I've lived in Pentagon City for 2 years now and have never had a call drop on me inside my apt (2 story) or outside. Can't comment on a data plan because I don't have one

doesn't work in harris teeter or very well in our house on ohio st. frustrating for the "best" wireless network. what is a husband to do without wireless coverage in the grocery store?

Marginal coverage on second floor of house. New ATT tower at CVS on Sycamore doesn't help since it's over the hill.

We've had great luck with Verizon Wireless. The signal is very good, except for the low area near the Shirlington Library. Being able to use the phone and text / data in the Metro is very handy. Their customer service has been fantastic. Any billing issue I've ever had was corrected with one call (it's been a while - they were due to big account changes). The F St. store in DC is very good. They worked to get me a good phone when I had a couple of lemons.

lots of roaming, sometimes no service at all. conversations cut in and out. extremely frustrating. frequently miss calls which go straight to voicemail.

cell phone coverage spotty to say the least. Drops calls, will not send texts, and will not allow me to call out. have Fios, and it works well. Have taken the phone in to be checked, and it is fine. Verizon states that there are no problems in my area, but it is consistently an issue, especially during the day. I live on the National Airport side of my bldg.

My Alltel service with Samsung u550 works perfect in Arlington and in my 3rd floor apartment. However, Alltel does not service this area. I bought a Verizon service plan with the LG Voyager phone and reception was terrible. After not having one successful call on the new phone with Verizon, I returned the phone, canceled the service plan and went back to the old phone with Alltel. I hope they don't get worse now that Verizon has bought Alltel.

4th floor apt, 1 bar if I go near a window in my apartment. 0 anywhere else. I'm wondering if this is a Verizon issue or a building issue.

7th floor of 901 N. Nelson St. in Arlington. Had 5 dropped calls during one conversation tonight. Sometimes no bars, sometimes a couple. Seems to depend where I am in the apartment.

Verizon Wireless: Lived in two sides of apartment building: High floor facing east = no bars. High floor facing west = 3-5 bars. Is there no cell phone tower east of Nelson St. (towards DC) in Arlington?

Very little reception in my 7th floor apartment.

constantly dropped calls. every few minutes. impossible to have a conversation on phone.

AT&T is absolutely useless in most parts of Fairlington, and the streets into Shirlington.

I have experienced dropped calls for every singe conversation. I have even trouble with a girl I am dating. She is mad at me. She is convinced that have hung up the phone on her more than twice while talking to me. Some friends stop calling me as well because of this dropped calls nightmare with Sprint. As I am writing this comment, The Sprint Network is unavailable. It's been more than 30 minutes since I am not able to make a phone call and worst, I don't have a land line. I have switched two weeks ago from Verizon to Sprint due to cheaper plan. I will cancel my service with Sprint tomorrow morning and reactivate my service with Verizon. The plan I have with Sprint is $ 99.99. The same plan costs 139.99 with Verizon. But I agree to pay this S40.00 extra with Verizon for peace of mind. I have never experienced dropped calls with Verizon in my appartment which is very open. Sprint just sucks in the area where I live.

Verizon even admits they have terrible coverage in North Arlington. They can't get approval from the county to install anymore towers in this whole area. So 6 miles form the White House and no cell phone.

I consistently have 5 bars of signal strength and have no problems making or receiving calls.

I always get 5 bars of signal strength. Calls are clear and I never have any dropped calls--even while inside a building.

While in my apartment buidling, my phone would register anywhere from 0 to 2 bars of signal strength, but I've never had a problem making or receiving calls. The reception has always been clear, and I've never had any dropped calls.

I had trouble getting a consistent signal for both voice and data. While in my apartment, voice calls would often drop. And as far as data was concerned, I would never get an EV-DO connection. The 1rx internet connection would often drop as well. I purchased an external antenna, but it didn't help.

The reception in this area was horrible. I had to go outside to place a call. It was intolerable. I changed to Cingular and the problem is resolved.