T-Mobile
Reception inside the house is spotty and poor, often have to hover in one spot to avoid dropped call. Outdoors is better, but this is really inconvenient. Absolutely no service at all in SW MN when my mom was sick earlier this year - very irritating. My 2-year T-Mobile contract is FINALLY up in December and looking for something with better reception, plus have had a few incidents of horrible customer service that make me want to give some other company my business. I am confused over 3G, CDSM, Edge, etc. What about new Walmart plans / phones? What makes the difference, the network or the phone or both?
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T
Never had any troubles. I had horrible reception with Verizon and switched and haven't had a dropped call since. Great reps tio deal with at the stores as well.
Was this review helpful to you?Verizon
Very poor reception in this area. EV is 1 or 2 bars (out of 4). 1X (voice) is zero to 1 bar and calls drop or are choppy when they stay connected. Verizon knows about this area and are supposedly looking for a new tower site according to tech support. I hope its soon.
Was this review helpful to you?Verizon
I used to live in Detroit, MI where my Verizon coverage was superior to all other carriers. I could make phone calls in elevators, basements of large buildings, and other places where other carriers couldn't get signal in. Even in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, my reception was amazing. I recently moved to Minneapolis and now I can't place calls from home or work with any consistency. My signal strength vacillates between 0 and 2 bars and calls drop frequently. Even when the call doesn't drop, the call gets choppy and electronically garbled. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the other carriers do any better in Minneapolis which makes me wonder if state / city bureaucracy is preventing carriers from putting up more towers or increasing the signal strength from their current towers. I don't particularly want to switch carriers anyway. I just want to be able to reliably place calls from home and from work.
Was this review helpful to you?Sprint
I've lived in MSP for about 10 years, and had Sprint the whole time, and I only know one spot where my call gets dropped and it's on the U of M campus near a giant magnet, which I think is the reason why and the hole is only for about a block, other than that, I've had AMAZING coverage all over the city / country, and I'm quite the traveler, and I've always had great service and coverage from Sprint. I'm tempted by the iphone, but stay with Sprint because I know they have great coverage here, and along all the highways around here.
Was this review helpful to you?T-Mobile
very poor reception in house, 0 - 2 bars, ( 0 most often). dropped calls all the time, incoming calls go to voice mail to be picked up when I leave this area of NE Minneapolis. Spotty reception all around here.
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T
amazing coverage around here.. way better than when I had verizon, plus att's phones are a lot better!
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Terrible reception inside house, often miss phone calls only to get a voicemail ten minutes later.
Was this review helpful to you?Verizon
Only bad areas are in underground parking ramps, etc. Verizon has a good downtown coverage, but I'm not sure their high prices are worth their data plans.
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Coverage does drop when traffic on 169 is heavy and tower use gets maxed out.
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