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all VZW phones in this area are garbage for signal; 1x data only, hard to have a voice call without dropouts and interference, it's historic. However, last week (04-07-11) my 3g reception issues seem to have ceased! I'm getting one solid bar, and no switching back to 1x data... SOLID 3G! Go VZW! It's so much nicer to rule the air.

My reception is perfect in this location but I have also never lost a call or was unable to make a call due to low reception anywhere in Seattle.

Used to work great from same location. Verizon will not say what changed, but has declared this a permanent "problem area" with no plans to fix. ATT works great from same location. Get 0-1 bar 200 feet north of house.

Coverage is near perfect at my condo. And it seems that the coverage just got better. I used to lose calls when I was in the underground garage but now that doesn't even happen.

EVDO data is perfect. Voice is terrible - 1 bar at best and most calls dropped I will need to switch providers. It seems AT&T has the best coverage in this area. T-Mobile has acceptable coverage as well.

I rarely ever have problems with my Verizon service no matter where I am in the Seattle Metro area. Verizon is a great service. I pay a bit more than I would with other company's plans, but it is entirely worth it.

In an apartment building usuing (trying to use) verizon. Terrible! No reception unless outside. Drops calls after a few seconds. Vrrizon, where are you and don't you care?

Just in the last two weeks, I've been receiving dropped calls on EVERY call I make, as well as complaints from people on the other end that I am cutting out. My bars can range from 1 to 3 and this has never been a problem in the past. I hope that Verizon will fix it because I still have 5 months left on my contract and I can't even finish one cell call.

No bars in house. Barely one bar in yard. Horrible.

Verizon drops all calls in / around my house. It does this for all Verizon phones. We use to have excellent reception and within the last month, it has gone to crap. Don't bother calling Customer Service- they won't do anything.

I never have reception or any bars in my house. I have to go at least a few blocks away to get one bar. Terrible coverage. I can sometimes send texts from my house if I'm in a certain area.

I have Verizon LG Dare for less than a month and AT&T Samsung A737 for over a year.(I have both Verizon and AT&T because of the nature of my job). after reading a comment about the poor reception in this location I went and checked it out because I was concerned about the Dare's performance.Here what I found:AT&T has a strong 3G reception in the five-six blocks radius,so I think you should have no problems with voice calls or high speed data connection. Verizon data EVDO reception is spotty, I had three bars on the corner of Trenton st. and 13 Ave sw, to no bars next to the school between 10th and 11th Ave sw.,Verizon 1X reception showed one to two bars on the Dare,(four bars mean full reception). Call quality on Verizon's LG was very good all the way cross sw Henderson st to Roxbury st., and downloading V-Cast videos rated fair using 1X connection, yesterday I was able to make calls in Mill Creek area with no bars. If you go to Verizon store inside S. Center Mall you'll see the reception(# of bars) varies from one phone to another even though they are next to each other!. thanks and good luck.

Carrier is Verizon - both of us (LG user and Blackberry user) have 0 to 3 bars (both inside and out) if careful where we attempt calls from - but without warning calls regularly dropped 5 minutes,10 even 30 minutes into the call receptions drops to nothing! Had AT&T before - not much better. Verizon customer service has been solid willing to let us out of contract - but where do we go from here?!?!? Incredibly frustrating. Work offers cost breaks with both Verizon and AT&T but neither one provide adequate reception in our home and neighborhood. Would love to hear what provider offers good reception in West-SW Seattle.

This is two-bar territory at its best and one-bar territory normally (and indoors).

West Shoreline has had very poor coverage for years now. Verizon Wireless cannot commit to fixing this. They will even allow you to leave without early termination fees. No 3G or EV. Barely any regular service. On top of this, they typically cripple their phones with Verizon "features". Try installing a browser on your phone or using your own ring tones; impossible.

Generally good reception in most areas except Broadview. That's odd as it is one of the highest areas of the city. Here at home the reception is weather-dependent, usually fine, occasionally spotty with a dropped call once in a great while.

Never a dropped call. Three years. But no fun phones.

Good reception throughout the house in Wedgwood. No problems.

Verizon sucks. No rececption. Missed calls. Dropped calls. We couldn't stand it and got out.. they charged us for terminating the contract early. No wonder why they had the commercials "Can you hear me now?" - we constantly said that everytime we talked on the phone. Verizon sucks! Switched to T-mobile... .the reception is better but still poor.

Very poor reception with any Verizon phone in Madrona. Lots of my neighbors are moving to T-Mobile. I get nothing in my house but my neighbor down the street with T-Mobile comes over and has 5 bars

I live two blocks from the lake. I have perfect reception always in our area. Calls never drop - I wouldn't use any other service. I use my cell exclusively at my home - reception is perfect even sitting in my bedroom. My boyfriend has Qwest and his calls drop all the time - it drives him crazy!

I have Verizon and live in alki. The Verizon guy must be on vacation or just doesn't like West Seattle, because I vitually have no service at all over here. Will be switching to Cingular or T-Mobile who seem to have the best coverage over here.

I have had good luck with verizon. I travel to eastern wa quite often,and I had know service with (T-Mobile) when you get off of the interstate on to the back roads. Verizon 2 bars for the most part.

i get reception everywhere, but there is lots of place I get only 1 bar while T-Mobile (SDA) gets full bars. with T-Mobile I get 0 bars at home while Verizon I get 3 bars.

If near an east window may work for a minute or two until call is dropped. If near a west window picks up Poulsbo or Silverdale tower and drops sooner. My daughter has Cingular and it works all over the house. Will switch when contract is up.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't! Lots of dropped calls, or very poor voice quality! Reviewing my detailed calling records from Verizon shows that calls do NOT originate here in West Seattle, but rather in Vashon Island, Port Orchard, Silverdale and Pouslbo - 15+ miles away across the Puget Sound! Verizon customer service offered little assistance other than to say that it shows on their computer that coverage here should be good... yeah, lots of cell sites, but they're all BELOW this neighborhood. Its not about distance to the cell sites, but coverage from those sites! NO LOCAL COVERAGE at the top of the hill.

Calls are dropped ALL THE TIME. I have never held a conversation for more than 90 seconds with Verizon in the Blue Ridge / North Beach area. The main issue appears to be that as a result of poor coverage, towers that pick up (and subsequently drop) my calls are located on Hood Canal, usually in Kingston. Due to the distance over Puget Sound, calls drop. I recommend switching to another carrier if you live in this area, or get a home phone line for calls at your residence. When I contacted Verizon, they informed me they have no plans to add towers in this area in the foreseeable future. One side note, for my phone at least, is that when you look at the number of bars it will read 3-4, but when you place a call the bars instantly fall to nothing and the call is then dropped. Adverse weather appears to affect the ability to reach the towers in Kingston... bottom line, don't use Verizon anywhere in this area!

I get very little reception in my downstairs, and sometimes two in the uper floor. *switching to T-Mobile next week*. I usually don't drop calls, but the sometimes can not be made

With my sisters Sprint My Wifes T moble and my Verizon phones dropped calls are the norm with a fading 1 to 2 bars showing weak reception at best.

Phone works perfect outside but not always as reliable inside especially in the basement. Happy with customer service and contract.

Signal strength change through the day from below average to poor to no reception.

Reception is very spotty: good is some places, terrible in others in Columbia City.

Always drops calls on South side of building and for about 1 mile south.

I tried all the other companies. One of them never got reception even once! The others were Poor, One Bar, Two at best. That's because my building is concrete and I live in the shadow of KIRO-TV and CISCO; buildings with microwave dishes on their roofs. I calls this north end of Belltown a 'Concrete Canyon'. Since signing up with Verizon four years ago, it's been smooth sailing from inside my apt! No dropped calls at all and crystal clear reception. How good is that? The only time I've ever had a dropped call has been from my car (parked, never driving) beside an industrial structure. Even then, I'm not sure if it's my cellular service's fault or the cellular service on the other end. Also, with only one exception, Verizon customer service has always treated me exceptionally well. I can't imagine that they are only rated #2. They always end calls by asking if there was anything they could improve upon and I let them know that it is a pleasure doing business with them.

Lousy, lousy reception. One bar on a good day. I called Verizon to complain and they said a tower was supposed to go up in the neighborhood. That was 1 -1 / 2 years ago. Now there's a cell tower finally going up, but I have no idea if it's a Verizon one or not.

Poor reception. Have had dropped calls and phone will switch to "extended network" and "searching for service" frequently. Talked with Verizon technical support who were nice, but not very helpful. My phone has most recent software updates and current roaming programming. Verizon still says it is probably my phone, but I am not so sure. My housemate switched from Verizon to Sprint because he had too many dropped calls. My boyfriend has Verizon and when he is at my house he also only has 1 bar of reception. Looking for new service provider, but it seems I've moved into a dead zone (based on reports i've read here) in the Greenwood, East Greenlake area.

Very bad. I have reception only in 1 room near the window. Check this site for tower location and you will see why. Apparently no one in Ballard needs a cell phone.

Calls are often dropped. If I walk into some rooms, there is a 50 / 50 chance the call drops.

When I am in or near Jefferson Square I get either nothing or 1 bar. At home (Alaska Junction) I get very little reception if any. I may get 1 bar in my living room and if I move closer to the window MAYBE 2 bars. Unfortunately I'm on a family plan for another 1.5 years, then I'm switching to T-Mobile!

verizon, very poor reception here. might as well turn the phone off because you wont even get your messages for a day or if at all

Only get good reception in one corner of my living room. A couple of years ago they tried to put in a new cell tower at 80th and 8th, but the neighbors got an embarrassingly bad case of NIMBY. Now we all suffer.

I have very bad reception in West Seattle with Verizon. I just moved here and I can't believe how bad it is; I've had no problems until now. I'll probably try Cingular.

I had Verizon, and the service was terrible. Dropped calls all the time. I dropped two call while talking to the police. I had to call 911 back two time. Not good. Verizon claims there is a tower two and half miles away, but... . I switched to T-Mobile, and it works great. No dropped calls.

I have been talking with Verizon Wireless for about a month and have had no luck. I use my cell for business but also have the wireless broadband for my laptop. I'm paying $130 per month for both and have NO reception for make either useful. Verizon is not interested in resolving the issue except to change the phone... that does nothing for my wireless broadband! Yes... it's $175 per line to dump Verizon Wireless. What way to run a business!

I usually only have one bar inside my house, and often none at all. I have to go outside and walk down the street about 50 feet in order to hold an entire phone call that doesn't get lost. I have contacted Verizon about this and they didn't even bother to send me a form letter or anything. We're switching to someone else as soon as we research which services can actually be used effectively in our neighborhood.

Pretty good reception with a few small dead spots. Occasionally the phone will notify me of a new voicemail after the phone never rang in the first place. I can hear the reception come in and out as I walk around my apartment. Its a lot better than my old T-Mobile phone though. Remember, reception has as much to do with the PHONE as it does with the service. Verizon's customer service is amazing! However, I might switch to Sprint because I want a phone they offer. They are both CDMA networks so it might be possible to use an unlocked Sprint phone on Verizon. Thats what I hope for anyway.

Poor reception in the street, even worse in my house. Dropped calls are frequent when I can even get service in my house.

I hate Verizon. I am going to be stuck with a penalty for leaving early but it'll be worth it to dump them. I couldn't even program my phone from home - had to walk two blocks to get a signal. To make matters worst my company leases one of the EV-DO wireless cards for my laptop and it gets no signal whatsoever here. My prior carrier (Sprint) worked fine in my neighborhood. Verizon customer service agents were nicer on the phone than the Sprint folks - but they couldn't do anything about my lousy / nonexsistant signal. I replaced my 1st phone (V710) with the e815 in hopes of improving reception but it made no difference. buh-bye, Verizon.

No signal - zero, zip, nada, nothing either inside or outside of my house. Can you hear me now? NO, I can't!

Almost always great reception, very few problems. Quite a contrast to AT&T / Cingular.

There are many deadspots in this area. With Verizon you are lucky to get two bars and calls are frequently dropped. Especially in a house even near a window. I had better luck with Qwest in this area, neighbors in this area seem to be looking at Cingular for a better more conistent reception.

Can only send and receive reliably on top floor of house at west facing front windows. Outside is spotty and unreliable too. Entire neighborhood seems to have far worse reception than the geography would warrant. Hard not to contemplate there being a lower investment in infrastructure in this predominately minority area of the city than in other whiter neighborhoods. That said, I find reception poor in many areas and am amazed at how much time my phone is showing "Extended coverage" designation (40% of time?).

Inside my house I get awful to no reception. Unless I stand by the window I either get dropped or very spotty reception. Even when I stand by the window it's just barely good enough to talk.

I live about 2 blocks from Brookside Elementary School on 178th St.NE in Lake Forest Park. With my latest phone from Verizon, a Motorola E815, I always have perfect reception anywhere in my home. No complaints at all. My previous phone, a Samsung from 2003, got only 3 or 4 bars but I never had any reception probelms with it. I use my cell phone as my business phone, and I work from home.

Reception marginal during good weather. During bad weather, calls often get dropped.

Getting dropped calls 30% of the time, and only signed with Verizon 2 days ago. 2 bars at my house. Went to Verizon and called customer service--phone checks out. They indicated Nokia / Motorola have the best antennae, but still no reception. I don't know if Cingular or T-Mobile have any better reception here. It looks like West Seattle is a "miss" for the major wireless players?

Had Verizon for many years, always had 1 or 2 bars at the house, occasional calls cutting out. Unimpressed with Verizon but it was better then Cingular is.

Horrendous reception. I can only make calls if I hang out window. When outside if I turn my head it drops. Repeatedly called cust service - they tell me I have perfect coverage.

Verizon reception has been weak for me in the Tangletown area, and I get many "too quiet" complaints and dropped calls. I recently got to try a Sprint phone, and it worked much better in this area!

Can't seem to have consistancy in holding my calls. Often have messages later with my phone not even having rung. Very disappointed with this service in this location.

Reception moves between 0 and 2 bars continuously so even if a call may come in on 2 it's lost before long. Verizon's remedy is to sell us yet another "better" phone (we've gone through three different phones already), and another "better" plan, resulting in a longer (and for Verizon "better") contract. Similar problems when traveling, but comparable with T-Mobile and Sprint in my experience. Verizon customer service is good, I'll give them that, but quality of reception is simply unacceptable in this area of Seattle and we're junking Verizon first chance we get.

Verizon is definattly the way to go. Read Consumer reports and see what they say about the companys. They say Verizon has the best coverage and customer service and they are dead on! Nextel is the worst they are about as good as taking your homephone around town, it just doesn't work!

I live on Beacon Hill and I've reached the point of just turning my phone off when I get within a mile of my house.

Ignorantly I switched from a Tri-mode phone to an all digital phone when I took advantage of my new every two option in November. Since my switch I've had ZERO bars anywhere around my home office, when before this was a non-issue. Every call drops within seconds of taking the call, and when I attempt to call out I'm denied as the phone only detects the Sprint network. I've had the phone flashed and recently replaced to no avail. For business reasons I want to get a Treo, however Verizon insists I pay full retail ($520) so I'm thinking that paying the $175 cancellation fee and then signing up with Cingular may be my best option, as I will save $$ on the phone + Cingular has pretty stellar coverage in West Seattle.

Inside our building and for a 2 block circle around, I get 0 bars. The rest of the city I get 4 or 5. No help whatsoever from Verizon tech support.

Excellent reception. Had 2 calls dropped in the last *4* years.

Major differences as to what side of Greenwood I am in! Need to make an antenna so I can use my cell in my basement! Where is the cell tower?

I'm using the Motorola flip phone provided by Verizon and have tried other phones using the Verizon network from this same location. This has been the most frustrating experience I have ever had with cell phone usage. I'm down from Pacific Hwy. South in a valley area in Tukwila. I am lucky if I get half a bar. I've had hundreds of dropped calls and it's gotten silly like I'm using technology comparable to a couple of tin cans and a string. I've tried calling on T-Mobile from the same area and no problem. I imagine that this is the case with most carriers. This area is a void in the Verizon network which is too bad because I'm locked into another year of dropped calls.

Never have any troubles aorund UW or Wallingford / Greenlake / Fremont. 3-5 bars (out of 5) is standard.

I have never had a complaint with Verizon in Des Moines, anywhere in Washington state, or across the nation. I've called folks standing beside me, they being on T Mobile and ATT, and they frequently have crappy reception, even in their own backyards. I'm very thankful I didn't go with anything but Verizon. I also get reception when on Rainier. Being on the Nationwide Single Rate plan, I've had good reception in Alaska and Hawaii, near towns obviously, at no additional cost! I even have reception in Canada, but roaming charges kick in there, so the phone stays off.

Just switched to Verizon from AT&T Wireless. I get one bar inside the house, and calls drop so frequently I can't give up my landline. Maybe two bars outside. Somewhat better than AT&T (the other party generally couldn't hear me at all), but for so much more money I was hoping for a big upgrade.

Verizon is suffering from the lack of network capacity. They offer a fairly good system in the greater Seattle area but the system during peak times will not reliably switch your call to the next cell location while you are on the move. I have spoken to Verizon 9 times in 11 months on this issue. Finally got a senior technician from Sunnyvale, CA to admit the system is overloaded and that reps who tried to convince me my phone suddenly stopped working right or that there were network "switch" issues being worked on were full of it. I have no advice. You cannot depend on placing calls with Verizon in almost any dense part of Seattle during business hours (after hours they seem to go thru fine).

We have several Verizon phones in our office at 23rd and Yesler and none of us have reception.

Verizon has no real reception in the south end of Seattle. Any neighborhood near the airport doesn't get good coverage. It's funny because there is a Verizon billboard on the highway near where there is a no reception zone saying that Verizon has the best coverage in the NW. And I laugh as I look at my phone that has no coverage.

No reception at all. Seems kind of ridiculous living in the center of Seattle. Cingular gets reception here and I am switching to that network. No reception on T-Mobile here either.

2-3 bars in second story apartment in the Capitol Hill near Mercer and Malden. Some call dropping. This is a tough area due to hills and lots of apartment buildings.

Usually get one or 2 bars on Queen Anne. Sometimes phones fails to ring and I just get messages later. 70% of calls are clear 10% almost impossible to hear, and the rest in between. Happy with Verizon service and service is stronger in many parts of Seattle.

Can't get any reception on the back side of View Ridge.

I get great reception if I'm outside, or hanging out a window. But I can't get a connection at all from inside my office (Sand Point) or inside hotels on business trips. Inside my apartment and places like malls, the connection is quite poor -- lots of static, lots of dropped and missed calls. Verizon claimed it was my phone causing the problems, and they did replace it for me, but my reception only improved marginally. My old cheap-end Nokia did fine in these same locations, under AT&T.