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Reception is horrible at home everywhere else is fine

They say it's better the closer you are to major cities. I hate my ATT GSM phone. I break up and lose calls all the time.

Dead spots, dead spots, dead spots. Always had to call and get credits for dropped calls while driving through these areas. Customer service is terrible. Run, don't walk from Nextel!

No reception inside Metropolitan Market. Outside in the parking lot is weak. Frequently one or 2 bars.

Reception has improved but in some buildings (like Winco) the signal in non-existent.

Reception at or near my residence is extreemly poor to non-existant (0 to 2 bars). We have two Sanyo SCP-4900s mobile phones. The nearer we get to this intersection teh more teh signal deteriorates. It begins at 288th and goes south to about 296th and covers approximately 18th Ave to Military Road.

I usually get service at home. Anywhere else though is ridiculous. I have to put my cell phone in pocket sometime just to look for service. At schooli get no service. Whatsoever. T-Mobile have really bad customer service. A lady I had talked to had hung up on me. I would never get tmobile. Ever the best service is tracfone. There prices are reasonable and some phones are really cute for a nice price.

I have mixed opinion about my reception. I can definitely get a decent reception, and I have definitely had some dropped calls (something I never experienced when I was living in the SF Bay Area). Inside my apartment I don't worry about dropped calls too much. The places where I get dropped calls: only when I am inside my bathroom or when I am inside my bedroom or living room and I put the phone on the ground. If I am sitting in a chair or on my bed then I know the reception will be there. I think my phone is one reason I get decent coverage. I love my Samsung T439. When going to the local Winco or Fred Meyer I don't remember getting dropped call. If I did, it wasn't a big issue. The tower coverage here could definitely be improved, definitely not the greatest coverage for Federal Way. The only place I have struggled mightily for reception was inside Macy's basement in downtown Seattle (near 3rd and Pine). Inside there the caller could barely hear me and reception was really difficult. Driving on the I-5 has not posed much problem either.

Phone rarely gets reception, sometimes get's one bar, but for only short periods of time

Recetion extremely poor in this area and there appear to be no cell towers in the immediate area. Difficult to use a cell phone due to the drops and bad reception.