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.

I consistently drop calls in my home, on the gw parkway and at my office in mclean. Several times a day! I had AT&T but had to switch with the merger. I loved AT&T! I have complained enough to Cingular they have decided to release me from my contract if I mail my phone back (in good condition) - which is fine but where to go next??

Del Ray (especially) and Old Town Alexandria need better coverage. In 22305, just north of 22301 intersection mentioned, the reception is awful. Calls dropped at least once during every phone conversation.

i have had Verizon service since the gitgo - maybe 15 years now - same phone number and had this phone for two years- PERFECT reception everywhere I have been all over the US, hawaii, remote areas... you name it. i always had service when ppl with other networks did not. outside of a two block area about fifteen minutes from my home in PA - no issues. that is until now. i am visiting my son and babysitting at his house in alexandria - almost no service here - if I get two bars and start a call - I just have to breathe and move a millimeter or two and the call is dropped and no one can hear me. awful.

Signal comes and goes, and usually goes.

I'm an Alexandrian and attend UVA in Charlottesville during the school year, and I do not get reception in my house in Alexandria OR in either of my last two apartments in Charlottesville. I strongly recommend not getting T-Mobile if you live in either of these cities. On the other hand, I did get very good reception when I went on a hurricane relief trip to Mississippi. That was really the only week I was completely satisfied with T-Mobile...

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??

Reception drops to nothing between TC Williams and Janneys Lane. Inside my house, I get nothing with either the i90c or the newers i860. On occasion, the i90c was negligibly better but not enough to provide a reliable connection.

Terrible reception. Don't purchase T-mobile if you rely on your cell phone. Recently switched from Cingular and they had terrific reception in these same areas.

Super Dead Spot - beware!

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... ..

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).

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.

Perfect reception with Verizon here!

Very good service, considering we're underground. Bars fluctuate as the train travels between stations. Solid 5 in station.

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

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.

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.

Inside my building the reception is spotty at best-- maybe 1-2 bars. But outside the service is great. It may have lots to do with the building.

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.