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1. T-Mobile 2.4 star rating (2.4 stars | 23 Reviews)
2. Sprint 2 star rating (2 stars | 11 Reviews)
3. Verizon 1.9 star rating (1.9 stars | 32 Reviews)
4. AT&T 1.5 star rating (1.5 stars | 41 Reviews)

Total Coverage 1.8 star rating (1.8 stars | 122 Reviews)
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AT&T

1 Out of 5 (1 star) | Massachusetts Ave. | Tremont, Boston, MA 02118 |

How do I say this plainly, HORRIFIC. If I can see the Prudential Tower from my window, I should not have an issue getting a signal. Dropped calls, missed voicemails and messages (IMPORTANT), I cannot wait to dump this carrier as fast as I can. I live in the South End, if I'm living next to 750,000 dollar homes and can walk to Newbury St. and live on 3rd floor, I should not PAY to have NO signal. as useful as a dixie cup with strings, only your hopeful your call gets throuh...

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AT&T

1 Out of 5 (1 star) | Copley Sq. | Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116 |

I switched from T-Mobile to AT&T in Nov. 2010 to get the iPhone 4. Calls were ok, not much better than T-mobile. Data was not very consistant. However I have noticed that for the past 6 months or so (1H of 2012) the data availability is terrible. The number of bars mean nothing! 4-5 bars means MAYBE you'll have data. Many times it just hangs, not downloading any pages despite '3G' and 4-5 bars showing up. On 1-2 bars forget it. It gets worse at rush hour. Try using the data at 5-6pm. You get 7-10 mins max then cuts you off. Listening to streaming music or web surfing just stops even when you close and open back up. Frustrating! I think iPhone 5 will be with Verizon.

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AT&T

1 Out of 5 (1 star) | Mass Ave. | Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115 |

I live here. When my cell phone rings, I answer with "Hi, I'll call you back." Then I hang up and call on a land line. There is no point in using my ATT / iPhone in this neighborhood. I changed to ATT to get an iPhone. This was a mistake - big time. Is it the phone or the carrier? Probably both. I locked myself into a cell phone contract, but I still need a mobile phone! Now I'm trying to convince my neighbors to help buy a repeater to boost reception... really? We need to spend $300 to get a decent signal? Shame on ATT for taking our money without providing decent service to the middle of Boston.

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AT&T

0 Out of 5 (0 stars) | Greenwich Pk. | Columbus Ave., Boston, MA 02118 |

I've noticed a steady decline of my coverage for some time now from my home in the South End and also in the South Shore area down to Kingston and Plymouth. My old Chocolate phone and iPhone 3G got decent reception in my home. Even my iPhone4 got reception when I first used it. I could opt to get a MicroCell from AT&T, but that's just a band-aid fix and AT&T will then be piggybacking off my Internet bandwidth... Just fix the problems in the Boston area. It's simple... Or it should be with all the account fees they collect every month.

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T-Mobile

1 Out of 5 (1 star) | Pinckney | Anderson, Boston, MA 02114 |

I am on the Top Floor overlooking the Charles River with clear line of site to Cambridge and have had poor to no service for years with Tmobile. They always claim the next tower, 3g or 4g will fix the problem but I have finally given up and will switch from T-Mobile after 10+ years next month. The reps have given many explinations but the one I have heard multiple times that I believe is: Beacon Hill and the area between Chestnut, and Cambridge streets and Charles joy streets are near the edge of 2 towers and your phone is constantly switching back and forth and dropping calls and switching from edge-3G-4G causing data issues. Who knows... .

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AT&T

0 Out of 5 (0 stars) | D St. | W Fifth St., Boston, MA 02127 |

Emergency service only on the street and in my apartment. What a joke - checking the AT&T map it should be the 'best'. I'm going to have to install a land line for all the calls all I can't make. Going to cancel the service this week. ANy suggestions for Southie?

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AT&T

1 Out of 5 (1 star) | Beacon Hill, Boston, MA 02108 |

I have been with AT&T for the past 4.5 years (since 2008)and at first I had regular reception and only at times in certain locations would I have dropped calls. Soon after and more specially now, I can't use my phone anywhere! I do have some bars, but I get dropped calls constantly. Usually every call I make is dropped at least once. If and when I am able to make the call, quite frequently (about 70% of the time) the other person is not able to understand anything I say. This even happens when I call AT&T customer service to report the issue, oh and customer service is not 24 hours, if the network is bad, you just have to live with it. I would never recommend AT&T to anyone in New England, more specifically Boston -because I dont go out of Boston that often-. I think as soon as I hear the new Iphone is coming out, I will terminate my contract and purchase it in any other carrier. Anything is better than AT&T ANYTHING, unless you dont want to be able to use your phone but still pay for it.

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AT&T

1 Out of 5 (1 star) | Boylston St. | Clarendon, Boston, MA 02116 |

I am not able to use my phone at all in my office... There is usually 2 or 3 bars but no service. Then it will start to look for a signal. I actually get excited when I see the "E" network bc then I can use it. Why hasnt the FCC come down harder on these companys with all the hard push they give with great service when in fact they are horrible and unreliable...

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Sprint

1 Out of 5 (1 star) | Dorchester, Boston, MA 02125 |

Sprint is the worst. Do not pay $80 a month for never getting to use he internet or any apps. The customer service over the phone and at stores suck. I will urge everyone who is thinking about it away form it. I'd rather pay the early termination fee.

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AT&T

2 Out of 5 (2 stars) | Emmanuel College, Boston, MA 02115 |

Voice reception is average, but the data network is so slow as to be useless. Text-based pages won't load, etc.

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