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I have had good reception, 4-5 bars, at my home for years. For the last three or four days the reception has been terrible. Sometime 4G with one bar, other times downgrading to Edge network. Web pages don't load, Google maps doesn't work, and most apps that require a connection either timeout or take minutes rather than seconds to render. Only a week ago this wasn't the case. I thought it was the phone but it works fine in other places. I'm starting to wonder if there's a problem with the AT&T network.

Not only don't calls not ring through all the time, but the data loads are really slow. When I bought this phone 2 years ago it was great--5 bars all the time and fast. Now calls are spotty, but data is always slow. I was at Luna Park in West Seattle and like here, I had lots of bars, but my apps didn't work and it quite searching my searches because it took too long. I'm dumping ATT.They always tell me there are new towers, but it just keeps getting worse.

I have a dropped call at least once a day in the West Seattle / Downtown Seattle areas. In our household, we were with two other major national carriers before we consolidated with AT&T, and we never had the same issues with those other carriers as we do with AT&T. Highly disappointed -- even considering paying the termination fee to get out of our contracts.

Our experience with ATT on Phinney Ridge has been awful with a low level of connectivity as a baseline. Everyday with ATT we get messages like "Cannot access Cellular Data Network", "Call Failed", "Update Failed" or "Server is not responding". I have called my partner's phone in the same room and gone straight to VM. Calls to my phone but not ringing on my phone, and instead going straight to VM is a regular occurence. A month ago I had to try 13 consecutive times to call a local business from my living room in suburban Seattle. After finally getting through, ATT dropped the call within 2 minutes. I can be in the front yard, back yard, in the house, walking around the nieghborhood - doesn't matter. It's bad. When you call AT&T customer service they tell you there are towers all around us so we should have good service. They have to know this is a near-dead zone, right? Friends with iPhones on Verizon who visit our house always get great service.

Horrible reception in North Admiral with AT&T and the iPhone 3G and 3GS. I drop almost EVERY CALL! AT&T claims that I should have great reception in my area. It's been going on for 2 years now, with no improvement.

Bars are constantly changing between 3 and 5. Regardless on number of bars I get poor reception with garbled calls and many dropped calls. Often I move to upper level of house to get better reception.

Don't know why everybody is hating on AT&T. I get 4-5 bars on my phone at all times.

Horrible. We got rid of land line yrs ago and recently switched to AT&T family plan. Calls drop all the time. At least once a day. One phone doesn't even catch the txt msgs I send. Voicemail doesn't even get received til hours later. I'll be switching back to T-Mobile as soon as possible.

If you're expecting a call, or making a call, switch to the Edge network, it takes seconds to toggle between Edge and 3G. I never drop calls while on Edge, plus it greatly reduces battery usage. To utilize Edge go to: settings;general;network;Enable or disable 3G - it literally takes seconds to toggle between 3G and Edge, no big deal, iPhone users, I assure you, you'll notice a positive difference while on the Edge network, when done talking go to 3G. For whatever reason Edge greatly reduces dropped calls. No biggie to switch between edge and 3G, the tricky part is making sure to have the phone on Edge if you're expecting a call, other than that, business as usual, just switch back to 3G.

Sprint let me out of my contract and got AT&T. I couldn't be happier my calls actually go through and the internet loads quickly. Thank God!

Got my iphone and love it! AT&T for sure has the best 3G coverage in this area!

Reception in the Broadview lowlands is poor for all providers. ATT is the only one who has any signal, and it's poor.

Horrible reception at two spots on Hwy. 99 along the Seattle Waterfront. I drop calls there every day. Heading North on 99 calls drop right about the ferry terminal and don't work until you pass outside of the tunnel.

Pretty much 5 bars and 3G anywhere in the UW, and around the city. Downtown 5 bars and 3G too, only in some hilly suburban areas do I encounter between 3-4 bars. Otherwise perfect!

Six feet from wall of windows in my office. Can't load web pages, stream music, or otherwise do anything that requires the data or cell network. Though the phone rings, I can't answer phone calls because they usually dropped immediately. Pathetic.

Constant dropped calls - maybe one out of three or four - especially mobile-to-mobile calls within the AT&T network.

I must live near a tower, as reception is very strong when at home. 3G both upstream and downstream speeds are about as good as it gets. This varies though, a lot, on the rest of Capitol Hill. Something odd with my device though. It's an unlocked Windows Mobile unit and until recently, I used it with T-Mobile. Switched service after pre-ordering an iPhone 3GS and am using the HTC device until the iPhone arrives. Never had issues with it on T-Mobile, but when it's hooked up to AT&T, it randomly and spontaneously reboots itself :(

dropped calls often. 4 trys to really connect. Worse inside but even here on top of ridge poor coverage. Fade in and out on call. I call 611 and drop that call. They sort of believe me. I can see some towers from roof but can not call down the block. YIkes. My neighbors say 30th and Yesler house has bad call coverage even with T Mobile and Sprint. GAD

In the U District my 3G keeps dropping to 0 bars, then returning to full 5 bars. The Apple 'Genius' said that he has the same problems at the UW. When this happens, I can't use data, send / receive text messages, or send / receive calls. I constantly have calls go right to voicemail as well. I had no such problems when I had Verizon. I regret switching. I love my iPhone but AT&T 3G just sucks.

I get reception in one corner of my living room, but I cannot move once on a call or call gets dropped. Absolutely terrible reception

Lots of drop calls. No 3G (even though AT&T coverage shows 3G). Quality is terrible. Lots of missed calls and many attempts at re-dialing. No service. 2 bars usually, 3 bars if I'm outside, standing on a chair with plates balancing on sticks (kidding) but you get the picture.

Really spotting along this street -- lots of dropped calls from the street in my car. Inside my home is sometimes a bit better if by a window, but not always -- frustrating!

generally very good from my house about 60' above sea level backed up against the hillside.

I occasionally drop a call when heading home over the hills in Mt. Baker, but in my own home, unlike Verizon I get coverage. I live near 50th Ave. S. and Lake WAsh. Blvd. S.

Perfect reception at the Homewood Suites Hotel and Elliott Bay Office Park (HAL).

I just moved in to a beautiful apartment building, but I have absolutely no reception for a two-block radius. Most of the rest of Cap Hill and the CD is spotty, as well; unfortunately, my new home seems to be the worst.

I think there's a tower about two blocks away next to the east pine power substation. Also, I've an amr patch in the phone.

I pull down better reception then the T-Mobile users, and the other AT&T user, which tells me reception has as much to do with the phone as the service. And I'm in a old, concrete basement apartment.

I have no reception in the house (due to its construction, I'm sure) and in the driveway on a good day my calls don't get dropped. By the way, I'm on a hill facing the sound, and have only a mildly obstructed view. I'd rather have a landline than a cell tower in the neighborhood any day.

You're okay when docked on either side of the water - but in crossing you get nothing. I was really disappointed. It's a flat 7 mile crossing - but you're never actually far from a tower somewhere. I believe we actually have line of sight of some cell tower but no reception during crossing. And just to whine... I can't believe how bad the WSF Wi-Fi is. God-awful... and then they started asking us to pay for it? Who would when it's that bad?

There is no reception on Queen Anne with a Treo on Cingular. I have never had do many drops if the thing rings at all. Generally I find voicemail but then can't retrieve it. This is my corporate phone and so I'm stuck, dropped my boss 3 times in one call. Stay away if you really want to use this as a phone.

Cingular stinks on the Plateau. Could not switch as corporate plan. Had 2 bars when was AT&T, than progressively got worse. Switched to Cingular network GST phone, a little better when off the plateau, but worse in Sammamish. My wife has T-Mobile and 3-4 bars, perfect coverage, no drops. Don't even get me started on the # of drops with Cingular or "network busy". Bottom line, Cingular is awful in Sammamish, T-Mobile rocks! Now carry two phones -personal one (t-mobile) that works, and business phone (cingular) to piss customers off.

Ever since August, I get crackling and muffling. People can hear me. It's hard to describe the noise but it's horrible. Cingular keeps telling me it's the phone but this is the 5th phone on which I've had problems. Anyone else having this problem in Capital-CD area?

The last 2-3 months has been a downward spiral of dropped calls, bad reception, failed calls and stupid customer support reps. I got a new battery and a new chip, but it's still bad. I had two years of decent service and now I can't hold a conversation for more than 2 minutes if I can make it at all.

I'm on the CDMA network and lately if I call long distance like the east coast, it's been dropping but it could be number of things. I have yet to experience any problems otherwise. The customer representative did tell me it's good to turn on and off the phone at least once a day so it will look for the nearest tower when you connect. If you don't it'll be stuck at one tower until you power on / off. Not sure if this is true but will try.

I live in a basement apartment and friends of mine who have Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile have to go outside to get a usable signal. With my V3 and Cingular, I get 5 bars and a clean call everytime without having to go outside or near a window.

Horrible reception anywhere in my house. Can only dial out 1 out of 8 times. Rarely receive calls or texts inside the house. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Sister has Cingular also. She has same problem. Any other service works perfect in house. Verizon and Nextel work great.

In a word: horrible! Reception is almost dead in the heart of Capitol Hill. Lots of dropped calls and failed calls from my top floor (4th) apartment in the heart of the city. Better on the street but still spotty.

Bad VERY customer service, bad reception in this area.

Northwest side of 197th and Horizon View Park. Phone will ring, but reception is between 2 and 3 bars and consistent voice break-up makes conversation a constant "can you hear me now?". No. Revert to hard-wire. Looks like the closest tower is in Kenmore on Bothell Way. Line of sight is undoubtedly blocked. But I see no Cingular towers in Brier, Lynnwood, Edmonds... . hello?

Have to go to the front of the house by the picture window to get a connection. Back yard is no good. Worse in foul weather. No signal in basement. Sprint PCS was a better experience.

Poor signal / no signal and frequent dropped calls in east Cap Hill, particularly bad in and around my 2nd floor corner apt 17th at Mercer. My friend who works for Cingular says I should upgrade, that new phones work better with the new infrastructure. Is that the Kool Aid talking? Well, I'd guess "planned obsolesence" is part of the problem. She also suggested buying one of those cell phone antenna boosters (who knew!). If I can find a phone I like for cheap I'll try it, but I'm considering a switch to Verizon.

Now I have reception like I never had when I had Verizon. With Verizon, I was always having dropped calls and no signal strength, but now I find that my new phone and service works great in "normal" buildings on campus, and it even works (albeit weakly) deep inside health scienes and the basement of Physics Astronomy.

Signals fade out all the time from my house on Lake Washington Blvd.

Just enough reception to trick you into thinking you can use the service. But, once you do, your call is either unintelligible or outright dropped.

On top of a big hill overlooking Vashon, bad reception in our house. 1 and 1 / 2 bars at best.

Never had a problem making or receiving phonecalls, even with 2-3 bars. Reception is a little scratchy-sounding sometimes. I realize the difference in quality when I use voip instead.

I've been frequently left with no bars of service at my house, or else I'll have a few bars and it will cut out on me constantly while trying to talk. I spoke with Cingular this evening and they said that 5 towers within 10 miles of my house are broken and have no scheduled fix date. Thinking of switching to t-mobile

House has lots of windows and line-of-sight to harbor, W. Seattle Bridge and Downtown (just of Admiral Way). Very bad reception in a 2-block radius around neighborhood. Just had T-Mobile tower put up on Admiral... would be nice if Cingular did as well! Note: had worst problem with Sprint before switching last spring.

I live by Group Health, and if I allow my phone to automatically select the network, I receive no reception. However, if I manually select network 31041 (Find the "Search for available networks" selection in your settings), I have full service at all time in this neighborhood.

Reception drops out during every single phone call made from home. Phone works fine in other locations, but it's tough to have an actual conversation from Beacon Hill.

I'm on the GSM network. I have a pretty good reception anywhere I go on capitol hill with exception of the volunteer park.

Reception throughout the UW campus, other than Red Square, is moderate to bad. I have more dropped calls walking through campus and Greek Row than anywhere else in Seattle. My recommendation: UW students should subscribe to a carrier other than Cingular.

Reception here in the apartment building is just average on the 1st and 2nd floors, but it's better than my friends. They have no signal with "T-Mobile" and "Sprint".

Cingular reception has been great here for the last 4 years.

Many times when I am calling from near this location, I get a "Network Busy" message and the call is not completed.

I switched service from Verizon to Cingular, paid my early termination fee and couldn't be happier (see previous post). And if you want beyond excellent service I reccomend buying your phone from Reuben at the West Seattle Junction Cingular Store - he does everything he can to create the best experience no matter what comes up. Yeah Cingular! - BTW: I have received 5 bars all over Seattle, Bellevue and all the way to and from Sun Valley, ID.

Reception in Belltown in and around my condo is poor. I often get dropped driving around the Seattle Center. Otherwise the reception around Seattle area is not bad.

Dodgy reception at best. If your antenna is even slightly damaged, you don't have a prayer.

I never have problem with reception (that's why I bought this model Nokia) but my calls are dropped very frequently.

The reception on this phone ranges from no reception to full reception, depending on what mood it is in. I have come to the conclusion though that it is more the phone then the carrier, as I had another model with the same plan and it always worked flawlessly. Long story short, stay away from Motorola!

Super poor reception in my house. I have to walk outside to have a steady conversation with anyone. I believe it's my phone more than anthing though. I borrowed my friend's LG phone and reception in my house seemed to be just fine.

Absolutely terrible reception inside my apartment and not much better outside. This area is in the shadow of three huge radio towers and I suspect that has something to do with the bad / spotty cell phone reception on Capitol Hill.

When I was on ATT calls would drop after less that a minute, that is if they would even go though. AT&T was no help when I called them repeatedly. I bought a AudioVox 5600 which suffered disconnections just about as badly, however I have since started switching my phone to use the Cingular 31041 tower on capital hill which has brought my bars up to a 4 / 5. :) There is no Cingular reception in Redmond were I work, but I can easily switch to ATT out there since their network is golden in Redmond.

Outside 4-5 bars, inside apartment 0-2 max. Unless I have the top of the phone pointed out the window I get no reception or poor reception and at any given time calls are dropped. If I use my earpiece and position phone out window I get a steady 3-4 bars, but can still lose calls unexpectedly. Very annoying since this is my primary line. Friends with better phones and same service experience better reception in my apartment, so I'm upgrading my phone.

I get between 1-3 bars, though I'm usually at 1 or 2. I can get calls to the point where I know who's calling and tell them to call me back on the land line. Other than that, I wouldn't want to have to rely on my cell phone to make or receive calls at home.

Indoor in my apartment I can eek out one bar. Any call will usually drop. Outdoors is pretty reliable but I would like to use just my mobile as my main phone.

Excellent reception anywhere in Seattle. My old AT&T service (TDMA Nokia 8260 and GSM Motorola T721) was terrible, but I have outstanding service with Cingular!

One or two bars in my apartment on lower Queen Anne--although I can get signal reliably.