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Poor reception indoors (in Apartment Building) 1- 2 BARS. Great reception outdoors (outside of Apartment Building): 4-5 BARS
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Horrible Reception in my home, cannot use phone most of the time. Some spots in Alameda are just ok, most of Alameda is horrible. They said there is a cell tower 3 miles away and they have a range of 30+ miles. NO EXCUSE for the bad signal!!
Was this review helpful to you?Verizon

A few years ago Verizon coverage in my house was Perfect. Maybe one dropped call over a period of 2 years. Over the past year coverage has degraded. When I'm on conference calls at home, I no longer feel comfortable using my cell phone because I keep getting, "Sorry, you're breaking up... can you repeat that?" or "I think I heard what you said. Let me repeat back and tell me if that's right." I'm somewhat tempted to try out Cingular since the time I tried my friend's phone in the house and around the neighborhood. She had almost full bars all around the house and on MLK going to Solano Avenue. But I have to say the reception was crackly. It was not as crisp and clear as what I get with my Verizon phone. Who knows-- maybe it was her phone (i.e. a different model with better RF would have sounded better). Anyway, my contract with Verizon is up in November, so MAYBE I'll check out Cingular.
Was this review helpful to you?Sprint

There's a very predictable coverage hole on Harrison near Monte Vista in Oakland
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T

Reception is Really Good through all of International Basically. Just kind of cuts off on High st.
Was this review helpful to you?T-Mobile

hey, the reception is crap indoors and crap in the Foothill Dorms area, other services, Cingular especially gets full bar in the same areas, even underground
Was this review helpful to you?Verizon

All over this part of rockridge, from the bottom of the hill by the Country Club, down Manila, and up College ave from Manila to the next street closer to BART - reception is terrible. Inside, fahgettaboutit. My girlfriend's Sprint phone seems to work o.k. A friend's AT&T had no service either, but another friend's Cingular even worked inside my apartment.
Was this review helpful to you?Verizon

No reception at all in my home at the moment. At best, I can expect 1 bar and dropped calls.
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T

My signal bars are always flucuating in this area, but my call sounds fine and I have yet to have one dropped. I hate to say it, but I think Cingular has raised the bar.
Was this review helpful to you?T-Mobile

T-mobile sucks real bad here. I have to get all the way to MLK and / or upto to Ashby and San Pablo for this to work. It's about one to two bars and the cell phone in the house is pretty useless. Called T-Mobile and they have us apparently listed as being in a "fair" coverage area. I think we're in pretty much "no" coverage area. I'm not sure why it's so bad though, considers there are a couple of towers a mile east and a mile west of here.
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