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Cell phone coverage comments are submitted voluntarily by visitors around the Seattle, WA area.
Coverage comments are sorted by date. Users can sort by Carrier, City, Zip Code, Reception Rating,
or Date by clicking on the header below. To search by zip code, use the search box to the right.
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Location / Comment
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AT&T Wireless (TDMA)
 0 Out of 5
Phone Model: Nokia 5165 |
Mt. Baker neighborhood, Seattle, WA 98144 |
Mon Nov 29, 2004 |
This phone has recieved superbly at this location for the past two years. This fall however, no change in bars but all calls in or out are gone the phone just tries in vain to redial. Thanks ATT / Cingular.
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AT&T
 1 Out of 5
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South Beacon Hill, Seattle, WA 98108 |
Sun Nov 07, 2004 |
Nothing. Feeling like I have to get a land line.
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Sprint
 0 Out of 5
Phone Model: Samsung VM-A680 (SPH-A680)
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Aurora Ave. / 85th, Seattle, WA 98103 |
Tue Nov 02, 2004 |
I switched from T-Mobile to Sprint because of cheaper family plan. Big mistake. I get 0 bars indoors making this phone essentially useless. I'll be switching back ASAP.
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Qwest
 3 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola V60s |
3rd Ave. W / West Mercer, Seattle, WA 98119 |
Sat Oct 30, 2004 |
Typically get 3 bars inside or out. This is the bottom of Queen Anne ("Lower" QA). As I've had this phone only 24 hours, it is perhaps more useful to mention the Motorola 120c which preceded it, which usually got 2-3 bars and occasionally dropped a call, but mostly downtown where there are plenty of tall buildings to cut off a signal. Overall Qwest has had the best coverage of the four providers (Qwest, Sprint, GTE Wireless and AT&T) I've used. They also have hands-down the best customer service, although plenty of people seem to think it sucks: If you're one of those, here's a tip: Be nice to them, and they'll come up with ways to help you that pissing and moaning will never unearth. Trust me. I've done it dozens of times over the last few years -- over their entire existence in this region. :-) Last year I lived on the upper east side of Queen Anne overlooking Lake Union and had Sprint PCS on a Motorola Timeport (the silver flip -- which model no. escapes me, as did the antenna, thus my defection from Sprunt -- that's not a typo; their customer service was diminutive, but that's a separate rant). I could reliably find quite a number of dead spots between Queen Anne Ave N. and 5th Ave. N. where it was impossible, while on foot walking through the neighborhood, to either make or sustain a call. Can't say if this problem also exists on this phone with Qwest a year later, but as with Capitol Hill, we have three large TV antenna towers with microwave antennas on them, in addition to an incredibly 50's sci-fi-looking shorter array near a Qwest central office around W. Galer and 3rd West. I also had trouble around 5th Ave N. & Newton St. (line-of-sight to at least two of those towers) getting my car alarm remote to work, unless I stuck the remote under the front wheel well above the tire or some other place that shielded the remote from line-of-sight to those towers. That never happened anywhere else. Sometimes I had to walk around my car three times just to disarm it.
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T-Mobile
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola V600
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Aurora / 85th, Seattle, WA 98103 |
Wed Oct 20, 2004 |
Full bars in the house, no dropped calls, no complaints.
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AT&T
 2 Out of 5
Phone Model: Nokia 3395 |
Western / Broad, Seattle, WA 98121 |
Mon Oct 18, 2004 |
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.
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Sprint
 5 Out of 5
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185th St. / 12th Ave., Seattle, WA 98155 |
Tue Oct 05, 2004 |
Almost never had a dropped call near home, although sometimes in other neighborhoods.
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AT&T Wireless (TDMA)
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola V60i |
Dayton / N 70th, Seattle, WA 98102 |
Mon Sep 27, 2004 |
Reception was fine here two years ago, but degraded all of a sudden (both my phone and my girlfriend's, same model,
had the same reception issue. Can't receive incoming calls, calls "drop" (but AT&T WS doesn't credit them as drops), and text messages / vmail delayed. Friend of friend says this is due to AT&T degrading service on TDMA to encourage customers to switch to GSM.
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T-Mobile
 0 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola V60 |
24th SW / SW Willow, Seattle, WA 98106 |
Sat Sep 25, 2004 |
No reception in the house - one measly bar if I go outside on the deck.
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Sprint
 4 Out of 5
Phone Model: Samsung SCH-3500 |
15th Ave. / Aloha, Seattle, WA 98112 |
Wed Sep 22, 2004 |
Unlike everyone I know, this phone gets fine reception at my house. It's a shame the flip's finally broken. According to Samsung's web site, the phone uses CDMA 1.9 GHz / AMPS 800 MHz. But I'm always in digital (CDMA) mode.
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AT&T Wireless (TDMA)
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola V60 |
Madrona Area / 32nd and Jefferson, Seattle, WA 98122 |
Tue Sep 21, 2004 |
I don't know if my reception problem is due to the Motorola V60 or AT&T Wireless, but I cannot get reception at or near home. As you move west toward MLK, the reception improves to 4 bars. But anywhere at the top of Madrona on down to the Lake Washington is bad.
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Verizon
 0 Out of 5
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124th Ave. S / Des Moines Memorial, Seattle, WA 98168 |
Fri Sep 03, 2004 |
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.
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 0 Out of 5
Phone Model: Palm Treo 270
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UW Campus - Ballmer, Seattle, WA 98195 |
Wed Aug 25, 2004 |
Starting to get the occasional hit on Cingular, but the Ballmer building on campus is pretty much dead. Have to exit the building to get any kind of signal.
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T-Mobile
 0 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola T720i
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35th Ave. SW / Hudson St., Seattle, WA 98126 |
Wed Aug 25, 2004 |
35th Ave. SW is a major street in West Seattle yet I drop calls every time here. Sometimes I drop them immediately after coming West off of the West Seattle bridge.
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Sprint
 2 Out of 5
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California Ave. SW, Seattle, WA 98136 |
Wed Aug 25, 2004 |
Depends on the day, both in my condo and out on the street. When I called Sprint, the customer service rep was surprised I was even able to speak with her on the Sprint phone. Neighbors here have had poor reception with AT&T and Cingular as well. Guess I'm going back to a land line...
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 0 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola MPx200
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Greenwood Ave. / N. 65th St., Seattle, WA 98103 |
Tue Aug 24, 2004 |
Every single time I've been on the phone as I've crossed over Greenwood Ave on 65th Street headed into Ballard, I've lost reception completely. It seems to be a "dead zone" between Greenwood and 8th.
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Siemens S46 |
19th / Mercer, Seattle, WA 98112 |
Tue Aug 24, 2004 |
Poor reception is best-case. No reception is usual. Don't bother trying to use a cell phone on the east side of Cap Hill. Sometimes you can get reception on 15th. Huge honking microwave towers at 18th and Madison may be a cause.
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Nokia 3595
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205th / 5th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98155 |
Tue Aug 24, 2004 |
I've had my AT&T phone for over a year and get great reception almost everywhere I go. In MLT, it switches to the Cingular carrier, but I don't get charged roaming and reception is fine. I don't have a land line and I use my cell phone for all calls and it has been very reliable, whether Downtown, Capital hill, U-district, North Seattle, or Renton.
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AT&T
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola T720 (GSM)
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Alaska / 50th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118 |
Tue Aug 24, 2004 |
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.
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Sprint
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-N200 |
2200 block of E. Blaine St. / 2302 24th Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98112 |
Tue Aug 17, 2004 |
Both at my home and at my office, in Montlake, reception is exceptionally poor. I am unable to use my phone at my home; at my office on 24th Ave. E. calls often are dropped.
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