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.

Very spotty reception, many dropped calls.

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?

Outdoors usually 4-5 bars. Indoors, apartment facing west - living room 3-4, bedroom 3-4, den 2-3, furthest wall away from balcony 1-2 bars. Never had a dropped call. It may say 1 bar, but your conversation is still clear with no problems.

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.

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

Nextel phone works great around the UW campus and surrounding areas. Inside very large buildings (Health Sciences, etc) can be trouble for voice / 2-way sometimes. Nextel's Blackberry push email delivery has been flawless in this area.

Either no reception at all or (pricey) roaming on Sprint from my street-level apartment. Got a T-Mobile phone and got zero reception. Trying Verizon next?

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.