This review is for data (internet) service. NO data service for most of Magnolia including downtown. NO data service from 28th ave W. to 34th Ave west and from Ruffner (Red Apple Store) to Magnolia Bridge. Voice service is availabile.

I have been with Nextel for 4 years and have had nothing but poor service in the 2nd and Cedar area. This could be partly because we are shadowed by the KIRO building and I am in a room surrounded by concrete and multiple layers of drywall, but there are other providers (Verizom and sometimes Cingular / ATT) that work. I would like to give them a "0", but the other 25% of my day they work somewhat ok, so I rate them with "1"

Northeast Capitol Hill - 19th Ave E I have very strong reception on 19th Ave E near E Highland Dr. Things change quickly while driving south on 19th Ave E. Aloha is the beginning of The Dead Zone, which lasts until nearly Madison, I almost always drop calls here. Going north on 19th or 23rd towards SR-520 near Montlake, coverage improves near Boyer Ave E and remains very strong northward. But if you drift east on Boyer, the Dead Zone returns, all the way through Lake WA Blvd.north to SR-520,. Reception returns once you approach reach the SR-520 on-ramps.

Always have at least 3 bars here.

The signal fluctuates between zero and two bars. About half my calls are dropped. FYI Verizon has good signal strength here.

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 get one or two bar, if any. Most of the times, I get no coverage in my apartment. Worse yet, people who call me have reported that they get the "subscriber out of calling area" message and not my voicemail. Complained to T-Mobile to no avail. At first I thought there is general interference with cell reception in my apartment, but my friends with Cingular have no problems at all. So I can either break my contract or move.

I usually get 2-3 bars in upper level of house. In the lower level, reception is much worse. Outside reception is fair, but I occassionally loose signal.

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.