Coverage Reviews for Philadelphia, PA


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1. Verizon

2.84

44

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2. Sprint

2.55

22

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3. T-Mobile

2.18

51

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4. AT&T

2.16

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2.26

183

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Date

Rating | Carrier | Location


January 03, 2005

4 Out of 5 T-Mobile

Ford Rd. | Monument Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19131

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

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


December 29, 2004

4 Out of 5 Sprint

Temple, Philadelphia, PA 19125

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?

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26 out of 30 people found this review helpful.


December 17, 2004

4 Out of 5 T-Mobile

Walnut | 40-41St., Philadelphia, PA 19104

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.

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20 out of 25 people found this review helpful.


December 16, 2004

4 Out of 5 AT&T

Cecil B Moore, Philadelphia, PA 19122

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

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16 out of 23 people found this review helpful.


December 13, 2004

0 Out of 5 Nextel

Temple, Philadelphia, PA 19122

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...

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45 out of 49 people found this review helpful.


December 13, 2004

4 Out of 5 T-Mobile

10th | Bainbridge, Philadelphia, PA 19147

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...

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35 out of 38 people found this review helpful.


December 09, 2004

4 Out of 5 Verizon

Chelten Ave. | 10th St., Philadelphia, PA 19126

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

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


December 01, 2004

1 Out of 5 Verizon

Frankford Ave. | Oxford Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19124

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.

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16 out of 23 people found this review helpful.


November 08, 2004

1 Out of 5 T-Mobile

UPenn Campus, Philadelphia, PA 19104

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.

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21 out of 26 people found this review helpful.


November 05, 2004

4 Out of 5 T-Mobile

Broad St. | Tasker St., Philadelphia, PA 19147

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

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


September 22, 2004

1 Out of 5 Verizon

Carpenter Lane | McCallum St., Philadelphia, PA 19119

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.

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45 out of 49 people found this review helpful.



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August 30, 2004

1 Out of 5 Verizon

Wayne Ave. | Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19119

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.

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19 out of 24 people found this review helpful.


August 25, 2004

3 Out of 5 T-Mobile

City Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19131

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.

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24 out of 30 people found this review helpful.


August 13, 2004

4 Out of 5 Verizon

Temple Univ. / Main Campus | 12th & Norris, Philadelphia, PA 19122

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.

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23 out of 28 people found this review helpful.


August 13, 2004

1 Out of 5 T-Mobile

Walnut St. | 32nd St., Philadelphia, PA 19104

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

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


August 08, 2004

0 Out of 5 T-Mobile

Tyson Ave. | Large St., Philadelphia, PA 19149

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.

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45 out of 49 people found this review helpful.


July 24, 2004

5 Out of 5 AT&T

Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA 19115

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

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


July 18, 2004

1 Out of 5 Nextel

Center City, Philadelphia, PA 19107

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

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


July 13, 2004

1 Out of 5 Nextel

Ridge Ave. | Hermit St., Philadelphia, PA 19128

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.

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35 out of 38 people found this review helpful.


June 29, 2004

1 Out of 5 T-Mobile

34th St. | Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19104

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.

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24 out of 30 people found this review helpful.


May 08, 2004

2 Out of 5 AT&T

Castor Ave | Magee Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19149

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.

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23 out of 28 people found this review helpful.



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April 12, 2004

1 Out of 5 AT&T Wireless (TDMA)

Fairmount, Philadelphia, PA 19104

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

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24 out of 30 people found this review helpful.


February 07, 2004

2 Out of 5 AT&T Wireless (GSM)

Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104

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

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


February 04, 2004

0 Out of 5 AT&T

Belmont Ave | Wynnefield Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19102

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

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


February 01, 2004

2 Out of 5 AT&T Wireless (GSM)

33rd | Spruce, Philadelphia, PA 19104

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

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


January 28, 2004

1 Out of 5 Nextel

Belmot Ave | Wynnefield, Philadelphia, PA 19131

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.

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24 out of 30 people found this review helpful.


December 20, 2003

4 Out of 5 AT&T

University of PA, Philadelphia, PA 19104

decreases occasionally when indoors, but otherwise perfect

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


December 16, 2003

4 Out of 5 AT&T Wireless (GSM)

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104

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...

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19 out of 24 people found this review helpful.


December 09, 2003

2 Out of 5 Sprint

1717 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

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

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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.


December 08, 2003

1 Out of 5 Sprint

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19130

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

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4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.



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