Poor signal / no signal and frequent dropped calls in east Cap Hill, particularly bad in and around my 2nd floor corner apt 17th at Mercer. My friend who works for Cingular says I should upgrade, that new phones work better with the new infrastructure. Is that the Kool Aid talking? Well, I'd guess "planned obsolesence" is part of the problem. She also suggested buying one of those cell phone antenna boosters (who knew!). If I can find a phone I like for cheap I'll try it, but I'm considering a switch to Verizon.

Great T-Mobile reception in the International District all the time.

Great reception down at the end of 35th, almost in Burien.

I recently switched my service from T-Mobile to Verizon. So far, I am not all that fond of it. I miss a constant clear signal that I could use anywhere I went in Seattle- i.e the basement of my house, the metro, the freeway, the park, in a tower downtown, in the bowels of the building where I work. I had fabulous call quality and clarity. I also felt like my calls connected a lot sooner. Overall, if you want to make calls and exchange texts, GSM service is the way to go. Verizon has good cust service but I notice they are more hype than not. T-Mobile at least is clear on their terms, charges, and will even show with their online coverage locater exactly where you will and won't get good service. No one else does that. I am honestly debating paying the cancellation charge and going back with T-Mobile. They, like other providers, keep expanding and getting better. Good work T-Mobile. Also, they have 1 year contracts! I love that!

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.

Very poor reception with Sprint. I was doing better with T-mobile, though barely. I'm considering a switch to Cingular...

I don't know what all you people are talking about. I receive awesome reception with t-mobile. In the basement of Nordstrom Rack downtown Seattle, I recieve service, while my friends, with Sprint and one had Cingular, had no bars. I like t-mobile. They have great customer service.

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.

Depending how close I am to the balcony, sometimes I get two and sometimes three bars.

I either have no service or I am roaming. I am shocked at how poor the service is in this area. I will be switching to T-Mobile or Cingular very shortly.

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!

Great reception in house. Only drops if the part of the phone that seems to house the antenna is covered

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.

Very good reception along 35th ave sw. In and around Seattle is usually 5 to 4 bars. Very good reception and very clear calls. T-Mobile is much better in reception than Sprint PCS.

Now I have reception like I never had when I had Verizon. With Verizon, I was always having dropped calls and no signal strength, but now I find that my new phone and service works great in "normal" buildings on campus, and it even works (albeit weakly) deep inside health scienes and the basement of Physics Astronomy.

In the basement of ME department, Cingular works, but T-Mobile never!

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.

Always 1 to 2 bars with dropped calls. I can't use it when I work from home, which is a real pain as I do work alot from home. Not acceptable. My husband has a T-mobile. Same problem. The tower map shows our area to be pretty much ignored.