You're okay when docked on either side of the water - but in crossing you get nothing. I was really disappointed. It's a flat 7 mile crossing - but you're never actually far from a tower somewhere. I believe we actually have line of sight of some cell tower but no reception during crossing. And just to whine... I can't believe how bad the WSF Wi-Fi is. God-awful... and then they started asking us to pay for it? Who would when it's that bad?

Always drops calls on South side of building and for about 1 mile south.

Sprint has been horrible in Capitol Hill. I don't receive reception at all in my apartment and I regularly drop calls in the neighborhood. I would NOT recommend Sprint at all. Their customer service has been terrible as well--the store is horrible.

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

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.

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?

When I was on ATT calls would drop after less that a minute, that is if they would even go though. AT&T was no help when I called them repeatedly. I bought a AudioVox 5600 which suffered disconnections just about as badly, however I have since started switching my phone to use the Cingular 31041 tower on capital hill which has brought my bars up to a 4 / 5. :) There is no Cingular reception in Redmond were I work, but I can easily switch to ATT out there since their network is golden in Redmond.

Calls would drop after less that a minute, that is if they would even go though. AT&T was no help when I called them repeatedly. I bought a AudioVox 5600 which suffered disconnections just about as badly, however I have since started switching my phone to use the Cingular 31041 tower on capital hill which has brought my bars up to a 4 / 5. :)

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.

No reception at all. Seems kind of ridiculous living in the center of Seattle. Cingular gets reception here and I am switching to that network. No reception on T-Mobile here either.