Coverage Reviews for Houston, TX

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Rating | Carrier | Location

AT&T

Cant hold more than a 5 minute call. Wifes iphone cant call or recieve.

Nextel

From my house, if the call goes through I will lose the signal within the next minute. Ok in the neighbourhood

T-Mobile

When I had Verizon I would lose service near the most interior walls. Now that I'm with T-Mobile (for 2yrs.) I get full bars in and out. You should never have to step outside you home to talk on your cell.

Verizon

Reception fine until new tower placed just South of Dairy Ashford and Westpark intersection on East side of Dairy Ashford. Reception sporatic enough to keep phone from roaming to better tower but constantly drops calls. Tried 2 different Verizon phones, same thing. Outside of this area seems to work OK.

Verizon

Reception was fine until a new tower was put up just South of the Dairy Ashford and Westpark intersection on the East side of Dairy Ashford. Now the reception is sporatic enough so that it won't allow the phones to roam an alternate tower but drops any call that connects constantly. Have tried two different Verizon phones with no improvement. Outside of this area the phone seems to work fine.

AT&T

i get no signal at home or on the street I have to walk at least two blocks to get signal

AT&T

Usually passing the Shell gas station coming from the Beltway 8 on W. Lake Houston the reception drops almost completely. Once entering the Lakeshore subdivision it'll disconnect or maybe get one bar. Cingular reception is usually very good, but everyone that comes out here has the same problem, especially inside the house. We'll have to go outside sometimes just to make / receive a call.

Sprint

Had a trouble to receive calls since I move this adress.

Sprint

In our 3-story town house, reception is good on the 3rd floor but only 1 bar on the 1st and 2nd floors (meaning calls get missed, and calls are impossible to make).

AT&T

Very very poor service. I always have to stand in the middle of the street talk. Even thought the bars show atleast 3, you can never have a peaceful conversation. In a 2 minute conversation, I end up saying hello for more than 90 secs.

Verizon

Great Service! Never a dropped call! always receive calls (though I might reject them sometimes) always get my txt in on time, and out when they need you to. Had Sprint, so glad i'm outta that! BEST COVERAGE EVER! it really is no lie.

Sprint

I am on my FOURTH Sprint cell phone and not one has been able to get reception at my house. I also don't get reception when driving past Bellaire High School, Meyerland Plaza, or at my office (when I get calls at my home or office I have to run outside). I have been with them since 2000 when I was younger and my parents payed for the service. Because they were paying for it I accepted it. Now that I am on my own I have changed to Verizon and the reception is great. The bills are much higher, but at the end of the day being able to actually use my cell phone is the most important quality for me.

AT&T

Service is awful. We get no service inside the house. We have to stand in the middle of the street to get ATT calls. Quite inconvenient during rush hour.

Sprint

When I step into my home I get one bar or my phone often goes into roam. If I am standing on the sidewalk infront of my house I get two bars, but I still drop 9 out of 10 calls. Sprint reception in this area is horrible.

T-Mobile

Its a 50 50 chance that my cell will either lose reception or disconnect calls. Before I had a razor and I lost connection every single time I went past us 90 going South on the Belt toward Wallisville. Since I changed phones to a Samsung blast I don't have that problem any more, if u have problems with your T-Mobile I advise you complain, or change phones.

T-Mobile

Excellent and consistent coverage indoors and out all over Houston (except at the 610 / Memorial Drive / RR tracks intersection by Memorial Park, where nobody I know of gets reception) as well as in Boston, New York City, Montreal, Seattle, Miami and their broad environs. Even works seamlessly in elevators. Only reception problems are in deep interiors of buildings built heavily of concrete. However, have had problems with customer service overseas and with handsets evidently designed to break down four months before the end of 2-year contracts.

T-Mobile

Reception is never a problem inside or outside of my office building / parking garage... I can even continue a phone call while riding the elevators, without any dead pockets. People are always astonished and ask me quite frequently who my carrier is.

AT&T

Goes from no service whatsover to good but changes all the time.

T-Mobile

Never anything less than 100% service with T-Mobile, for 18 mos. running. Phones have worked without fail everywhere in the Houston area, Austin area, and down the coast to Corpus. Big improvement over Cingular's unpredictable service.

Cricket

I have very good reception, 4 bars, outside of my apartment but I only get one bar inside of my apartment. A lot of people tease me about ahving Cricket but my service has been very good. Previously I had subscribe to almost every carrier expect NexTel.

T-Mobile

lately t mobile has sucked, have been a customer for years, when they were ariel, tonight I can't even call them nor do they respond to my email

Sprint

I get 0 to 2 bars inside my house. Well actually I get 3-4 bars when not using the phone, but as soon as I push talk it drops to 0-2 bars. Always the call is dropped or the call goes in and out. Very embrassing for business! I am FUSTRATED with Sprint as they cannot help me at all. Our contract ends in September and we will switch. I highly do NOT recommend Sprint in the Meyerland Area!

AT&T

I have had Verizon, and Sprint and Cingular / ATT in this house and Cinglar / ATT has been the best reception not only here but in office buildings in the different "downtows" of Houston as well as on the road. I don't use the internet much on the phone but we like the rollover minutes (are they going away?) and the family plan plus calling between people on this network is unlimited. I remember when Houston Cellular switched to Cingular and its coverages was really bad and had tons of dropped calls. It is much better since then, but now that it is ATT I am sure they will try to tweak the number of consecutive calls on their antennas and service could drop. Hope they don't.

Sprint

I Have Sprint.In La Porte I only get 1 bar. I cant place a call over here. But in downtown I get all my bars on my cell. In My Home In Houston I get 2 or 3 bars. I can place and receive calls, but I get static sometimes. Overall I like Sprint but I prefer AT&T wireless.

AT&T

I avareage 3 bars even inside my home. I have never missed a call unless I ignored it. Gota say love this phone I download MB every day from the internet and talking is a dream.

AT&T

Outside the building I get 4 bars easy, sometimes 5. Inside I get 2 which is incredible seeing as Im inside a concrete and steel building with no windows at atleast 2' thick walls. MCC

AT&T

Even though the number of bars was good the reception was terrible. Couldnt talk within the apartment.

AT&T

I never seem to have a problem around my house. No dropped calls and full signal. This is important because my kids need to be able to get hold of me when they are out.

Sprint

Only 18 months to go... Dropped calls, no call received- just routes to voice mail, several failed text attempts. Nothing like paying too much for so little.

AT&T

Good when was Cingular..not the best but it was decent... horrible ever since it's ATT..indoors and outdoors... does not matter anymore... dead spots everywhere

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