Coverage Reviews for Houston, TX

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Verizon

Verizon customer for almost 10 years. We've never had more than 2 bars (out of 5) in the house, and normally it's either 1 bar, or no service. We've had Verizon tech people to the house... they say it's just a bad service area, due to lots of trees and other obstructions. But, they continue to take our money, even though we can't make a call from our home. Service around town is usually pretty good.

AT&T

I work in the Med Center, and my reception has gone from poor to none lately at work AND at home (home is on Bissonnet) - this is incredibly frustrating because the only time I have coverage is when I'm transiting which is maybe twenty minutes a day. Several people I've spoken to with iPhones complain of this problem at the med center. Why won't AT&T give this area more towers?

Verizon

On a lease out of Streeter, TX (5 miles from Mason,TX), there is no reception. We were stuck with no vehicle for 6 hours and could not reach out for help.

Verizon

My girl went to reynosa Mexico n she was talking to me in Houston while the cops were havin a shootout with the cartel outside of the building she was in

AT&T

All of a sudden this part of downtown has next to no service. Never had a problem until this year. It takes forever data to load, I have no access to wifi. Service seems to have suffered lately not just downtown but all over Houston.

AT&T

No service this morning; then lousy connections with dropped calls. I thought AT&T was a "major player" in cell phones. If that's the case, then they'd better clean up their act in Houston or they've lost me as a subscriber. Their service is sub-par and pathetic.

Sprint

Very poor receptions. 4G almost non-exist. In some open areas slightly outside of TMC (Fannin / S. Braeswood arear), now even don't have 3G signals.

AT&T

Reception in this area still sucks over 2 years since Hurricane Ike. It was just ok before but no more than 3 bars outside and variable poor to nothing indoors with most calls over 3 mins getting dropped. Several calls to ATT nothing changed

T-Mobile

I have had pretty good luck with my T-Mobile G1 for over a year now. Signal is nearly always strong and clear. Occasional Data issues, but I expect every service to have a few hiccups. Customer Service has always been very good as well.

Sprint

while in my home I can not make or receive calls. I have had Sprint for about 11 years now.

Cricket

they said there is nothing wrong there... but we have 4 cricket phones, different models and is always the same

Verizon

Poor to sometimes no reception. Verizon acknowledged that my area is marginal and said I have three options: 1. Purchase a cell phone signal booster for the house at $150. 2. Cancel plan with no early termination (I just renewed my contract 2 weeks ago) 3. Do nothing and either deal with it or call forward cell phone to home phone. Not sure what to do because reception is good everywhere else in Houston.

T-Mobile

Get bad reception wish there was another tower..cuz me and my fiance dont get much reception in neighter homes.

T-Mobile

I get Zero to 1 bar if lucky on my Apartment. Wished they can make another tower near that area and also on my fiances house too I get harly any bars. and he lives 7 mins away from me!

Sprint

My signal varies from 3-4 bars... I rarely get dropped calls. I work off of 290 / 610 and I get A LOT of dropped calls.

AT&T

Zero reception in my apartment 5 minutes from downtown Houston. AT&T covers 97% of America, but I guess the Museum District in Houston is part of the other 3%. I've had enough of paying money for no service. Switching to Verizon as soon as my contract is up next month.

AT&T

The reception within The Methodist Hospital is horrible. I'm here for more than half the day (meaning half my life) and I do not have any reception. So I'm constantly missing calls and messages. I've contacted A&T on a monthly basis about this problem and they keep telling me that they are working on it but it's taking some time. It's 2010 almost 2011 and they never thought that they should put a antenna within the hospital or improve the reception within the Medical Center? With the amount of people that work here or patients that come here; you would think that someone in charge would actually have the intelligence to think that putting an antenna there to improve recepition and improve business.

AT&T

Zero coverage in our near my house (5 minutes from downtown Houston). Drop calls on I-45 downtown. Regularly drop calls all over town. Can't get on internet except where Wi-Fi is available.

AT&T

I have very good reception all over with my phone and my So has a lower grade phone and his is typically better. No complaints with service so far, calls, text and web are good. I'm just sick of this contract thing and want to try something else. Cricket or Boost anyone? No more contracts and super high phone bills! I want unlimited everything!

T-Mobile

Can't depend on this bleep bleep blackberry bold 9700 for anything. Must get my land line back in case of emergency. Hardly "zip" for making calls anywhere else in the apt. except to stand by window (if lucky it works). Lots of dropped calls. Making calls - phone won't ring unless try several times. Lots of missed calls - phone never rang. It's only a few months old, now the battery won't hold a charge. I hate to say it, but TX coverage with T-Mobile really does stink! I am sick of paying $147 a month for 2 useless "pieces of garbage" T-Mobile phone's. My son is on my a / c with a G1, which isn't much better! When he is at my place, he has to go outside for decent reception.

Cricket

Great Reception in all of pasadena tx!use cricket all the time and always all bars and 3g wireless is great!

T-Mobile

I always lose reception and get the SOS signal when I drive through Memorial park area. Also I get dropped calls or calls failed message when trying to dial in any part of Houston. I am not sure if it is the Bold 9700 issue or is it just t mobile altogether.

Sprint

Almost never had dropped calls inside my house. A Sprint rep once told me that Sanyo phones get the best reception because they were made for Sprint; don't know if that is true but seems so. My husband and I have the basic Sanyo phones and never had problems even travelling between Seattle through Florida. Our son always had the new-fangled phones of other brands but often had to go outside the house to get a decent reception.

T-Mobile

My internet is d only thing that works at time n that's cause its wit att. Damn T-Mobile towers always down, useless phone, unreliable service. 1 more yr thats it 4 me

AT&T

3 years ago ATT service was great in this location. Today I get nothing but dropped calls and network errors, maybe 1 bar outside, completely useless indoors. Even when I'm out and about around Houston with 4+ bars I still get dropped 70% of the time. It's possible that there isn't enough bandwidth available for all the stupid 'smart phones' the lemmings just have to have to be cool.

Sprint

I always get 4 or 5 bars in our apartment complex and rarely ever get a dropped call.

T-Mobile

For the 3 weeks, every other calls is either staticy or the caller is unable to hear me. I've called T-Mobile (611) and they said they are unaware of any problems. Weird, since it's happening to everyone I know that has T-Mobile in Houston.

AT&T

really bad, 1-2 bars, drops calls or fades in and out... .

AT&T

Phone always drops call when going either east or west on I-10 between Beltway / Gessner

AT&T

Reception is decent, but what plagues AT&T is calls dropped. I'll pay any money not to have my calls mysteriously get cut off if over 2 minutes. AT&T is aweful and the iPhone is superior. The new option for Verizon as a iPhone carrier will put enormous pressure on Ma Bell to allieviate their issues... hopefully!

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