AT&T Wireless (GSM)
Extremely poor reception - both GSM and TDMA. Same problem here with all providers!
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The entire area from SW Broadway by Council Crest all the to SW Vermont has very bad coverage, I'm guessing due to the tower locations on the hills. The Terwilliger curves area also has notoriously bad cell phone and radio reception, probably for the same reason.
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T Wireless (GSM)
No reception in Mountain Park, Lake Oswego... across from PCC Sylvania. AT&T sucks. Many days and nights of frustration. If I'm lucky I will get to speak to somebody for about 2 minutes without be disconnected (at thats on a GOOD day). People try to call me and my phone says "This Phone Number Is No Longer In Service" to them, when they were just talking to me! Phone cuts off every minute. I spend far more time trying to reconnect and call back than I do speaking to my friends. Even at work in Tualatin I barely manage to a get a bar or two.
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T Wireless (GSM)
Previous experience with ATT TDMA and T-Mobile GSM was fine. ATT GSM has been a nightmare. I can't tell if it's the Motorola phone or ATT's GSM Network. They both claim it's the others fault and I'm stuck.
Was this review helpful to you?Verizon
Reception only 1 bar inside my house. If I go about 50 feet from my home, the reception might get to 2-3 bars.
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T Wireless (TDMA)
I find that ATT's TMDA service is reliable in metro portland, but the company is expensive and their service dept is intractable. I have been an ATT customer in the Portland metro area since 1999, and my position requires that I use cell phones heavily. I have been pleased with ATT TDMA service in traveling all over the Portland Metro area and generally nationwide as well (metro NY, NC, TX, DE, PA, WA, CA, MT, ID, NV, IN). There are a few dead spots in Portland due to hills and depressions, but that is understandable and these dead spots are predicable given the technology and terrain. ATT is expensive and their support is not helpful. I have had to have MANY call backs to ensure that I get promised credits and features. Since my employer has a national contract, I have not been miffed enough about the issues to make a change. I am looking at changing the other 3 cell phones in my household over however.
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T Wireless (TDMA)
The absolute worst reception is here at home. Elsewhere, it's pretty good.
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T Wireless (GSM)
Very poor reception up and down Evergreen and almost no reception inside my house.
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I work downtown Portland on the top floor of a building along SW 6th Ave. Starting September 1st 2004, I get dropped calls every day receiving and sending calls from within the building where I work. Middle of conversation and suddenly call is dropped. Meter reads 3 bars; yet call is dropped. Other times, I get 1-2 bars then jumps to 4-5 bars then back to 0 bars (and "no reception" message) - all within the same minute. But if I go outside the building, reception is OK - 3-4 bars. A few dropped calls. The first 45-days, reception was great. No problems. No dropped calls at all. Indoors or outdoors. But starting September 1st 2004, something changed on AT&T Wireless' GSM. Brand new Motorola T721 phone in mid-July 2004. I have purchased a new battery (on AT&T Wireless Customer Care recommendation). Phone still drops calls from inside the office where I work. And I do charge phone overnight and then use battery until drained. Then, recharge overnight. (Normally, Fridays the battery is low; so Friday nights, I charge battery overnight and begin anew Saturday)
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T Wireless (GSM)
My bars are like disco lights, 1, 4, 3, 5, 0. When it is 4-5, I am fine, which is almost never. I drop 90% of calls. I will be going to Verizon very soon.
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