Sprint
Sprint service is pathetic in Chicago; dropped calls, random voicemails, and don't even think about sending a picture message. Hopefully they get their $h!t together with the LTE network they're deploying or I'm leaving for Verizon.
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I have terrible reception in this area. Better reception downtown than here.
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I may as well have marked 'no reception', because in the rare case that I can get a phone call started, It ALWAYS drops, or the person on the receiving end can't hear me at all. This is true in most areas. My boyfriend who has the same phone as I do, and Verizon as a carrier has service almost all the times that I don't, and all the times that I do. I'm thinking of switching to Sprint, because costs of comparable to AT&T, and supposedly the service is much better in the Chicago area.
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Little to no reception. even with 5 bars and Edge service data and calls will not work inside. Outside during working hours data is non existant as well. you can be outside in the middle of the street standing still getting 5 bars of "4G" and you cant load a website, or send an email. Probably the worst capacity issues in the city
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Voice service is acceptable, not great. Data is basically non-existent.
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This has to be the worst area of cell coverage I have experienced in a while. I get no bars or one. I can not talk on the phone for longer than 5 minutes without dropping the call.
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The AT&T mobile internet service is deplorable. I often try to search online and get no network connection, even when the Loop is not as busy and there is likely less server traffic. I called customer service and was given the story about a tower being down in my area code (which is not in Illinois). I informed the customer service rep that I am in Chicago trying to get service. I was then given a story about a nationwide system upgrade that causes some crashes, specifically in downtown Chicago. A coworker 2 doors down from my office with the same problem for months was given numerous other stories by reps during his many calls to complain. I had to go through the process of shutting off my phone, clearing my phone history (of pages I needed and often used), and the rep clearing something about my data on her end. It worked for the first five minutes, but I have the same problem of no service for a month now.
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No service in the house no service outside the house.
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Just switched from US Cellular to AT&T. US Cellular was great in the Loop, I'm not having any trouble with AT&T either. 4-5 bars everywhere I go including in my high rise unit. I'm just doing phone calls though, not internet.
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Absolutely poor reception anywhere in the Loop. AT&T is terrible. I can't receive calls or use data in my office unless I am connected to WiFi. If I wasn't grandfathered into an unlimited data package I would leave AT&T in second.
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