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Location / Comment
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Sprint
 2 Out of 5
Phone Model: Sanyo SCP-4900
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SE 136th / SE McGillivray BLVD, Vancouver, WA 98683 |
Mon Nov 07, 2005 |
In the area that I am in, it is a little iffy, I get about 2-3 bars. In my apartment I have to sit in my bed to use my phone. But for any other wireless company it is a pretty crappy area for cell phones... .but other than that Sprint is fantastic!
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AT&T
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola V180
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18th St. / 130th Ave., Vancouver, WA 98684 |
Thu Sep 01, 2005 |
Not much reception inside or out. Can make a call outside but drop them frequently and always garbled.
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Verizon
 4 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola E815
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Orchards, Vancouver, WA 98682 |
Sun Aug 28, 2005 |
Excellent reception, no problems at all.
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Nextel
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Blackberry 7510
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18th St. / 112th Ave., Vancouver, WA 98684 |
Fri Jul 29, 2005 |
Nextel Rocks in Portland / Vancouver and at the beach. A little expensive, but may be worth it due to the great coverage. Looking at T-Mobile, but the reviews are not looking good. Verizon looks pretty cool.
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AT&T Wireless (TDMA)
 5 Out of 5
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NE 134th St. / I-205, Vancouver, WA 98686 |
Thu Jul 28, 2005 |
Long live TDMA, coverage around Clark County is great! GSM just isn't good enough yet.
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T-Mobile
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Sharp TM-150 |
NE 162nd Ave. / NE 28th St., Vancouver, WA 98682 |
Tue Jul 26, 2005 |
Five bars ouside my house and 3-4 bars inside. Very satisified with phone, monthly fee and customer service people.
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola V220
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Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver, WA 98685 |
Thu Jul 21, 2005 |
Many dead spots in this area stretching from 78th St.at the south border to 134th / Bliss at the north.
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Verizon
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: LG VX6100
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Lakeshore - Vancouver, WA, Vancouver, WA 98685 |
Thu Mar 31, 2005 |
My company has used Verizon Wireless for the past two years. When our contract was about to expire we decided to try AT&T / Cingular's GSM service. Luckily we were only on a trial basis with AT&T because their coverage and call quality was horrible. We have since re-signed with Verizon for another two years. It will take a huge amount of improvement for AT&T / Cingular to get our business. Verizon works well in the metro, the mountains and the coast... you can't ask for more.
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AT&T
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola MPx220
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Lakeshore / 109th, Vancouver, WA 98685 |
Fri Feb 04, 2005 |
Switched over from AT&T because of a special deal. Was hoping to get better reception with a newer phone, but still found it to be quite poor. One bar if I'm lucky in my house. Really hoping we can get some more towers that will cover my area.
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Sprint
 5 Out of 5
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Near WSU, Vancouver, WA 98686 |
Thu Jan 20, 2005 |
No PBS with my service. Happy now for 2 years since they installed a new tower nearby.
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Nokia 3620
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NW 36th Ave., Vancouver, WA 98685 |
Tue Jan 04, 2005 |
I get 1 bar in my house off of 36th avenue. The GSM network works perfectly everywhere else. But where I need great service mostly is in my home office.
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Verizon
 2 Out of 5
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Lake Shore, Vancouver, WA 98665 |
Tue Jan 04, 2005 |
I get 2 bars with Verizon. Not sure why. Down the street a few blocks I get perfect reception.
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola V600
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I-5 / 4th Plain, Vancouver, WA 98660 |
Thu Oct 14, 2004 |
I have been nothing but pissed off at the horrible GSM AT&T coverage I have in the Portland / Vancouver area. This feeling is reflected by many of my friends. Dropped calls and garbled voice all the time. And on major freeways! I used to have TDMA with AT&T Wireless and the covergae was excellent. Do not make the switch!
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Siemens S46 |
63rd / Andresen, Vancouver, WA 98662 |
Thu Oct 14, 2004 |
AT&T is terrible. Their TDMA coverage is better. I live in this vicinity and cannot hold a call. My wife has TDMA and her phone works fine. The crazy thing is that there is a AT&T Wireless Store at this intersection. An employee informed me (when I went in to complain about the reception) that they have a booster in the attic so that the demo phones will work in the store, otherwise there is no reception in their store. In 2 weeks I am going to try someone else.
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 4 Out of 5
Phone Model: LG G4015
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Village Loop / McGilivary, Vancouver, WA 98683 |
Fri Oct 01, 2004 |
I have AT&T for a year I started with a Nokia 3590 and had terrible recpetion at home, I could stand outside but not inside and you had to make sure the antenna faced North. I than got an LG4011 and had similar experience. I recenlty got the LG G4015 and have great reception inside and out. I have only lost one call on it and that was while I was traveling in the back country. This phone is amazing, I do not even have an antenna booster.
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 0 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola V600
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Lakeshore Ave. / From 99th to Seward Rd., Vancouver, WA 98685 |
Sat Sep 25, 2004 |
Absolutely no reception. T-Mobile gets full service while AT&T displays "Emergency Only use on T-Mobile reception." Fruit Valley to Lakeshore Ave. between 99th and Seward Rd. to 134th St. has no service to poor service. Awful.
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: LG G4015
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Padden Parkway / 151st, Vancouver, WA 98682 |
Sat Sep 18, 2004 |
No reception anywhere in my house or outside my home. I get some reception on Padden Parkway near Albertson's for a few feet then out again until 117th.
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AT&T Wireless (GSM)
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola T720 (GSM)
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Officer's Row / 5th and Reserve St., Vancouver, WA 98661 |
Wed Jun 30, 2004 |
Reception fails often. "Emergency Only" signal appears often here. Phone continues to drop calls and goes completely blank as if off. This AT&T GSM network is over sold and grossly inadequate. Cingular uses AT&T systems here, so don't even consider them. Hard to go wirless in this part of the world.
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Verizon
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Samsung SCH-T300 |
164th / 1st St, Vancouver, WA 98684 |
Mon Jun 28, 2004 |
Great reception, no problems at all.
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T-Mobile
 2 Out of 5
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136th / McGilvary, Vancouver, WA 98683 |
Mon Jun 21, 2004 |
Can only get phone to work at all on east windows of my apartment.
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