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Location / Comment
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AT&T
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Apple iPhone 3G
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Old Dominion Dr. / Bellview Rd., Mc Lean, VA 22102 |
Thu Oct 22, 2009 |
Pretty good coverage, AT&T just put up a new tower close by on rt. 7 which has brought much better signal to the area.
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T-Mobile
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: blackberry curve |
Linway Terrace / Kirby Rd.Area, Mc Lean, VA 22101 |
Fri Jul 24, 2009 |
sketchy coverage throughout this area. Two bars in my driveway but little reception in my home. Had Verizon before and had much better reception.
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AT&T
 4 Out of 5
Phone Model: Apple iPhone 3G
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Ballantrae Lane / Dolly Madison, Mc Lean, VA 22101 |
Thu Apr 02, 2009 |
Both Verizon and AT&T provide good reception in home. wife has a Verizon phone and I have the iphone
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AT&T
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Apple iPhone 3G
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McLean To Great Falls / G Pike Or Old Dominion, Mc Lean, VA 22102 |
Tue Dec 02, 2008 |
If you like the iphone and I love it then you have to put up with ATT. The reception is just plain awful north of tollroad outside beltway (odd as you would think that would be a target rich client base but I guess antenna's are fought hard). It is virtually impossible to have a conversation longer than 3 minutes (if at all) in this area. Had frequent problems in Tysons? and Tollroad near Wolftrap. The ONLY solution I have come up with: Keep the iphone for all the great non-phone features but buy a cheap Verizon phone for phone calls. I keep Verizon phone connected to bluetooth to the cars I drive. If you have to you can forward the calls from your Apple to Verizon number.
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AT&T
 3 Out of 5
Phone Model: Apple iPhone
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Bellview Rd. / Old Dominion Rd., Mc Lean, VA 22102 |
Mon Mar 24, 2008 |
4 Bars out of 5 when I'm in my driveway. As soon as I enter my house its 2 - 1 or none Weak service area with lots of gaps in it. As soon as you get to i495 full service.
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Verizon
 2 Out of 5
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The Madeira School, Mc Lean, VA 22102 |
Sun Jul 08, 2007 |
Only service provider that worked on campus
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AT&T
 0 Out of 5
Phone Model: Razr |
Old Dominion and Brook Rd. / Lewinsville and Brook Rd., Mc Lean, VA 22102 |
Mon Jun 25, 2007 |
Cingular sucks in this area even though the tower is right down the road. Friends with Verizon can get about 2 bars sometimes. Sprint gets about 1-2 bars depending where. Cingular is just terrible at reception and customer service.
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Verizon
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: LG 8300 |
Westmoreland / Lemon, Mc Lean, VA 22101 |
Fri Jun 01, 2007 |
In the house, its pretty bad. I can make and receive calls ok, but calls will drop frequently, depending on the length of call. I have to drive over a mile in one direction to get more than 2 bars. So much for having an advantage living in one the richer areas of one of the richest county in america.
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Verizon
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Blackberry |
Rt. 123 / Old Dominion, Mc Lean, VA 22101 |
Fri Apr 06, 2007 |
I have used Nextel, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless over the past five years. Verizon Wireless has provided by far the best coverage in the DC area. Nextel gave me the worst coverage, decent in the city but spotty in the suburbs and terrible the further away from the city I got, and T-Mobile was slightly better than Nextel. Verizon Wireless seems to work everywhere.
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Sprint
 1 Out of 5
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Kirby / Kellogg, Mc Lean, VA 22101 |
Thu Jan 11, 2007 |
Poor reception along Kirby Rd.from 123 until Old Dominion.
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AT&T
 1 Out of 5
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Kirby Rd. / West Moreland, Mc Lean, VA 22101 |
Fri Nov 24, 2006 |
Very bad reception in area. Constantly losing signal in midal of conversation, very frustrating.
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Verizon
 1 Out of 5
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Great Falls St. / Idylwood Dr., Mc Lean, VA 22101 |
Wed Aug 16, 2006 |
No reception in house. Occasionally 1 or 2 bars but then call drops.
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AT&T
 3 Out of 5
Phone Model: Nokia 6682
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Westmoreland and Kirby / Youngblood and Ivy, Mc Lean, VA 22101 |
Tue Jun 27, 2006 |
Works in the house and out of the house. Verizon does not work in the house but does out of the house.
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Nextel
 0 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola i860
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Georgetown Pike / Spring Hill Rd., Mc Lean, VA 22102 |
Tue Jun 06, 2006 |
Do not get reception hardly anywhere on Gerogetown Pike.
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AT&T
 0 Out of 5
Phone Model: Nokia 6160 |
Farm Credit Dr. / Lewinsville, Mc Lean, VA 22102 |
Thu Mar 30, 2006 |
This is a TDMA phone - called #77 (non-emergency police) with no problem to report an accident. Tried calling work to say I would be late, got fast busy. It appears Cingular / ATT is quietly phasing out TDMA service (makes sense to phase it out, kinda bogus not to inform cusotmers of that).
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T-Mobile
 0 Out of 5
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123 CIA / Old Georgetown Rd., Mc Lean, VA 22101 |
Mon Jul 11, 2005 |
T-mobile drops out on 123 near the CIA. Does any service work on 123? Works fine in NW DC. Works fine in the business district of McLean.
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Nextel
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: i865 |
Great Falls / McLean, Mc Lean, VA 22101 |
Thu Jun 16, 2005 |
I just moved here from Louisiana. In Baton Rouge I had exceptional coverage with Nextel. Now in No. VA. it has turned to dirt. Frequent drops and bad voice compression. I am considering Verizon.
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 0 Out of 5
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Kirby Rd. / Loch Raven Dr., Mc Lean, VA 22101 |
Sun May 29, 2005 |
Absolutely no reception from Kirby road after getting off Chain bridge Rd, reception picks up only when one gets on to Old Dominion Rd. Absolute dead space for about 1.5 miles right in the heart of the beltway
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Nokia 6820
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Old Dominion and Chain Bridge Rd., Mc Lean, VA 22101 |
Wed Mar 16, 2005 |
Good service. No problems.
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T-Mobile
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Nokia 6100
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Rt. 123 / Rt. 193, Mc Lean, VA 22101 |
Wed Dec 08, 2004 |
Most of McLean and Tysons Area is covered very well.
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