Currently with AT&T since 2005, but we've had poor reception in this area since we've had cell phones here in about 2000 (previously with Verizon on a Motorola Startac). I love it when the Verizon guys come to our neighborhood to work on landlines or FIOS. They can't use their cell phones, and ask to use my landline - can't you hear me now? The cell phone companies tell us that coverage in our area is good. Obviously, they listen to their technical service people, and not their customers. My neighbors are always outside trying to complete calls that they couldn't initiate or that hung up on them while they were inside. Forcing customers to move outside to complete calls lends a whole new meaning to "mobile service". If one cellular provider parked a tower at the top of Andes, say at the community pool for example, that provider would capture our entire neighborhood of hundreds of homes, and the adjacent Fx. City neighborhoods where I'm seeing lots of complaints here at cellreceptiondotcom.

I moved here from Michigan, where the AT&T service was even worse. In Fairfax City there is a 50-50 chance of poor reception. Dropped calls all the time, even though my phone indicates I have 5 bars. Lots of locations in NOVA with 2 to 0 bars. Will be switching to another carrier.

absolutely NO RECEPTION

Perfect 3G signal within buildings and even underground. Flawless.

2 bars inside home, calls drop consistently, no service when inside GMU / shops.

When is an AT&T tower going to cover this area? Tired of hearing "more bars in more places", when can't get decent service in suburban neighborhood

Very good coverage. Has improved since Cingular and ATT merged.

Outdoors the recption is good, however (lack of) call connection and dropped calls has become a big issue. Indoors I get 0-2 bars. When I was an AT&T customer in the same area, I never had such issues.

Great reception inside and outside.

Weak signal outside the house and atrocious to none indoors.

full bar of signal everywhere, inside buildings, basements...

poor reception outside of buildings on campus. *NO* signal inside. I thought it was because of my trash v180, then I used razor, nothing better. I will stay away from Tmo.

I have full service everywhere on campus, even on bottom floors of most buildings.

Constant drop of calls when talking inside the house. Incomming calls go directly to the voice-mail. Outside below average reception.

T-Mobile: No signal in home;very weak or no signal in neighborhood.

I had AT&T TMDA. Until aprox. 4 Weeks ago, it was great, then they relaigned the towers. Since the TMDA service has become unusable, I swtiched to Cingular (GSM?). The service is really is LOUSY ! For what ever reason, I get no service inside comercial buildings (the grocery, post office, shops, etc) and around the beltway it is equally undependable. In my house, the signal ranges from nothing to full signal. I go one block and the signal is perfect. Another block and it is nonexistant. The service is not as good as AT&T. I want my AT&T TMDA. I get fewer bars in more places !

When the road dips, the signal dies. Nothing. Always lose call for a 2 mile stretch.

Maybe it's the overhead power lines, but there is very little reception (1, maybe 2 bars) turning off Braddock Rd on Colchester. I am an ATT Wireless customer and switched from Cingulr to find better reception. Not better. May now be worse following the merger with Cingular. Are they reducing power on the ATT subscribers???

TDMA, I drive Braddock Rd from Centreville to Alexandria every day. I have signal in Centrevile, lose it at Colchester Rd, have no signal at Fairfax Co. Pkwy. inspite of a big tower right there, pick up signal at Rt 123 for a short distance, have some signal at Kings Park but have some drops until near the beltway, Rt 495.

On the west end of the George Mason campus (in my dorm!) coverage tends to be poor and fade in and out...