73 people found this review helpful.


January 01, 2006

5 Out of 5 AT&T

34th and Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104

Cingular has great coverage here with signal even indoors in elevators. I used to have T-Mobile but due to poor cell coverage in this area, I switched.

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15 out of 17 people found this review helpful.


December 29, 2005

2 Out of 5 Verizon

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Coverage is fine in about 1 / 2 of the hospital; the ground floor of most buildings and the Rhoades building have poor-no coverage. Total deadspot in the ground floor hallway between Rhoades and Silverstein. Best reception in the upper floors of Founders and Silverstein.

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26 out of 31 people found this review helpful.


December 29, 2005

1 Out of 5 Cellular One

Kelly Dr. | Midvale Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19129

Reception is pathetic on the cheap plan I have. If I get service at all, I usually lose the connection after a few minutes. This is true all over the City. By contrast, my Cingular service on my blackberry is usually fairly reliable. I can not wait to get out of my cellular plan.

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33 out of 38 people found this review helpful.


December 29, 2005

3 Out of 5 T-Mobile

Pennock St., Philadelphia, PA 19130

T-mobile reception was ok at home, but I used to have dropped called constantly (usually at the 17 minute mark in a phone call).

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14 out of 20 people found this review helpful.


December 29, 2005

4 Out of 5 AT&T

Pennock St., Philadelphia, PA 19130

Just switched from T-Mobile to Cingular for non-reception reasons. so far the coverage has been great. I used to have AT&T Wireless 2 years ago, and they were horrible, in this area, but the quality has steadily improved, and I almost always get max or max - 1 strength

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24 out of 30 people found this review helpful.


November 29, 2005

0 Out of 5 Verizon

Gay St. | Silverwood, Philadelphia, PA 19127

I used to get excellent service in my home, even in the old stone basement. But just within the past two weeks I can't get any service except analog until I drive to the top of the hill! service constantly goes in and out. There is no reason for this... ridiculous.

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24 out of 30 people found this review helpful.


October 29, 2005

0 Out of 5 Nextel

Wayne Ave / Manheim St., Philadelphia, PA 19144

There is completely no reception indoors and very minimal reception outdoors

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


September 12, 2005

4 Out of 5 AT&T

25 and Aspen, Philadelphia, PA 19130

Works well generally except in my house. Many complaints from others about the sound quality. Anybody have any experience with this phone or the 650 with Verizon?

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16 out of 18 people found this review helpful.


September 09, 2005

0 Out of 5 T-Mobile

Emlen St. | Allen Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19119

I live in the Mt. Airy / Chestnut Hill area of Philadelphia. T-Mobile constantly drops coverage. Especially frustrating are the 'call failed' messages I get until I clear the dead zones. I am switching carriers due to the frustration...

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23 out of 28 people found this review helpful.


August 31, 2005

5 Out of 5 AT&T

Spruce St. | 39th St., Philadelphia, PA 19104

Perfect reception on the 17th floor of my University of Pennsylvania highrise. No problems at all around any other parts of the campus, except for the basements of some buildings.

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17 out of 21 people found this review helpful.


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August 16, 2005

0 Out of 5 Nextel

Cottman Ave. | Rowland St., Philadelphia, PA 19149

I bought a Nextel for all thier cool features such as walkie talkie and insta-messaging, but now regret ever getting involved with this compnay thier reception is non-exsistant and I drop at least 5 calls a day! Take my Advice and Aviod at all risks!

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0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.


August 11, 2005

1 Out of 5 Verizon

Hunting Pak and Kensington | O St., Philadelphia, PA 19124

If I want to make calls in my house, I would have to stand up, sit straight, or I would get dropped. I put my phone in the living room and sometimes it won't ring when people call, then I would get a voice msg indicator from them because later. I can't even make calls outside in my back yard, the only place where calls don't get dropped on a regular basis is my front porch. Besides that, it works excellent everywhere else I have used it in Phila

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45 out of 49 people found this review helpful.


August 03, 2005

2 Out of 5 Verizon

Baltimore | 42nd St., Philadelphia, PA 19104

In my apt. calls are continually dropped. It is so frustrating.

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


August 01, 2005

1 Out of 5 Verizon

25 St. | Parrish St., Philadelphia, PA 19130

Generally reception is around the Philly is great, but it sucks at my new place in Fairmount. Unusable indoors, very tempermental outside.

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15 out of 21 people found this review helpful.


July 29, 2005

3 Out of 5 AT&T Wireless (TDMA)

West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19143

Overall pretty good, but many dropped calls. Spotty signal inside my 3rd floor apartment. Practically no reception inside university buildings.

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16 out of 23 people found this review helpful.


July 28, 2005

4 Out of 5 Verizon

Between Frankford and Torresdale, Philadelphia, PA 19135

I have never had below 4 bars since I got verzion except for some spots in center city.

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


July 27, 2005

2 Out of 5 Verizon

6th St. | Catherine St., Philadelphia, PA 19147

Reception is bad in this part of Queen Village; actually, it's bad from South St.from 2nd St.to 8th Street, and down to Christian.

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0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.


July 27, 2005

4 Out of 5 Verizon

Wissahickon | Westview, Philadelphia, PA 19119

reception is good outside but bad inside the house (stone walls)

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


July 27, 2005

2 Out of 5 Sprint

Chestnut and 22nd, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Terrible reception with numerous dropped calls. Frequently lose signal while talking to people. Cannot get any reception in my own apt.

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17 out of 23 people found this review helpful.


July 26, 2005

5 Out of 5 Verizon

Walnut | 38th, Philadelphia, PA 19104

I've never gotten anything but perfect reception with Verizon on campus, indoors or out, except in the sub-basement of my lab building (two floors below ground), where it drops calls a lot (like at least one in three calls will be dropped mid-call).

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25 out of 30 people found this review helpful.


July 22, 2005

4 Out of 5 Verizon

McCallum St. | Mt. Pleasant Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19119

I too get no reception in parts of the house in W. Mt Airy and drop calls if moving from certain rooms to others. But outside of the house and throughout the city, mid-atlantic region, and wherever else I've travelled in the USA, reception has been outstanding. Same carrier and number for 6 years and never had any of the problems or complaints that others talk about. Only problem now is the lack of good phone choices and locked / blocked features compared to other carriers.

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45 out of 49 people found this review helpful.


July 14, 2005

2 Out of 5 Verizon

400 Wadsworth Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19119

reception is spotty within the house. only the areas near the windows are acceptable with occasional drop offs.

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13 out of 19 people found this review helpful.


July 13, 2005

5 Out of 5 Nextel

Knights Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19154

Best phone out there today. I had Cingular and I did not have any service the people that work at Cingular store are very mean to everyone that walks in and I am happy that Nextel has great service in philadelphia.

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21 out of 26 people found this review helpful.


July 04, 2005

3 Out of 5 AT&T

9th and Christian, Philadelphia, PA 19147

Calls routinely drop every 10-12 minutes! The signal bars will all appear but, a few minutes later, without fail, even if I've not moved, they drop to 1 or 2 and the call fails. BF's phone does this too, and sometimes so quickly that he can't even listen to the messages on his voice mail before the call is dropped. I have SOME better luck outside of the house, but still often get dropped calls.

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41 out of 47 people found this review helpful.


June 25, 2005

5 Out of 5 Verizon

Broad and Spruce, Philadelphia, PA 19107

The ONLY problems I've had from the Delaware through 69th; Oregon through Tmple U has been the Subway and basements / elevators of large bldgs; elevator in my high rise condo at Broad and Spruce fine, though

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20 out of 25 people found this review helpful.


June 20, 2005

5 Out of 5 AT&T

39th and Locust, Philadelphia, PA 19104

I have had absolutely no problems with my carrier, i.e. cingular.

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


June 10, 2005

0 Out of 5 Nextel

Cheltenham Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19126

over all reception is bad but periodically signal would get stronger from time to time... .

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


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June 02, 2005

0 Out of 5 Sprint

Grant and Roosevelt Blvd. | Grant and Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19114

I do not get reception in this neighborhood at all, my friends one had a Cingular - he gets one bar another has Verizon - he gets may be 2-3 bars; but mine - NO BARS WHATSOEVER.

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17 out of 21 people found this review helpful.


May 30, 2005

5 Out of 5 AT&T Wireless (TDMA)

Germantown | Highland, Philadelphia, PA 19118

Five bars at my house but reception has deteriorated accross the city since the merger with Cinglar. I have read that they want to force everyone to GSM. But GSM out of urban areas is terrible!

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19 out of 24 people found this review helpful.


May 25, 2005

4 Out of 5 Verizon

3rd and Catharine, Philadelphia, PA 19147

Great reception all over the city and suburbs. Occasional dropped calls.

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


May 19, 2005

1 Out of 5 Nextel

Oxford Circle | Oxford Ave. and Oakland St., Philadelphia, PA 19124

Nextel is the worst carrier ever. I do not get reception anywhere! I work in Center City and can not get service until I'm on 76 or 95, and then I continuously drop calls. If you are looking for a carrier in Philadelphia or anywhere in the US save your money and DO NOT go with Nextel.

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27 out of 33 people found this review helpful.


May 12, 2005

1 Out of 5 AT&T

North 19th St. | Montgomery Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19121

I changed phones at about the same time as the ATT / Cingular merger. My old phone on Cingular got great reception: inside, outside, etc. V180GSM Motorola. I now have a Cingular Nokia 3100. Piece of junk. Poor reception. Drops calls even when I'm in a good reception area. I'm beginning to think that they save on air time by cutting me off after a minute of talking. My crews call me on land-line now because cell reception is so poor. Cingular says I shouldn't be having problems, and that I am in a "medium" reception area. My wife and kids have VERIZON. Love it.

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65 out of 68 people found this review helpful.


April 18, 2005

4 Out of 5 Verizon

Broad and Oregon, Philadelphia, PA 19147

not bad... havent had too many dropped calls over 4 years. on the way to the jersey shore is another story... but once you're down there... its fine.

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16 out of 23 people found this review helpful.


April 16, 2005

4 Out of 5 T-Mobile

Welsh Rd. | Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19115

Always good reception here. The closer you get to Pennypack Park the worse the reception. There are no towers in the park!

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14 out of 20 people found this review helpful.


March 25, 2005

0 Out of 5 AT&T Wireless (TDMA)

All, Philadelphia, PA 19120

i had contract with att, now my phone is not work have no service for three days, Cingular refuse to void my contract. I have been told either begin a new contract or shop e-bay. this is totally crazy, I will never sign with Cingular on a contract, I rather pay the penalty fee than to have lousy customer services

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32 out of 37 people found this review helpful.


March 21, 2005

5 Out of 5 Nextel

Temple, Philadelphia, PA 19122

No matter where I've gone in the city of Philly AND the burbs all the way up to my cabin up in potter county(on the boarder of NY) I've literally had nearly perfect service and signal. Both rx / tx raw signal strength as well as dispatch strength has been awesome. I use my phone for not only voice and data service but rely on the GPS applications as well on a daily basis to find clients homes, Nextel being the only carrier that even has anything CLOSE to the navigation system they offer. I can say that in the past two years of living in philly I've not had even 1 dropped call or gargled D / C trans. Been with Nextel now for 7 years and loved every minute of it by comparision to other carriers I've had since 1989(yeah I know, a VERY long time). I can honestly say that d / c has actually saved my life at work when I was stabbed by a client, so if their service had n ot worked, I wouldn't still be alive. To me that says alot. Highly recommended!

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115 out of 117 people found this review helpful.


March 09, 2005

5 Out of 5 T-Mobile

34th | Walnut, Philadelphia, PA 19104

T-Mobile has never ever given me a problem 3 different phones all great reception From the NE to Center City to Manyunk.. No one dropped call (with the exception of any call I make to any Nextel phone but it's their's not mine) Nextel Sucks... please hold why we don't locate our subscriber

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33 out of 38 people found this review helpful.


March 07, 2005

2 Out of 5 T-Mobile

All Over, Philadelphia, PA 19120

T-Mobile loves to jerk people around with reception. Some days I get great reception, some days, like today, nothing. I'm pretty sure I can make a call, but no web browsing, and no instant messenger. It may seem like whining, but I bought the phone for those services, so I expect them to work when I need them. Oh well, Cingular, here I come!

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36 out of 39 people found this review helpful.


March 06, 2005

0 Out of 5 Verizon

Morrell | Chesterfield, Philadelphia, PA 19114

0-1 Bars, dropped calls in my house and in the Acme in Academy Plaza.

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


February 26, 2005

5 Out of 5 AT&T

NE Phila, Philadelphia, PA 19111

only one or 2 iffy spots in my freinds house but all over the city Cingular gsm is great and there international romaing parters in europe are wonderful so I dont know why u ppl think Cingular is horrible works wonderful for me T-Mobile works almost no place

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26 out of 30 people found this review helpful.


February 25, 2005

4 Out of 5 Verizon

Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, PA 19119

As long as your not in a basement or in an auditorium you should be cool, but anywhere else (and I mean anywhere) you will get service even if it's a little. I've had very few drops and I actually think that Verizon is the best service out there right now.

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26 out of 30 people found this review helpful.


February 17, 2005

1 Out of 5 Nextel

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19148

Good luck getting reception. Cuts in and out... and thats even if you get the chance to make a call. Gf's Cingular gets full bar while I pray for 1 bar.

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15 out of 17 people found this review helpful.


February 13, 2005

1 Out of 5 Nextel

17th and Spruce, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Nextel has been and remains the worst of all carriers. Every call that lasts more than two minutes gets dropped and that's standing OUTSIDE! Inside a building... you can forget about it. Just wish they would get the message and upgrade. I'm leaving Nextel after 5 years... maybe if more people jumped ship, they might get the message.

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35 out of 38 people found this review helpful.








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