I had just switched to an iPhone and now can hardly have a phone call that isn't cutoff. If you're going to sell an iPhone, freaking make sure the infrastructure is in place to support it. I should have stayed with the old phone that butt dialed people. At least it had excellent reception.

I have near perfect reception everywhere I go. My friends with Sprint and my room mate with AT&T all have little or no signal for calls or data in my house, I have no issues whatsoever. no complaints at all, my data isnt as fast as I would like, but its faster then any of my friends who use other providers!

Get poor to no reception in the AT&T Labs building. Ain't that a kick in the pants.

Verizon does not drop calls in Austin data transfers are delayed sometimes texting always works. I had to go to the Verizon store to reboot my HTC Incredible it wiped out all my text messages without warning after a year. I guess it hit the wall on memory the tech at Verizon spent two hours re instating my phone after that the phone worked better and even unknown functions came to life. I like eveything but the cost of all unlimited plans and if you are are at the edge of the coverage map none of your data features works so very limited email updates and no attachment transfers at all normal texting will work but the clock and other updates lag.

Sitting in my house on my iphone via my home network with no zero zip nada service. Cant wait for my contract to be over with att

i live near this intersection and typically am unable to use the phone in my house or out in my yard. calls 9 out of 10 times are dropped when I am able to get reception.

I have had my Sprint service and brick cell phone (ok, I'm a Luddite) for over a decade and had excellent reception inside and outside the house (hardly ever fewer than 3 bars). For about a month or more now, I see no bars at all either inside or outside. If a call comes / goes through, it is dropped soon enough and cell phone is frequently beeping, looking for service. What is going on?

I live on Tom Green St. between 33rd and 32nd streets, and no one that has AT&T is able to use their phone in my house. Even going outside on the patio doesn't help. The only reason we've been able to get by using iPhones is that we have a microcell, but it has its own problems (cutting out, long delay during calls). I bought a Verizon iPhone 4 when they cam out, but Verizon also has no service in this area. I even called them and they finally admitted that we're in a "known area" of poor service. My wife and I both had Sprint before getting iPhones and we had zero problems. We're considering switching back for Sprint iPhone 4Ses, but we're in contract with at&t.

Tower Degradation

What happened to my Sprint reception today? (10 / 25 / 2011). I have always reveived perfect reception and today it is changing to 0 bars or 1 bar... I have had Sprint for 15 years and have always found them to provide the best coverage all over Texas as well as the US... what's going on?

SPRINT works EXCELLENT for me in the Scofield Ridge Subdivision of Austin, and everywhere in North and Northwest Austin. I had AT&T but canceled after years with them, due to constant dropped calls and other technical issues. I've had Sprint now since 1 / 2011 and have had only 1 dropped call since. Sprint has added more towers for cellular, and are now utilizing their NEXTEL towers as well for cellular service I'm told. OVERALL: EXCELLENT SERVICE

It really is a mystery to me. I have 0 bars inside my house, and at times 1 bar outside my house. I can drive a half mile away and have 4g. I've complained but no one can come up with an explanation. Other services also have bad service here as well.

My contract is finally up in Aug and I can't wait to switch. Between the phone and the lack of service I might as well be using homing pigeons for communication. I can't believe that AT&T has the nerve to charge what they do for 1980's cell coverage in the Austin area. If you want to be an isolationist then get the AT&T service because you won't ever be able to talk to anyone.

I never get more than two bars on my phone. Coverage is sketchy and I frequently have dropped calls.

We recently moved to our new house on yaupon and texas plume. The reception is virtually non-existent. I have been using ATT for several years now and this is the first time I am having issues with their service. Very rarely the call gets connected and within a few seconds, the call is dropped and the phone shows 0 bars. I am almost certain we will switch to a different carrier in a few weeks.

I just got Cricket the other day; was very excited about the unlimited plan and free Android phone. I've spent the first three days on the phone with customer service and back and forth to the store, trying to figure out why I can't make any calls at my house, even though I am within the coverage map. The roaming signal always appears too. I have no problems with the phone "in town" but out here, it's terrible! The customer service people are aggravating and keep asking me to reprogram my phone, even though I've already done it 10 times! Even when I sit outside or walk out into the front yard, the reception is still poor; people can't hear me and I can't hear them, and a simple conversation takes much longer than it should.

Absolutely no cell service what so ever near Destiny Hills.3g is no use at all. What good is any supposed great phone when carrier has no interest in providing services. Terrible to deal with. Went back to land line and dial up. At least it works and is dependable.

T-Mobile here in Steiner Ranch is horrible! Coverage is poor and with the HTC HD2 which is a pretty crappy phone to begin with service is virtually non-existent. Multiple calls to T-Mobile and they claim they are "checking their network." Always comes back the network is "fine." Then what the heck is the problem??? Replaced the phone with the same model once and it is still horrible. I just want out of the contract and credited for the numerous dropped calls!

Never had any trouble with signal or dropped calls until my phone aged. ie. dropped it, threw it, ran over it, washed it, swam with it... Got a new one and excelent service. Wouldn't think of having anyone else for a provider. I travel quite a bit and go boating, and still got service when all my iphone buddies did not. :-D

AT&T refuses to admit their bad service is the reason that I am on my 4th phone. I take care of my phone. It has a protective rubber cover and gets put into another case when I put it in my purse. Calls locally here in Austin get dropped, and calls to Houston also get dropped regardless if I am inside or outside. I try to dial a number and it drops the call before it ever starts ringing on my end. Today I called downtown Austin and the person on the other end told me he couldn't understand me because I was breaking up so bad. The closest cell phone tower to me is at 4301 Slaughter (5.4 miles), and 4525 IH 35 South (7.2 miles). I feel lucky if I can get in touch with my sister whose house is only 4 miles away from me.