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Calls simply don't come through when I'm in a building anywhere in the area. Outbound calls always get dropped unless I'm leaning out a window. I know buildings reduce reception, but this is ridiculous.
I have had zero reception for the past 5 days! I used to have perfect reception, then all of a sudden nothing! This is the area about 2 blocks south of Montrose on sacramento avenue. AT&T claims that all of their towers are working in that area and that I should reset my phone, even though I keep explaining to them that I have 2 phones on my plan, and neither of them have reception so it is obviously not a problem with my hardware. The few times that I actually get a call out, it drops. So much for AT&T's bs commercials patting themselves on the back for having the least dropped calls!
Montrose / Sacramento intersection, Chicago, IL 60625
Tue Nov 20, 2007
I get absolutely no reception at my house or around my house. I can't even get a signal if I set my phone to roaming. I have found that Sprint's service is generally pretty poor in Chicago and even in some of the surrounding suburbs.
On the 59th floor I can rarely if ever get reception on T-Mobile. A friend with Sprint had great reception in the apartment. T-Mobile works fine elsewhere in the city, just not in high rises apparently.
Their is a Sprint store 9 miles east of this address that gets full blown service and at this address in tremont which is tremont high-school you are lucky to not be in roaming and when in roaming you have to purchase a pin and to purchase a pin you have to have a credit card handy what a big inconvienience! they suck bigtime! This is the same way in other towns such as Lewistown and Cuba IL.
Lake Shore Dr. / Grace intersection, Chicago, IL 60613
Sun Oct 14, 2007
I can barely use my phone in my new apartment, often not at all. Even on the street I get no coverage often, or calls are dropped when I do. This isn't an iPhone issue, as I had the same problem with previous LG phone. ATT more than stinks here. Verizon phones work great. This neighborhood is hardly the hinterlands. I'm beyond frustrated. Stay away from ATT if you're anywhere nearby!
Minooka North of I80 / Summerfield Subdivision North of 80 intersection, Minooka, IL 60447
Fri Oct 05, 2007
No reception on either phone. Lost calls. Press the send button.. Never connects.. Doesn't work at all in the house.. Only 50% of the time outside.. Verizon says the don't understand why.. I bought 2 new phones at full price.. Same issue.. Verizon says too bad... Recomends cancelling the service.. Wants to charge $350.. I explained there is no coverage.. Their reply, I should have though about it before I bought my nice new home... Should have purchased elsewhere..