Coverage Reviews for Phoenix, AZ 85048

Rating | Carrier | Zip Code

Sprint

Calls constantly dropping. Can't really use cellular inside home. I could understand if we lived at the edge of metro area but this is ridiculous. Have had Sprint over 10 years and seems to be getting worse rather than better. We've been paying the 'Premium Data' fee on multiple phones for years and STILL DONT HAVE 4G! We have avoided upgrading phones as to ditch contract and jump ship very soon. DO NOT GO WITH SPRINT!

Sprint

Sprint. I was sold the 4G Evo phone 3 years ago with the promise that I would have 4G service within a few months. Still waiting. Horrible everywhere. It takes 2-3 minutes to get to any website. I broke my first Evo a year ago, replacement Evo, same issues. And within a a month, the screen became dusty. All of my friends have Verizon and they love it. I stuck with Sprint because of the price but as they say, you get what you pay for. Switching to Verizon, iPhone 5 or the latest Galaxy. Not sure which way I will go on the phone. Any thoughts.

Verizon

We are wintering in different areas, and this is one where the Verizon isn't very good! The data is slow and we must be outside to call.

Verizon

I get poor reception in my home and at work. Downloads are slow too. Not worth the premium price.

Sprint

Horrible reception - just got the phone and have dropped calls almost every time and the 2g service is what this 4g phone amounts too.

Sprint

Coverage in area is poor to spotty. Service from front-line customer service is poor and inconsistent. Varying explanation of when 4G coverage will be coming to Phoenix.

AT&T

Voice : If you are in Dobson and Ray - Anderson Springs, forget making calls. I moved to an apartment and I get no reception. I get some reception - 1 bar - in my bathroom and now that is where my phone is, set on loud and door open all the time. Unfortunately, I am on contract and unable to cancel. Very Sad. :( Data : If you are looking for LTE coverage, ATT's own coverage map doesn't show any 4G LTE coverage South west of Ray and Dobson. I have tried this with someone's phone - Doesn't have LTE coverage.

T-Mobile

Inside buildings at my location is horrible. Outside is acceptable but not great.

T-Mobile

I have had T-Mobile for 13 years now and have seen huge improvements over the years. I cant say I have never had a dropped call but I can say that the service and data speeds I get are great. Pretty much Always have service, even in buildings and use my phone as a wifi hot spot and there is no extra charge. T-Mobile does have unlimited data but after 5GB it is slowed down quite a bit but at least no extra charge for going over. Their prices are way cheaper than their competitors as well.

Verizon

I have lived in the Phoenix area for 16 years and always had Verizon and never dropped a call. I traveled to different cities in the US, go hiking and skiing and very seldom or never I had a problem with reception. My friends who have ATT or Spring or TMobil always had more problem that I do.

Sprint

Sprint reception is fine. But not full bars or speed in this area. No dropped calls.

AT&T

Can not make or receive calls in my home or front yard. Reception cuts out until phone call drops. 100% of calls will fail. Back yard is Touch and go, never good.

Sprint

Left area in April 2010. At the time, On St.coverage was okay if I was in open areas. But when inside a building, expected a drop within 60 seconds. The closest towers were one mile away to the south (downhill) and two miles away to the east. I had three bars of signal, but it was a trick. To try to stop some dropped calls carriers can increase power on the downlink from the tower to the phone, what the bars indicate. But the mobile only has a small battery. It is maxed out at a mile at most and after that its uplink signal degrades and drops.

AT&T

Switched to AT&T 2 years ago for all the wrong reasons and have suffered every since. I would estimate drop calls to happen 50% of the time, 20% of the time calls go dead for about 20-30 seconds, another category is my phone doesn't ring 30% of the time and I just get a chime when I'm notified someone has left a voice mail. I've encountered bad spots with AT&T all over Ahwatukee especially main areas like Ray and 48th St. Trust me, stay away from AT&T, 2 soup cans and a piece of string will get you further. I'm going back to Verizon where I've never had a problem in the past once the IPhone 5 comes out very soon.

Sprint

Coverage is spotty all over Chandler; hardly ever see more than 1-2 bars. Really bad when driving- sound cuts in and out can barely understand the other person. Drops lots of calls. Should have stayed with T-Mobile, never a single problem, worked just like my home phone!

Sprint

I get average to good signal but the 3G speeds sucks. I mostly get <1Mb / s, average <500kb / s. I wish Sprint will increase their trunk lines (T1s or Fiber) to accommodate all the Android phones that they have released in the last 6 months.

Sprint

Sprint claims there should be reception in this area of at least two bars. Gave me a replacement phone. It is not the phone, it is Sprint's lack in coverage.

AT&T

Good reception. I've had one drop call since we've moved back from California in March.

AT&T

Lots and lots of drop calls on 3G. on EDGE there is no drop calls at all. 3G coverage is really bad and calls will drop every 2-3 minutes.

AT&T

Numerous dropped calls. According to doctor's office, known issue.

T-Mobile

house sitting for my friends and keep getting sos only randomly... weak signal pathetic tmoile, for as much as we pay you guys

T-Mobile

The internet is dissapointing. I only get 1 bar and its slow. Wanna switch to verizon

AT&T

I do not know what is going on in my area. I have a TMobile phone, the service for which is sketchy. I took AT&T service with iPhone for business and this phone would not work at all. I am talking to AT&T for making a full refund if they cannot provide coverage.

Verizon

From a Razr to an enV to a Curve 8330 to a Storm and now a Tour, coverage and call quality has been superb in and around Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, and Scottsdale. The Tour gets 3G just about anywhere I've been. Dropped calls are a non issue.

AT&T

For the past three years, the cell phoen reception has been extremely poor no matter what carrier (AT7T, Verizon, Alltel) or phone (Blackberry, iPhone, Alltel Pocket PC) that is used. I don't understand why the problem hasn't been corrected in htree years.

AT&T

Reception is most of time 5 bars on 3G (not just EDGE) with AT&T and the iPhone 3G... Sometimes 4 bars on 3G but very rarely below that... I havent dropped too many calls here with AT&T... .I will give up Verizon and go back because AT&T does better in my house than Verizon... I have found AT&T to do real well in almost all of the Phoenix metro area and excel over Sprint in a lot of areas and better than Verizon in my home...

Verizon

Reception inside my house is not very reliable... I have dropped enough calls and signals in the house to not trust that Verizon is as good as they used to be... EVDO is not so good in many cases, 1xRTT mode does better a lot of the time with verizon... Blackberry Curve 8330 and Samsung A930 didn't do to well in my house as well as my girlfriend's Blackberry Storm also had dropped calls here... Sometimes I get three or four bars but it is hard to keep the good signal... People who have visited my house in the past had no trouble using their Verizon phones... .So I think that Verizon is losing repeaters here and I'm surprised it really hasn't improved in the last few weeks by much...

T-Mobile

No reception in front of house, very little in home. No reception until out of subdivision. Even problems with wi-fi.

Verizon

I have maybe 2 spots inside my house (standing on one leg with my other hand in the air) that I get reception and even going outside there are a limited number of spots. If I drive down the street maybe 200 yards, I'm back up to 4 bars. They're putting in one of the palm tree looking cell towers on the school grounds but how do I know if it will help me? Both my work phone and personal phone are through Verizon and I'm currently screwed.

AT&T

The reception inside my house on Suncrest Court is absolutely HORRIBLE it's pretty much pointless to even have a cell phone around here... Every service that I've tested around here receives NO service and it's absolutely disappointing considering the technology these days. UNACCEPTABLE!

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