Coverage Reviews for New York, NY 10036

Rating | Carrier | Zip Code

T-Mobile

Kicked the bucket with Sprint. T-Mobile works excellent here. Consistently high data speeds and no dropped calls, both indoors and out. In large buildings, sometimes signal can vary. But overall good.

Verizon

Verizon is great- live in queens and work in midtown. no dropped calls, data is fast enough and dependable.

AT&T

I don't know what happened but my iPhone 3GS has poor reception in NY Penn Station now. The phone will say 3G is connected but all apps can't fin an internet connection 80% of the time. Edge connection is alittle better, connection happens 50% of the time. Voice / SMS happens about 50% of the time. AT&T needs to improve their reception or I am moving to another carrier.

Sprint

I have been with Sprint for 5 years. Never had any issues. For the last 4 MONTHS in my apartment: I have had so MANY dropped calls in my apartment(even near windows), occasional delayed texts, occasions where voice mails just pop up without the phone ever ringing at times up to 2-3 hrs later after the missed call. Data is faster early in the morning and after 7 / 8pm. Outdoor and indoor coverage (in most large buildings) is excellent otherwise for calls / texts (sometimes roaming; but it's free). I guess i'm just in a bad spot in my neighborhood.

T-Mobile

Tmobile 4G. I have zero reception 95% of the time in midtown NYC. I also have a Verizon blackberry on 3G network and that works great at the same location.

Sprint

Barely get 3g service here. Service is bad inside and outside.

Verizon

voice is OK. Data is useless here. I am on the 11th floor near the window. Most of the time during 9 - 5, there is no data connection. If there is one, the connection speed is 3G rather than 4G.

Sprint

Calls Are Great here at the Office just data can be slow. speeds up after 7pm

AT&T

What happened? When the iPhone 5 came out in October I was so happy to finally have signal. Inside my office wasn't very strong but it worked and was reliable. Suddenly in mid-November 2012 it cut off! I'm talking NO SERVICE or a baby bump but receiving data would time out. It's like somebody hit a switch :((

AT&T

Reception in this are is almost nonexistent for an AT&T customer. My oonstant complaints have caused the carrier to discount my monthly bill on several occasions. Due to the poor service, they have gone as far as cutting my data fee in half for as long as I remain a customer.

Sprint

Day 5 and still can't connect to network. Issue started October 1, 2012. Can't call out, receive calls or texts. Sprint said towers in this area were being messed with because of Verizon. Ticket was closed today at 1pm and now it's AT&T that's effecting service. Sprint claims the issue is the local exchange server. VERY FRUSTRATING to say the least! Manhattan and Bronx NY are affected. However, not all users are having issues... weird!

AT&T

If I do get any kind of signal from AT+T, it is spotty at best. I have stood in certain offices and gotten reception, then stood in another office a few doors down and nothing. I have even been unable to make a phone call standing outside of the building after trying 5 times and walking laps around the building trying to find a spot that I can connect. I would wonder if my phone is the problem, but everyone else on my floor with AT+T shares my problem. For the nation's largest network, they sure have the nation's largest problems.

AT&T

Everyone says my calls break up and 9 out of 10 times my phone does not ring and goes straight to voice mail. I live on the 11th floor

AT&T

Data speeds are terrible. My phone regularly shows 5 bars of service, but pulling up even simple mobile websites just doesn't work 40% of the time. Call quality is generally decent, but I don't make calls very often. Data though... is pretty much entirely unreliable.

AT&T

I'm on the 5th floor of a 5 floor building with 2 foot thick brick walls and 2 large windows in the main room. I get 5 bars in the main room near the windows but only 4 in the kitchen or bathroom. Never a problem. There is a cell tower about 300 ft away across the street at same height as my apartment, but it must be a different carrier; otherwise I would get 5 bars in the kitchen... I hope.

AT&T

The middle of the universe, Times Square, and I had miserable service all around the area and within all the buildings my company occupies in and around Times Square. Data wouldn't work, calls dropped constantly. I could be inside, outside, it really didn't matter. Almost everyone at my company has similar experiences. The assistants used to joke that they could tell who had ATT because we'd all congregate in the one square foot area where we could send texts. Service became so unreliable that I had to switch to Verizon. My $150 cancellation fee was the most painful expense I've ever had. Because their network is beyond miserable *I* had to pay to leave and also buy an new iPhone which was compatible with Verizon. Verizon blows AT&T away in terms of reliability of service. It works everywhere.. every time.

AT&T

I would do anything to get off AT&T at this point. THere's no way I'm renewing the contract that's for sure. It's just terrible. Shows full bars, but tehre's no internet, no txt messages. As of the time of this writing my phone is one of the top tier phones you can buy, and it's a very thin, very light, paperweight. Manhatten coverage is just absolutely terrible for their supposed "4G" network.

Verizon

No 4G reception on the 6th floor. If I manually switch to CDMA I get full 3G reception, but phone won't auto switch.

AT&T

In the heart of Times Square. I get absolutely no 3G service even though iPad is showing 4-5 bars. It worked okay (but not great) up until about a monh ago. Then it just went dark in early Dec. No service whatsoever. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Absolutely useless. Absolutely pathetic for AT&T to. Of have service in Times Square, New York City. Anyone wanna trade a Verizon iPad for an AT&T iPad?

AT&T

No calls received, no texts coming in or going out unless I switch my network to Edge. Doesn't make sense I can't use my phone in the heart of Times Square.

AT&T

AT&T reception is HORRIBLE! I dont understand this is the middle of a MAJOR city..on the top floor a building! I I got service in the subway UNDERGROUND in Chicago... I can't wait to switch to Verizon. This is so sad, shame on you AT&T :*(

AT&T

New iPhone 4s with four bars 3G and the data service is useless during weekdays. We arrived on Sunday and ATT's data service was great, more than 5 Mbps download speed. This morning it came to a screeching halt, even with 4-5 bars showing. Who are these people, charging $25 / mo for cellular data service that sucks this badly!

AT&T

I have 4s. have full bars and yet cant access the internet or stream music. there's no point in having a phone.

AT&T

This is the WEIRDEST thing - I get 5 bars of 3G service in my office here, but absolutely NOTHING will load or work. I tested it out by dialing my cell from my work phone... and my cell phone didn't even ring. Makes no sense. I get better service and reception on interstate 84 up in Orange County than I do in midtown Manhattan. HOW. WHY.

AT&T

Holy ATT is bad in this area. Dropped calls, no calls, no data, slow data its miserable! They said they added wifi to relieve congestion, but even the wifi doesn't work well! What *IS* it with this company?!

AT&T

Horrible service. Phone is a paperweight with AT&T. Doesn't receive or make calls. Text messages come over a day late. Forget even thinking about internet. When I do have a bar or two, calls are dropped or immediately forwarded to voicemail.

AT&T

I work in the Rockefeller area. I have like 1 or 2 bars consistently and the data service is about non-existent. I can't do anything with it. The guys sits next to me with Verizon had no issue. Apple needs to dump AT&T. It gives Apple a bad name.

AT&T

I work in 49th and 6th. I am in edge most of the time, without 4G coverage. When I do get it the signal is so bad I can't even check my email. Even when I leave the building and I try from the street the signal is weak. This is Times Square, the center of Manhattan. If we don't get good service from AT&T here, what are we to expect?

T-Mobile

T-mobile in midtown is TERRIBLE inside office buildings. Data connection is virtually non-existent most of the business day, especially during stock market hours. Even when the signal indicator shows 4 or 5 bars, the internet still doesn't connect. Call quality is also very choppy. Signal strength would fluctuate between 4 bars and no network, as if there are too many T-Mobile subscribers for their towers to handle. However, T-Mobile data connection in Brooklyn is fantastic, often reaching 3.5G.

AT&T

Many times I got 5 bars, and the call get dropped, anyway I live in 42 St. "the heart of NYC and I cant believe how horrible is the service here, continuous calls dropped, all time, and ATT reps telling you about "towers being down" in Philadelphia and NJ, What? Im done with AT&T, why don't invest some money on actually improve the service instead of wasting money on TV commercials about how great is their Crappy service.

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