Coverage Reviews for Philadelphia, PA


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1. Verizon

2.84

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2. Sprint

2.55

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3. T-Mobile

2.18

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4. AT&T

2.16

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2.26

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Date

Rating | Carrier | Location


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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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.



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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.


February 06, 2005

0 Out of 5 Nextel

Cheltenham Square | Ogontz Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19150

As long as I have had Nextel, I have never been able to go to Mt. Airy as well as ghetto Cheltenham Mall and have service. This is stupid considering all of the vendors within the mall that are Nextel dealers. If you reside in Mt. Airy, don't even think about subscribing to Nextel, period.

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33 out of 38 people found this review helpful.


February 06, 2005

0 Out of 5 Nextel

Sansom St. | 15th St., Philadelphia, PA 19102

It is rare that you would ever get reception in Center City with Nextel, which in my personal opinion is dumb considering that downtown Philadelphia has the highest cellphone usage in the City. Nextel needs to fix this problem... immediately!

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24 out of 29 people found this review helpful.


January 29, 2005

3 Out of 5 Verizon

Carpenter Lane | McCallum St., Philadelphia, PA 19119

Correction. Replaced original battery and antenna on dinosaur handset. Signal strength is 3-4 bars, calls sound clear as ever, all calls come through, very few dropped calls. Verizon's network is the stuff!

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20 out of 25 people found this review helpful.



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