I moved from Michigan and haven't switched from Alltel because no matter where I go, my signal is perfect. I have been all over the DC Metro area and have had no problems. Unfortunately, Alltel is not available in the DC area, but great customer service doesn't make this a problem.My parents have Sprint and could barely use their phones at all when they came out for a visit because they had absolutely no signal. I don't hear good things about Verizon either. I really wish Alltel was located here so I didn't have to drive to Richmond to find an actual store. But if Alltel does move to the area, it is worth it to switch.

People complain a lot about AT&T coverage, but I haven't had too many problems with it. I've had a dropped call here and there but not enough for me to complain. VERIZON is the best, by far and T-MOBILE is a complete disaster, I will probably never use T-MOBILE again.

Reception fine along Rt 1 corridor. Down closer to Mt. Vernon the reception is spotty.

Used to work just fine until late June 2010. Horrible reception since and plenty of dropped calls. WTF ATT?!

One Half Bar in some areas of Elizabethtown and no service standing in my house. Dropped calls at some locations and can't hear anyone at others. No 3G coverage through out. Yet AT&T states that they have total coverage! Don't think so AT&T!

Had AT&T in OK before moving to VA and had great service and reception. I had to change after almost 6 months of poor to no service from Blacksburg to DC. It was always dead, or dropping calls. Moved to US Cellular and have service when Verizon and others fail. Great option but no DC location. Closest is 5 hrs away... ..

Signal strenth is zero on the 4th floor of my apartment. Reception was also zero in my previous apartmetn in fairfax county... ... Goodbye ATT,,,Hello verizon

No issues. Has always worked fine for me

I have had my ohone for about 3 weeks and have the unlimited plan and pay about $130.00 a month for service since I do not use my house line. I currently moved to a new condo and have no service at al. I also have a T-Mobile phone that gets at least 1 bar but my Cingular is horrible on reception. Great phone but poor reception.

For the section of Beulah between Charles Arrington Drive, crossing the Springfield / Franconia parkway (by the Healthplex), continuing to Steiway St. is a deadzone for AT&T / Cingular. In the Manchester Lakes shopping center you get spotting coverage outside of the buildings, but NO coverage within Bungalowes. My girlfriend has Verizon and she has full coverage in these area. AT&T claims, after several phone calls, that this area has perfect coverage (listed as excellent on their maps). I filed a technical issue with them regarding this, and they responded back within an hour saying the problem has been fixed. No it hasn't - my phone still looses service there as do everyone else I know who has AT&T.

Had lots of problems getting reception in this and surrounding areas. Even driving for a few miles didn't help.

worse AT&T, Cingular or whatever they wana change their name to next, worse reception worse customer service, I had Verizon for 11 years and I had to go Cingular coz we moved to a new office and cing the 1 phone worked some what, but not any where else I hope someone will sue them for that commercial erasing the bar and the fewest drop calls are the biggest B S. going back to Verizon

My fiance and I moved into a townhouse in Old Town Alexandria in Nov 2006. We both have a Motorola V557 phone and absolutely no signal in our home. We've talked with customer support more than we talked to with family and here's the verdict. We've been told we have "the best reception" at our location, yet somehow, we're still unable to use our phones. After several rounds of exchanging our phones for new / refurbished phones of the same model, we still had no luck. So, the next step was to obtain new SIM cards, because somehow, both of ours were possibly flawed. Shockingly, that also did nothing to solve the problem. So, here we sit after 4 months of shoddy-to-no service with 2 useless cell phones and no real impending solution. Cingular may be good in some places, but if I have to watch one more "fewest dropped calls" commercial, I'll scream! Verizon is the ONLY way to go in the DC metro area as far as I'm concerned.

Although Nokia phone has always given better signal, as does Cingular (even in areas other services don't_)whole area is poor, signals dropping and gettin worse in last couple months! Are their too many people competing for a signal

Service is completly dead in or near Safeway. Minimal (1 or 2 bar) in Mount Vernon Square Apartments behind Safeway. Cingular service (with my phone and my wife's phone, anyway) blows throughout the Metro DC area.

Something must have changed in the past couple of months because I now get excellent connectivity in and around the house and in the general area. In the past I would have 1 bar or none at all. Even in the Belleview Safeway I can make / receive calls. Never could do that in the past.

Alexandria area, Cingular GSM service is poor and actually getting worse each month. Are they dismantling this network? On 295, almost everywhere, you can count on dropped calls every time you are driving anywhere.

Amazing - N. bound I395 from Edsal Rd through Rt 236. Completely dead. Calls will have 4 bars and then suddenly the call is dropped.

I cannot complete a call indoors unless standing at the window or open door. Outside reception is no better.

This is a dead spot. Calls will have 4 bars and then suddenly the call is dropped. It is about a 1 / 4 mile dead zone.