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.

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.

3-7 bars inside concrete home, including basement. I've had really good consistent reception with T-Mobile for years just about everywhere in Seattle - including Capitol Hill, Madison Valley and Pioneer Square. Good customer service too. Reluctant to switch, but only Sprint and Verizon offer Treo 700p with EVDO.

Reception in the dorms is spotty at best. On occasion if I held my phone out a window I'd get a bar to send a text message. The same story was true for my Motorola V180. Many other residents get calls and full signals with Cingular and to a lesser extent Verizon at UW. It does make it easy to remember to turn my phone off for class since it doesn't get any reception in any UW building. Best bet, if you need constant signal and are at UW daily, steer clear of TMobile no matter how tempting their plan prices are!

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.

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

Bad VERY customer service, bad reception in this area.

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!

Excellent reception in almost all areas of West Seattle. I had AT&T previously and cancelled because the reception was so poor. I am very pleased with my reception with T-Mobile.

little to no reception in the house, some rooms if you can leave the phone in a window and use a hands free you can make a call. usually 1-3 bars outside. T-Mobile has been the best carrier of sprint, at&t, and cingular, who usually get no service anywhere within my house. T-Mobile great service everywhere else I have been in seattle, cross country and internationally.

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

No recpetion, terrible in and out coverage thoughout Ballard.

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.

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 not experienced any problem!

Many other comments regarding receptiong of T-Mobile users may be due to their equipment. I have been using T-Mobile in West Seattle for over a year now and have very few dropped calls and excellent reception. I even use my cell phone as my primary modem to my laptop using their data services plan.

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.

Experience has been that there is crappy Sprint coverage in Ballard neighborhoods overall. Bah!