Coverage Reviews for Philadelphia, PA

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Rating | Carrier | Location

T-Mobile

Inside, my reception is 3-4 bars. Outside, I am at full strength, 4-5 bars. No complaints here.

Sprint

Sprint works great on Temple's campus, I have not had a problem with my signal fading out except for when I went down to South Carolina where the bevy of trees dropped status bar to 1 or 2, or faded completely but it's the deep south, what can you expect?

T-Mobile

Reception around campus is excellent. I even get 4-5 bars when in my building at 34 and Walnut. However, the second I set foot in my building (Walnut and 40-41st) I'm lucky to see 3 bars, but 1-2 is the norm.

AT&T

Great reception. Works fine even in the elevator. Only at times deep inside a building loses reception. Otherwise in the outdoors works great.

Nextel

I use a Nextel for work. Bottom line, it sucks. Not only do you have to leave a building to use it, but even then you have to walk around until you get lucky. If you don't believe me, walk around Temple and look for people with Nextel's. They'll be hovering around doorways and windows trying to make calls. I've also heard things about Philly's emergency network conflicting with Nextel's frequency, so beware...

T-Mobile

I came to T-Mobile from Sprint (don't get me started). I love T-Mobile. I never have trouble around Philly. Center City, South Philly, Temple, West Philly. Sometimes the signal bars go down, but my phone can always make a call and hold it. The only places I have trouble are out in the middle of nowhere Lehigh Valley, but that's to be expected...

Verizon

Verizon Wireless on Samsung phone A650 you get 4 bars outside, and actually 3 in my basement.

Verizon

I work for SEPTA and this is the location of my bus loop and when I make calls from here I either get poor reception or calls drop altogether.

T-Mobile

T-Mobile's reception on campus is horrid. Reception will drop from 5 to 0 by taking a few small steps. Many places have no reception whatsoever. T-Mobile needs to improve reception in this area. Not recommended.

T-Mobile

No problems in South Philly on either side of Broad St.

Verizon

This is the first complaint I have regarding VZW service; I've been very satisfied with their reception and signal quality in the Philly metro area since 1998. I moved to this address in March, and I drop many calls, calls go straight into VM without ringing, and I usually get only 1 or 2 bars for signal strength. I know I'm using an old phone - don't want to give up analog - but it had worked fine for over 4 years until I moved.

Verizon

Signal strength was good until about 3 months ago, then it dropped to almost nothing. Verizon ticket #657100 was open for a month and still Verizon could not explain the loss of signal in my area.

T-Mobile

Patchy reception in my building,even on my balcony. The (600) minutes make up for it though. Decent on most of the streets around here. Works great on this part of the I-76. The Phone has excellent battery life and only needs charging every 2-3 days depending on usage.

Verizon

Great signal and reception outside, can't get a signal at all inside Temple buildings. At home (Lansdowne) I can go four days without charging my phone, one day at work and the battery's gone, it's trying so hard all day to get a signal.

T-Mobile

Very static-y. On the other end, it sounds fine, but I hears all kinds of sounds.

T-Mobile

I had signal inside my house from when I switched to T-mobile in Feb until July. Now, nada, zero, zip. Got a postcard from them saying they added 39 more towers in the Phila. area. Called T-mobile to complain and was told they are realigning the new towers and that they would be completed in Sept. In the meantime, I suffer. Also, same thing where I work. Used to have signal in my office in zip 19120. Now, I have to go outside to the Eastern side of the building to get signal.

AT&T

I always get service no matter where i am. I have not been out of Philly yet with my service.

Nextel

Very poor reception in and around City Hall. In buildings in the area, there is no reception.

Nextel

Very Poor Signal in this area. Most of my calls don't last but a few minutes and then get dropped (and this is while outside my house). If I am in my home, my phone will have no service for long periods of time. This is pretty sad considering I am on top of a hill overlooking the city of Philadelphia. I work in Plymouth Meeting, PA and the phone works excellent there.

T-Mobile

Just even being around this area on the UPenn campus makes the reception suffer. I always have to use a buddy's cell phone around here, and inside big buildings. There is no reception deep inside large buildings. Voicemail messages are received hours to days later.

AT&T

Unfortunatly,I just happen to live in the lowest coverage zipcode in Philly and in about a 3 block area I cant even make a call and when I do it usually drops.However,the service just about everywere else in th city is above average.

AT&T Wireless (TDMA)

This Phone sucks reception wise and I just go it. I turn it off then turn it back on and it says that I don't get any service and I bought this sell phone to use it not to carry around in my pocket all day hoping that I can get good reception in a different area

AT&T Wireless (GSM)

Fair reception when outdoors. 1 bar or no reception in ANY building. Stay away from ATT GSM

AT&T

Dead zone, Wynnefield Rd is dead from Belmont Ave to Cardinal Ave. Just hang up and wait!

AT&T Wireless (GSM)

Poor to no signal in Univ Penn School of Engineering Buildings.

Nextel

Hideous reception. Phone often fails to ring and goes straight to voice mail. Calls constantly dropped. Poor and garbled audio particularly when using "Direct Connect" feature. Frequently receive "no service" message. Experienced problems throughout the city.

AT&T

decreases occasionally when indoors, but otherwise perfect

AT&T Wireless (GSM)

Excellent reception outside of my building. Fair in the dorm, AT&T was better for me in other cities, but thier network is improving. Acceptable, but not the best. About the same as Verizon...

Sprint

I work on the 38th floor, and reception always cuts in and out.

Sprint

My phone is busy all the time when people call it if im in NJ. Poor.

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