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.

I have Verizon and have never had a problem.

Perfect reception with Verizon here!

I get very bad reception once I set foot indoors of my Apt on Taney and N. Jordan near Duke Street(Alexandria) Oddly enough, that was a litteral statement because once I'm outside I get perfect service. I called T-Mobile and they said Alexandria only has fair coverage when it comes to service. I'm going to assume this means once I enter any building I should look for my service to falter. What's worse is that my wife gets fair service inside the apt (with Cingular), but her service goes in and out where mine is fine.

Verizon has great reception but the phones are terrible. They keep getting bigger and clunky, not sleek and nice like Cingular or T-Mobile. Is there any phone company that has it all??

I always get full bars with Verizon. Even when I'm downstairs in the laundry room of my apartment building

Perfect Reception in western Alexandria. Drops to 3 bars in some places as you head west a bit towards Annandale.

Much better after migrating from TDMA to GSM.

Good service in this area.

Great Signal here on the Nokia 3360. Lousy RF on SE 62u gait phone..sounds real tinny with a echo of your voice.

T-Mobile is solid in Old Town Alexandria, VA and in the Alexandria City border. It is also solid in most of Arlington, VA. Out west, the beltway is well-covered. It is also solid along the Dulles Toll Road, and in Herndon, VA (including strong signals deep into Nextel office building). Around DC (I took my sister on the trolley bus tour) the signals were strong as well. Just like with other services, however, coverage may be door-to-door specific. Some neighborhood may have patchy reception. T-Mobile Web site has a page to report coverage interruption -- use it if you are a T-Mobile customer.

It has clear reception with 5 bars crystal clear

Everything seems awesome with Sprint. My wife has an Evo4G and she gets 4G here. We are on the 2nd level of a medium-sized 4 level apartment building (Edlandria).

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.

average signal in house,excellent signal elsewhere,real good 3g signal.will switch to Verizon when Sprint goes out of business.

No issues. Has always worked fine for me

Good reception, very consistent. Good in general around DC and NoVA. Of course it drops in the Metro under ground (it's on Sprint's network, not Verizon's). Works well inside condo, even inside the elevator, excepting under ground of course. The phone itself sucks. Poor sound quality and painfully slow, even just to dial a contact number. Battery life is mediocre. We have two of these $20 flips. Originally we had the even cheaper, $10, Nokia Shorty bar. It was better in every respect, but it, um, kinda got left in a hotel room somewhere...

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.

Reception at my house is good but when I'm driving I notice that calls frequently drop when I near the intersection of Quaker and Seminary. Otherwise the reception is quite good.