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Att is mostly good here at wwu. Service in buildings (which are mostly made of thick metal and concrete) range from zero to 4 bars, and 4-5 outside. North campus is bad indoors however. Bham overal is fine. New towers are being put up over this summer to improve the congestion.

I switched from Verizon to AT&T because I moved out toward Lake Whatcom and had no service with Verizon. AT&T seems to work great in all of Bellingham. State-wide, though, Verizon was better and I dropped less calls with them. I have a cabin in the cascades and AT&T is worthless up there.

I've had very good service in this area over the last few years with AT&T. Service works fine almost everywhere I go in Whatcom County, including Everson. There may be weak spots but I don't notice them much. Works up to Vancouver too (though I don't use it in Canada due to roaming charges). I canceled my plan thinking I could easily switch to another carrier but now hear that not every carrier works in this area. I'll try Verizon (through Page Plus Cellular---they are a reseller) as my next choice. I hear Verizon is good in this area too. If not, guess I'll have to go back to AT&T.

I live behind comcast, very little reception inside, when I answer, calls are quickly droppped. Very disappointed with AT&T / Cingular. Guess I'm better off with a landline.

ATT is worthless in northern washington, out toward anacortes I could be stranded without reception. Driving anywhere on any highway I would always get dropped calls. I didn't realize life outside Verizon could be that horrible. Needless to say I quit within 30 days so I wouldn't be locked into contract. In this area, Verizon is expensive, but you get what you pay for. VERIZON all the way.

Little to no coverage down here below the I-5 freeway. One would think there would be coverage within a stone's throw of a major freeway and inside the city limits.

Update from my last comment using a Sony Ericsson Z-520a phone. My reception with the Samsung D-807 is now quite good all the way from my house to Everett and as far south as Tacoma, but I still have no reception in Lakebay. The new phone seems to make a great deal of difference in both reception and call quality, plus they are really nice full featured phones. I would recommend Cingular and also Lauren at the Bellingham Cingular store as someone who really does a great job of customer service. Thanks Lauren for working to keep me as a Cingular customer.

Phone calls drop with either of the two S-E phones we have. This happens every time we head east from Marine drive on Alderwood Ave. I had AT&T for years on a tdma system and had good reception. Went to Wenatchee and was now roaming so I decieded to go with Cinular... BAD MISTAKE! Drop calls all up and down I-5 to Everett. Reception is not that good. I'll try one more phone with this service then I will Quit them if the service does not improve a lot.

A year ago coverage was poor on the east side of Barkley and Alabama hills. But coverage has been very good lately jere, all along I-5, and near the airports in the San Juans. I get good coverage in Lower Mainland BC and Victoria to Sydney on Vancouver Island. But cell service dies quickly east of Deming heading towards Mt. Baker. No coverage at the ski area.