it's amazing. as soon as I make the left turn from backlick rd onto the fairfax county parkway south, I am usually unable to complete a call all the way until Rt. 50 in Chantilly! (and then on rte 50 it's not terribly good either) if I do, I am in Analog Roam mode (yes, my phone is about 2 years old, and a kyocera, to boot) and it is so static filled the conversation is useless as there is no way to speak through it. However, while I am on Fullerton or Backlick or even near my govt buildg on Boston blvd where I work, the reception is average, about 2-4 bars (out of 4). I cannot get a decent signal inside my building on boston blvd, and have to walk outside in the wide open parkinglot to get anything. it seems like while driving on the pkwy that the higher elevated areas of the pkwy are less-than-ok but at least able to communicate with your caller... sucks. I LOVE my Alltel service when I am down in Virginia Beach and Norfolk area, before moving to this area, only about 2 dropped or failed calls EVER. now - almost every day. Chantilly is where I live, it's alright out there, not inside my apt, but fairlakes and reston and tysons is good -- especially good in sterling etc..

majority of the places in NOVA I get 4-5 bars. However, when I go inside areas where cell phone signal is blocked, Lake Braddock HS for example, I get no signal while Verizon phones do.

If I walk 25 feet away from my house I get reception, otherwise it is 1 bar to none.

Perfect signal around my house, neighborhoods, school, work, etc. I do hit a 50 yard drop zone by Saint Bernadette's catholic church, but, in a car, it's noticed as a 5 second drop, before hitting back up to 5 bars.

I just moved into a townhouse on Westmore Dr.in Springfield. I get absolutely no reception in my house. I've called Cingular twice and they haven't returned my calls. My neighbor just moved in and he doesn't get reception either. When the COX cable guy came out, he couldn't get a signal on his cell phone to call COX and tell them to initialize my service. I think it has something to do with the big traffic alert sign that is on the right as you pass Westmore and head to the mixing bowl... I think it jams the signals.

I call it "the blackhole." " It's the area from St. Bernadette Church, past Daventry and into the the Franconia Springfield Parkway. Anywhere in that vecinity, no receptio at all. It's as if there was some kind of "top secret" blockaded spot in that area.

No reception in most of that road. Cingular and T-Mobile just gets 1 or 2 bars outdoors only at the south end Verizon gets one more bar but still awful reception. Intersection with Old Keene Mill (St Bernadette Church / School area, Hunter Village Park) is a complete black hole for cell phone signals from any of those carriers.

As soon as I pull into my driveway, I can not make a call.

Upgraded from AT&T / Cingular to Cingular around 12 / 20 / 05. Reception from my home was great (4 to 5 bars) until 1 / 3 / 06. All of a sudden signal strength dropped to 1 bar or no bars, and remains that way today (1 / 5 / 06). Contacted Cingular to see if a tower was out or was in repair. They had no record of any tower issues. Drove around local area to try to test signal strengths. My conclusion is that there is some problem with the new Cingular tower located off I-95 just north of the Lorton exit. Is it too much to ask Cingular to figure this out on their own?

Reception used to be only a bar or two until about a year ago. Now I am routinely gettine 4.

I've tried Sprint, Verizon and Cingular. None of them get a decent signal in Middle Valley or along the Ffx County Parkway. I've complained directly to all three service providers and they all insist that I am right in the middle of their best coverage area. They all suggest that the problem might be my phone, but I've tried so many different phones that it's just not plausible. As dense as the population is in this area I can't believe they don't do something about it.

Sine July, 2005, service has diminished. Previously had ATT Wireless TDMA phone, and Cingular advised me that I needed to upgrade to a GSM phone. I did, and no difference. Performance is horrible, and often have too litle signal to place a call.

West of Rolling Rd.on the Fairfax County Pkwy. is a huge deadzone. The closest AT&T / Cingular towers appear to be in Newington and Burke so this geographically valley has no service. It's a real pain since I live and work in this area and the federal government issued cell phones are through AT&T / Cingular.

I'm in Daventry Park (not Daventry). I usually have one bar if I set the phone by the east-facing window, and sometimes it goes up to 2 bars. As soon as I move away from the window I get zero. I guess I'll try verizon.

My T616 is awful, I am always at 2 bars or less. But, with my previous phone Nokia 6200 the signal strength was much better. But even with this is does not compare w/ Verizon. My co-worker has a 6200 as well and would be able to use her inside a very secured inside, inside the bowels of a larger building. But, not even my 6200 could compete with the Verizon coverage. Cingular is very dissappointing and I will soon rid myself of them.

Absolutely no signal in about 1/2 mile radius of my house. Whole area of West Springfield is horrible.

Very poor reception in most areas along Fairfax County Parkway...lucky to have one bar. In and around Springfield is spotty at best..riding the metro is frustrating when I see everyone else with a good signal and I have the red light blinking. Plus, cingular customer service is HORRIBLE. I made 3 calls and spent a total of 2.5 hours on hold...I"m just waiting until my contract ends to get out.

Very disappointed. What do we need to do to get coverage in our area?

AT&T Coverage on Rolling Rd. from Rt. 1 to Braddock Rd. is horrible. Do not subscribe to AT&T if you frequently travel this route.

I have tried Sprint, Cingular, Nextel, and AT&T. I have not tried Verizon and T-Mobile. Also, I have not tried GSM. Reception is poor, 0 to 1 bar throughout Daventry Community Association which is located on Hunter Village, sandwiched between Old Keene Mill and Fairfax County Parkway. The Daventry Board of Directors actually rejected a bid by one major carrier to install a tower disguised as a tree. They did so without surveying the 1,000 homeowners who live in Daventry. If I had cell reception, I would cancel my home phone, and so would 80 percent of my neighbors.