For the past two years AT&T has almost never had service on campus. My phone is more like an iPod Touch and an iPhone at this point. Off campus is a little better, but don't expect to download anything without WiFi in Blacksburg. I spoke with AT&T last night for an hour and while their customer service people were polite and eager to help, their technician was a jerk who was particularly unhelpful. Don't get AT&T and if you do, don't expect them to do anything to make your service better.

Off campus you are able to get a signal however in buildings I don't even get texts. You'd think with the past you'd have better service.

Just terrible. It's better now that I'm not in a dorm (where I never had service unless I was hanging out a window). But still I only get maybe 3 bars in my apartment. No chance of service in most buildings on campus. If my family didn't all have AT&T I would throw my AT&T contract in the trash and switch to Verizon, or really anyone that isn't AT&T. Hell, even T-Mobile gets better service. STEP IT UP AT&T!

It's great in certain areas beating a Verizon iPhone 4 with no problem then you walk into a room with concrete walls and your 3G goes from 5 bars to 1 maybe 2 3G bars at best... None of the major companies can get a signal in the buildings on campus because of the Hokie stone super thick walls. AT&T needs to add another cellphone tower and offer 4G before they can deserve a 5 out of 5 review.

The reception in buildings is horrible around town. I cannot make calls, text, or get on the internet while in any building. I have to stick my phone on a window sill to get just one bar of service and most times that does not work. They say they are getting more towers down here, but I have yet to see the proof and I have been down here for 2 years. I am very disappointed in the service. We will see what they do about the 4G down here. I'm not optimistic.

Its a shame that AT&T does not have the signal penetrating power that Verizon does across campus. I cannot make calls or text in any of the dorms or academic buildings. Even going outside, my cell coverage is spotty at best. Signal boosting has been a nightmare and is quite unreliable. Wish I could switch to Verizon without all the penalty fees and hassle.

Used to be pretty bad until AT&T installed 3G all over town last year. Now get good to excellent coverage everywhere. Sometimes problems in the basement of War Memorial, but other than that no issues. No drops, call quality is good.

There are very few places in Blacksburg and Christiansburg that I can't good coverage. I do have trouble at Krogers (all 3 in the area)- and I can still find places in the store that it works- it's just not perfect. I can't think of anywhere else I have trouble off the top of my head, but I know there have been some dropped calls here and there.

The reception is excellent on campus and around the town of Blacksburg. Verizon is the only service that works even in basements of the thick stone-walled buildings on campus. Reception is good on the entire stretch of the 460 t0 C'Burg and on I-81 up to DC.

The reception is pretty good in most places except buildings like Torgersen Hall. It doesn't really get full bars and cuts off in thick buildings but when I have coverage call quality is good (hence a rating of four). They have upgraded the towers and it seems like they only had Edge in the area before and now they have 3G around Blacksburg. I've driven and walked around Blacksburg / Christiansburg / Radford / Salem / etc and I have had coverage.

I think Sprint service was decent and it has gotten better over the years. I get it everywhere outside. I am able to walk around in the dorm and get good reception. The only better service in town is Verizon..my friend walks around in these limestone castles with perfect reception!

The only time I lose reception is inside a VT building that has cellphone blockers installed intentionally... and even there I get SOME signal. <3 Verizon!

The reception isn't bad outside, but as soon as you enter any building forget it. There are a lot of problems where service will randomly cut out too for about a minute or two, which really sucks if you are making a phone call.

Coverage fell dramatically this summer, now we have to go into the front yard to use the phone (and even there get 2 bars max). Going to take the penalty for breaking contract 9 months early to move to Verizon.

Decent service throughout Blacksburg. Has improved over the last few years.

Sprint service is terrible throughout Blacksburg. I've been in two VT dorms, an apartment, downtown and on campus and I get little reception.

The reception drops all the way up Harding, and then disappears as you leave the city limits. No service at all down the Catawba Road.

I live on a first floor apartment (2 apartments above me). The reception here is horrible. My phone is almost always in roaming. Rarely can I get a signal at all in my apartment and sometimes I can't even get a clear signal outside my apartment.

I'm living in Chasewood Downs and this is the third time since March 10th, 2008 that I couldn't get any signal when I'm staying around my apartment. Every time I called the customer service and they would send an engineer to fix the tower and it would take 5 days before the signals recovered. I have to go about 50 meters away from my apartment to receive and make calls. The network coverage here is disgusting!

Verizon is the best service provider in blacksburg area. Reception is good everywhere.. even in the basement of buildings on campus such as McBryde.