T-Mobile
My reception while at home is inconsitant and ranges from below average to poor coverage to long periods of just no reception at all. I have just cutover to T-Mobile from Verizon because I wanted to use a fully enabled Bluetooth phone in my car, something T-Mobile offers. Verizon cripples many of the key features of Bluetooth from working. understand, I love my new BlackBerry 7100t, but it doesn't really matter if it doesn't work reliably. I just placed a second trouble call in a week with T-Mobile because I have had no signal now for over 4 hours. The highly rated T-Mobile support team who logged my last call a week ago and got it working again, just told me in no uncertain words, that is the way it is till they build a new tower in 3 months. T-Mobile told me prior to getting into this contract and new phone that my area had great coverage!
Was this review helpful to you?Sprint
Sprint reception and transmission has been quite reliable at this location and generally good around town. Calls get dropped occassionally along Dolores south from 19th to 30th. All in all, I'm reasonably pleased with Sprint both in the Bay Area and travelling nationally. I've tried many services and they all have weaknessess; Sprint seems pretty good. The current worst in this area is AT&T GSM. (Their analog service was terrific but expensive.)
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T Wireless (GSM)
My calls get dropped while driving on Diamond Heights Blvd.on my way to Safeway and 50% of the time driving up and down Market St.just north of Twin Peaks Blvd. At my home in Forest Hill, I get 1-2 bars in my living room and 0-1 in my office. I started with AT&T's GSM plan last Jan 04 and it was miserable, now it's just bad. I am planning on switching to Verizon. I'll report back if it's better or worse.
Was this review helpful to you?Verizon
Verizon at home works anywhere in the house, even in the basement. Usually have great reception all around the city. For some reason, on the corner of Castro and 18th, reception is bad. May be all the power lines above (not knowledgable about powerline effects and cellphones). Also have Blackberry 7280 with AT&T / Cingular for business. Only time it works in the house is if I'm at the front of the house on the top floor. Not sure if it's because it doesn't have 900 MHz GSM only 850 / 1800 / 1900). Drops a lot around the city, especially on Divisadero between Oak and Market and near the Presidio.
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T Wireless (GSM)
Just changed from AT&T TDMA to GSM and it sucks! Too bad I didn't see this website first. The pre-merger TDMA was fine here but after the merger, it was spotty and plenty-o-drops. We changed to GSM in hopes of better service but it's even worse! Avoid AT&T in this area! Thank God for 30-day money back guarantees. Verizon, here I come.
Was this review helpful to you?Verizon
Finally, a carrier with coverage in this neighborhood. AT&T was bad. Cingular was non-existent. Verizon has 5 bars all the time. Also 5 bars inside our thick walled office building in SOMA. GSM is cool but what is really cool is receiving calls and being able to make them.
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T
Using my V600 and wife's V400, we can't get diddly here. Complete waste of money since we are home most of the time. Works great if we walk up to 24th, though.
Was this review helpful to you?Verizon
Just switched from AT&T to Verizon. Much better coverage throughout SF and 280 corridor. Almost always have 4-5 bars.
Was this review helpful to you?T-Mobile
It really sucks that there's no reception while inside a brick building. I used to have AT&T and it worked just fine... I made a big mistake to switch over to T-Mobile because I want a new phone and keep my number. I am very disappointed with T-Mobile service so far. They better improve on the reception inside the building or they will lose customers big time.
Was this review helpful to you?MetroPCS
Yet to have problems inside and out of my apartment.
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