cingular makes no effort to help customers and the average reception is 1 to 2 bars in all areas in northern va.

Solid signal, but poor clarity.

No signal At all.

Cingular keeps dropping my calls (a few every day) and the bars are always jumping around. At times I have no reception even when other Cingular customers around me do. I've been constantly calling their tech support, but they have no clue whats going on. They have already replaced my pone once, now way that the Nokia 1100 may just be a bad model, so I should upgrade. If I wasn't in a contract, I'd leave - I recommend that no one joins Cingular - they have been useless. I've asked them to cancel my contract but they wont - if they don't provide me with service I shouldn't have to pay for it. Cingular really sucks !

i am on a Sprint phone, and have had pretty good luck in and around the district - no major problems. the service and reception with my phone is good in all areas that I have been around, which include the district, arlington, alexandria, and mclean, EXCEPT for in my apartment. which is at virginia square. but it might be due to the fact that I am on a high floor. on the ground, everything is good.

none at intersection, very spotty in buildings; reception gets better as one goes up the hill towards Courthouse neighborhood

I am receiving constant complaints that I cannot be heard on the other end of the line. Seldom if ever do I have problems hearing the other person, but seemingly on every other call I am told that I am breaking up. This is a relatively new development and the "number of bars" doesn't seem to be the problem. I also have a colleague with a similar model phone experienceing the same problem so I know it isn't a simply a defect in my phone. I have also updated my firmware and prl data so I am pretty much at a loss and extremely frustrated. Only a few months ago my calls were rock solid. What could have changed?

Dropped calls, fade-outs. Best reception when roaming off an AT&T tower, but that source of reception sometimes disappears.

Sprint has worked well in this area and never a dropped call in Arlington. I can even hold a conversation in a 20 + floor building elevator. There is NO reception in the metro, but to be expected unless you use Verizon. I've heard that they are the only carrier with coverage in the metro. As for Sprint, I've had some dropped calls when I'm in the city, but overall it has been quite good.

Signal reads full but calls never connect eventhough fun shows conection, have called Nextel and nothing has been resloved no answers. Must be a tower issue.