Generally get either 1 bar or no service in the Sugarland Run neighborhood. Service on surrouding Rt7 and on Algonkian is ok, but not great. Seems to be a similar problem for my friend's Verizon phone.

I have moved here in August 05 but have not got any luck in getting any better reception. I mostly get no reception inside the house. Need some booster. Does anyone has some suggestion. I have used Motorola phone also but Verizon network seems bad here.

Decent coverage here, even inside buildings.

Literal "dead spots" all over the place. Very poor reception! We need cell phone "boosters" here!

Have had T-Mobile since Oct 2004 but could not get any reception at home at Great Falls Chase and Algonkian parkway. Also it dropped very frequently on Wheele. Looking for a new service for these areas...

Just got one from work. Policy forces me to use Verizon. This is useless... If I hang off my deck... when the sun is in Aries on an odd-numbered day, I might get one bar. Still better than two cans and a string (just). Does anybody have any tips on raising carrier pigeons? Nextel has great reception here but the billing is out of control. They are a complete rip-off.

got only 1 bar, lot of drop calls. forget about using it inside the house

Poor coverage, frequent dropped calls even though it is a heavilly populated / traveled area. Frequent calls to Sprint have failed to produce any results as far as improving coverage. If you're in your house, FORGET IT!

I haven't had a single problem with this phone in this area. I want to move to GSM service so that I can use my phone when I travel internationally. But given the troubles people have with Cingular and T-Mobile in this area, it doesn't seem worth the trouble. Sigh.

Good coverage along route 7. Very spotty coverage in the Cascades area away from Route 7 -- locations on the river side of the hills are blocked from the Route 7 towers and only one tower on the Maryland side just east of Leesburg is providing any direct coverage along Algonkian -- and service from that tower has been fluctuating between average to non-existent over the past 5 months. Not reliable for emergencies if you walk / bike in the area.

Good reception all around. However a significant rise in mysteriously dropped calls (with 4+ bars!) since the end of November '04.

Sprint PCS has the best service in the DC area in my view. If you're having problems getting a signal, I used to also. Until I switched to a Sanyo Sprint PCS Phone. Sanyo spends the most time working with Sprint to make their phones. Samsung, LG, Motorola, they all suck with Sprint. Stay with Sprint and get a Sanyo.

There is no reception on AT&T GSM phones in the Cascades area. My company recently switched from AT&T TDMA (which was acceptable) to AT&T GSM. I now have just 1 bar at home on the 2nd floor and none anywhere else in the entire region. Stuck with it.

I bought a T-Mobile phone, and there is simply no reception North of Route 7, in the Cascades / Algokian / Lowes Island Area. Returned the phone and T-Mobile admitted there is no reception in this area.

Good reception even in any spot inside my house. Also very good reception all the way back into Algonkian Park.

ATT, Verizon and Cingular are all bad. Nextel works best here

Low point in the road and reception dies almost every time

This is true for all cariers, for whatever reason. Old Sterling, VA is totally not covered, while 0.1 miles from here the reception is 90%

So far the ONLY place where I struggle for a signal is my neighborhood (old Sterling). All other areas the reception is between 80 to 100%