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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.

Verizon is expensive, but I drive all over Bellingham and live near Costco. I do not have any issue with the reception. That being said, I am on this site because I want to leave Verizon for a cheaper plan elsewhere.

We moved into the area a few months ago from Seattle, and we'd heard from friends here that we probably wouldn't get much cell phone coverage, as we are out in the county and there aren't many towers out here. They've all had horrible luck with T-Mobile and AT&T, but I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised to find that our Verizon service is pretty consistently reliable. We get almost full bars in all but one tiny corner of our house, and I've yet to have a dropped call as I've driven around the area. If I were to be completely honest, I'd admit that I was hoping we couldn't get service out here on our Verizon phones so that we'd have an excuse to break our contract and sign up with AT&T to get the iphone, but alas, it looks like we'll have to stick with Verizon on account of their fabulous coverage outside of Bellingham's city limits.

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.

have to drive to town to receive or make calls / texts... .no service at condo

Sometimes less than one bar. Hilly country challenges transmission but tower not sited for best coverage of population Bruce

Spotty at best. Not dependable. Had to get a home phone.

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.