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Only one week on this new Sanyo Katana phone and the reception is a little better than my old Samsung N400. With the Samsung, I had no reception inside my own home and 1 or 2 bars when outside. I switched to a Sanyo because of several recommendations and my wife has a Sanyo and she can at least carry on a conversation if she doesn't move around too much. Cell reception in our part of the neighborhood seems to be very poor regardless of the carrier. The only cause that I can attribute to this is the high number of very tall trees we have around us. When you leave our neighborhood and travel to the nearby intersection of 2499 and 3040, the reception jumps up to 5 or 6 bars (figures - thats where the Sprint store is). I've called Sprint on 3 different occassions to complain about the coverage. They claim that they have 3 towers within a mile of my location (though none of them show up on the cell phone tower search) and that they'd send a service truck out to our area to measure the signal strength in our neighborhood. Its never gotten better and I've never been able to find out the results of those measurements. I've read a few posts where the Verizon service seems to fair better in our area. I think I'll try one of their phones to see if my reception improves - heck, with number portability I don't have to change my phone number to switch to a different service.

I've been very happy with Verizon after they put a cell phone tower right down the street. I've never had any signal problems except for around the 2499 and 407 intersection, where it drops to a bar, but I can normally still make fine calls. Either way they are in a process of putting up a tower there. I would recommend the service to anyone after my poor experiences with Cingular and Sprint.

Been ATT / Cingular customer for over 3 years (see previous post) and had little to no reception. Tonight, I went to try Verizon and got a test phone from them. The reception is better than it has ever been. Not even 6 months ago, "supposively" Verizon got FM to let them put a tower on the FM Fire Dept. For the first time, I have been able to walk all over my house and not drop a call! HIGHLY recommend if you are in the area and cannot get reception. Didn't mark the reception "perfect" because it is to early to tell... FYI - they will give you a free cell on the cheapest plan for 15 days to test yourself before converting your cell provider.

Have been an AT&T Wireless / Cingular for three years (on the old Digital network because the GSM was even worse). Cannot get a steady signal in the house. Might get lucky if I stand in the corner of the kitchen with foil attached to my head, and its a bonus if I get my VM within two days of the missed call. I know I am not the only one in my neighborhood, because everyone sits in their cars outside Lakewood finishing their calls before driving all the way home. This dead spot seems to be effecting providers that my friends and family use as well: Sprint, Cingular, T-Mobile.

This intersetion has decient signal. Just to the south down the hill(1 / 4) mile calls will drop. I live just north-east of intersection about 7-8 blocks and signal in the house is anywhere from 2 bars to no signal. I usually have to go outside to have a good conversation. I bought an after-market antenna on-line which seems to make a little bit of a difference. slightly better signal sometimes and seems to have less droped calls. This is the 2nd LG-VX6000 phone and both seemed to have the same results. Great service anywhere in the area close to a freeway.

Inside any of the new buildings in this area (Target, Lowe's, etc.) I will get 0-1 bars and normally drop calls. This area needs to be addressed qucikly as more and more people will be visiting and will be displeased with service.

att / cingular need to step it up. No service on in west Flower Mound 2 bars and we are doing good.

I have little to no reception... had AT&T now Cingular... called and filed several complaints... but Cingular does not really care... fixing problem dips into the profits... ..as long as no serious competition problems like these won't get fixed... .if you are looking for phone steer away from Cingular

Sprint coverage seems to be pretty good with the Sanyo phone. Some reception problems while inside the house. Can get a call now. I could not before on T-Mobile.

ALways dropped calls or no reception near the Bridlewood golf course or in Wellington near the water tower. Also know someone with Sony Ericsson phone on T-Mobile with poor connection. Cust Service always said that they were working on adding more towers. It's been at least 2 years. Still bad.