Coverage Reviews for Austin, TX

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Rating | Carrier | Location

T-Mobile

T-Mobile has spotty, if at best the worse coverage on Equestrian Trail (78727) and in the area. Dropped calls are constant.

Verizon

I get great phone and internet coverage with Verizon. I work at a hospital and that is the only time I have ever had any problems with internet (super slow or doesn't work at all). I assume it is because of the building.

T-Mobile

strong 4g coverage-3 drops in 2years.voice calls are clear

Verizon

Poor reception- only two bars most of the time. Also, phone goes into roaming occasionally and consumes all of the battery strength. I also have dropped calls zone around the University.

AT&T

ATT coverage is awful even with micro cell.

T-Mobile

With T-Mobile Ive always gotten great reception in Austin with few dropped calls.

T-Mobile

T-Mobile coverage suck where I live when I'm inside I get 4g / 2g it goes back forward to both. I some times have to go out side to get signal

Sprint

Sprint is horrible; frequent dropped calls from our home, consistently weak signal and lousy coverage

T-Mobile

Reception is iffy and hops technologies all the damn time. Skips between 4G / 3G / EDGE and then no data at all. Annoying.

Verizon

Verizon LTE was good in the area, and along the bus route up South Congress to UT campus. Never experienced delays when browsing the internet, downloading apps, or using navigation. Calls were clear, crisp, and loud. I cannot say the same thing for Sprint. Using the same model phone on Sprint, my calls were consistently dropped inside my apartment, and I often heard an echo of my own voice or the other caller's voice would be muffled. Only drawback to Verizon is the high cost of data. Looking for decent 4G data speeds in Austin. I'm going to try T-Mobile next.

Sprint

What is going on with Sprint? I heard they had 4G LTE in Austin so I got the Note 2 but I am getting an average of less than 1Mb / s in my apartment. In this same area on Verizon, I was averaging 15Mb / s on LTE. With Verizon I felt that their data usage tiers were too low and I was scared I would go over my plan when using 4G in non-WiFi areas, but with Sprint's unlimited I don't think I could even hit 2GB at these low data rates.

Verizon

My phone hasn't been on contract for three years. It's almost 5 years old; no longer supported by Verizon; they don't even sell batteries for it anymore. About 3 months ago the phone started breaking up - dropping parts of words every second or two. I thought maybe going with a new IPhone would be a good idea, but if I do, after reading this forum I'm definitely not going to change carriers since Verizon has always provided average-to-good reception virtually anywhere I go, nationwide. However, the dark side of me wonders if Verizon is intentionally making system changes to support newer models, that cause older phones like mine to perform more poorly... this would only adversely affect a small set of existing customers with 'ancient' phones, and could very likely drive them back into Verizon stores for a new phone and a new contract.

Sprint

No cell service for 4 days. Cannot make or receive calls. My husband has Sprint too and we just got rid of our land line. Sprint sucks,

Verizon

Coverage seems to be even worse than the customer service they provide

AT&T

A few days ago my LTE service dropped completely. I have been in crucial driving navigation situations and no service. No internet on phone from downtown all the way up to Airport&52nd. Nada! WTF

AT&T

Coverage at my home is ZERO inside the house, and barely 2 bars outside. WTF am I paying for?

AT&T

I've had ATT for a few years bc of contract. Almost never have I been able to make a call from home (area indicated). If I can, the calls almost always drop, and the reception is horrible. I don't even turn on my cell at the house.

Cricket

Constantly dropping calls and more than half of my text messages fail to send and error out after 5 minutes. 3G coverage fades from 1 bar to zero bars in my apartment! Worst coverage I've ever had!

Sprint

Old HTC phone got better signal than my new Nexus.

AT&T

Reception is not consistent. Some days it is ok and other days there is no reception at all. There is nothing major in the area blocking signals

AT&T

Towers need to be upgraded or so etching because they suck

AT&T

Horrrrrrrible! For the last year in a half (I guess this is when Stinkular took over)? Unfortunately, I renewed contract with them, because they said it was likely because of my old phone, and I was up for a new one. It definitely was not. Then they say "oh, were working on our towers, change sim card" ect... Total B / S. I had a friend that worked for them, and that is what they are forced to say. Drops every call. Have to be outside, but even then, garbled and drops. Customer service keeps transferring me between departments, then drops the call. They make it impossible to get any help. PLEASE Barton Hills Peeps (especially down in the hilly area around Montclaire / La Casa / Rae Dell, do any of you have decent service with another provider around here? Let me know.Thanks so much!

Sprint

Hoping for some progress instead of degressing in both dropped calls and hotspot service as well as 4G I have been paying. Being truthfull on better service would be helpfull.

T-Mobile

when I am inside my home I have no reception at all, I can't call any one or get call from my friend.

Verizon

Almost no reception anywhere in Hyde Park. The service is abysmal. Dropped Calls, spotty coverage, NO 3G, almost no internet, texts do not send. Worst coverage experience in Austin.

Sprint

Switched from AT&T to Sprint. Had dropped calls constantly on AT&T and have not had a dropped call yet with Sprint in 9 months. Their service is phenomenal. I have 3G between Austin and Houston the whole way, with at least 4 bars for most of it. I always was stuck on EDGE with AT&T outside of the city. And our bill is a lot cheaper.

AT&T

The reception is poor to no reception. All calls get dropped constantly. Thought ATT pride themselves on having good area coverage however that is not the case if you are around the triangle area. Austin is a big City this is not the countryside and it is almost imposible to make or receive a phone call if your carrier is ATT wireless around this area. Time to move to another carrier.

Verizon

Nearly 0 LTE coverage inside the house and out, it happens very randomly and for only a few minutes at a time. While on 3G it usually hovers around -90 dBm (1-2 bars) inside and outside. Poor coverage in this area.

AT&T

Horrible Network, horrible customer service. When I called them and told that I got no reception at my Apt, they said they are not responsible for signal inside the Apartment. When I told them that there is no signal in my Parking lot he started reading bunch of T&C saying ATT may not provide the uninterrupted service and expect this kind of service. My sincere advice dont buy ATT if you are living in Austin. Im shpping for different service provider right now. But I definitely do not recommend ATT to my friend or enemy.

Sprint

Continually drop calls in at my house. Had to purchase a cell range extender that plugs into my broadband. Works well intermittently, and makes calls unintelligible other times. As a home based business, that means all my money goes to sprint, but the vast majority of the traffic is actually supported by my ISP. Good deal for Sprint. Right up until I leave when my contract runs out in about 2 months. Good riddance. Been comparing how various friends' phones work here, and I'm leaning heavily towards Verizon.

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