AT&T Wireless (GSM)
(1 star) |
Montgomery Ave | Spring Mill,
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 |
My phone is dual TDMA/GSM/ Roam on Cingular (Extended Area). Despite having at least 3 choices, I get essentially no reception inside my house - varying from 1 bar to no service, making all those extra night/weekend minutes worthless. In fairness, I must live in some sort of reception blank spot - I can go 1/4 mile up the road and get 4 bars and generally reception is good thruout area. But not at my house. Sprint, my former carrier was no better. I'm going to try Verizon next.
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(4 stars) |
University of PA,
Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
decreases occasionally when indoors, but otherwise perfect
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(4 stars) |
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
Excellent reception outside of my building. Fair in the dorm, AT&T was better for me in other cities, but thier network is improving. Acceptable, but not the best. About the same as Verizon...
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(2 stars) |
1717 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
I work on the 38th floor, and reception always cuts in and out.
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(1 star) |
Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA 19130 |
My phone is busy all the time when people call it if im in NJ. Poor.
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(4 stars) |
Pennsylvania Ave | 26th Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19130 |
Overall, I would rate T-mobile as average in the Philadelphia area (even thoough coverage in my immediate home area is good). There are 3 spots on the Schykhill Expressway where the calls inadvertently drop (my commute to work); btw, I use a Nokia 6610 with the service, which I used to replace my Ericsson T68i, which performed poorer. I have found the service to be below average to poor when traveling out of town. It drops calls with alarming frequency on major highways in the area, when I traveled from Philly to Toronto, Canada, which included interstate highways 476, 81, 90 and the Niagara area. GSM coverage needs to improve considerably to catch up to international coverage standards, and I keep hearing that plans to aggressively install newer towers over the next 6-12 months are under way. Let's hope that to be true, cause I could sure use better coverage. Btw, I used to be a Nextel user, which I would rate as Very Good in the Philadelphia area, especially with the Motorola I90c phone. Cheers. Nov 19, 2004.
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(1 star) |
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
Got good reception outside, but essentially nothing inside buildings.
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(5 stars) |
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
Great reception throughout West Phildelphia, including inside University Buildings
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