Verizon
Poor reception all over NW Hills and especially at my house. Apparently no carrier can cover my home as I've had friends on just about every network try with no success.
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But also NO reception al lot of the time inside my apartment. My phone seems to work around town but as soon as I want to turn into my apt complex it starts gargling and drops the calls. I feel lucky when I am home and a call goes through. I get a lot of messages pop up on my phone like "No Network Coverage" and "Network Busy". My bars will jump around from 3 to 1 to 0. If I'm making a call, its usually shoots to 1 bar to 0 real fast. I have trouble receiving all my calls as well. I want OUT of my contract. I bind myself to them in a contract for 2 years, but ironically they cannot gaurantee service indoors or outdoors. Oh yeah and their customer service dept SUCKS!
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Ever since the thunderstorms on May 4th the phone will not ring for incoming calls, or call out consistently. Sprint technichal service says that coverage wasn't affected but reset the tower preference. Other Sprint users that I've talked to in Austin have reported similar problems.
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T
Coverage drops out all over town. Great if your on a freeway overpass... .otherwise I am more than dissapointed. It used to be fantastic with the old AT&T.
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I get one or two bars usually. The calls always drop off after about a minute.
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Since updating phones, reception in this area is minimal. I can not receive or talk on the phone inside the house without dropping calls. I can go to my patio and if I restart the phone and stay in one place on my patio I may be able to end my call without being dropped. Have called Cingular regarding this problem and there seems to be nothing they are willing to do to asist. I have four phones through Cingular and two on the contract are due to expire this month. Have been looking at changing to T-Mobile or Verizon if Cingular will not take remidy to this situation.
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Cingular totally sucks in Austin! Do not get it unless you want a constant hassle. I live right downtown and I have to stand in my yard to make or answer calls. All around town, it drops calls and Cingular will do nothing to fix it. I am about to switch to T-Mobile because they were rated best by Consumer Reports while Cingular was rated the worst cell company in America. They also have 1500 minutes at $40 per month vs. only 500 with Cingular. Cricket is even better, but they don't have that here yet, it's unlimited minutes for the same price. Cingular is so bad, they are charging me $150 to disconnect even though they admit they have few towers and poor reception in Austin. I'll probably file with the BBB abd FTC, but avoid the hassle and just use another carrier.
Was this review helpful to you?T-Mobile
Solid signal most of the time as far north as Round Rock, but overall signal quality disappointing. Scratchy and sometimes fractured. Much inferior to clear connection of a land line.
Was this review helpful to you?Alltel
Alltel is really spotty around town. It's either excellent or atrocious. I get zero bars in my apartment, and likewise when I'm in a downstairs bar downtown. But otherwise it's usually very good. I have solid service pretty much everywhere.
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I've been using the Razr GSM for a little over a week. Reception is consistently three to four bars at home, and is consistently four elsewhere around town, with occasional fives. No dropped calls yet.
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