Who's in what city, and with what celular provider?

[ck99a]

I'm curious to see what service is like in different places. A lot of clients are considering getting blackberrys, and it would be nice to have an idea of what other users are finding in terms of service.

Plus this will help us get to know each other a bit better :)

So:
Where are you located?
Which celular provider are you with?
What blackberry are you using?
In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)


I'll start
Located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Just north of the city actually, in the suburbs)
I'm with Telus on the MIKE iDEN network.
Service so far is incredible. I have yet to find a place where my phone does not work. This includes underground parking garages and inside my basement appartment!

[agr]

San Jose, California area

Nextel, using BB7520.

With SQE 28-35 at home (tower about .3 miles away from home) and at work, Nextel coverage is great where I need it most. Other than that, it's fairly solid in the Bay Area. Out of the providers here, I'd rank it tied in third with SPCS, behind Verizon and Cingular.

[jaxon23]

Foley, Alabama (30 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico)

Nextel is my carrier (currently carrying a Boost Tattoo i860 unlocked for nextel service)

BB7520 will be here wednesday via FedEx

Never had a problem with my nextel service in my area so far and hope to have as good of service with my new blackberry

[JDeane]

Richmond/Washington DC for a few weeks then Chicago for a few weeks, I alternate back and forth for my occupation.

I have a BlackBerry 7290 on Cingular. Cingular just plain sucks, that's the end of my statement on my carrier.

[maxcady808]

Where are you located?

Brighton UK

Which celular provider are you with?

Vodafone

What blackberry are you using?

I had a 7100v up until 3 weeks ago, now I have the 7290

In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)

7100: I had 4 units over 6 months. Vodafone were pretty bad with support for this unit, especially as the first units seemed to have lots of problems. Shops and call centres didn't know anything about the 7100. Lots of dropped calls, lots of network errors, but this was probably down to the hardware and not the actuall network.

7290: Havent had any dropped calls, reception is very good and I've only lost my GPRS connection a couple of times.

[SDCromer]

Greenville, South Carolina USA

I'm on Verizon CDMA with a 7250. So far the service has been great.

[cstp]

Fort Myers, Florida
I'm using Nextel 7250
The service is great. Very happy with my Blackberry.

[rcrivera03]

In Winter Garden, Florida (30 Minutes west of Orlando)

BB7510, love it

With Nextel, love their service overall. Only one problem with them in FIVE years. They lost a payment, but they kept my service on until it was resolved.

[witmarc]

Annapolis MD - Baltimore/Washington
7520 w/ Nextel
Coverage is great...very few dead spots

[xlg123]

Orlando, FL

Nextel 7520

Service with the BB far exceedw what any newer Nextel phone can provide....

[Dawg]

Atlanta Ga
Nextel 7520

A few glitches but no major problems I am very very happy with Nextel Wouldnt go anywhere else..

[finch]

Toronto, ON - Canada on the Robbers I mean Rogers Wireless network. Unfortunately the only GSM carrier with Blackberry's and a dedicated BB support dept. the CDMA carrier in Toronto offer a slim BB selection and the support is well awful.

[teskew]

I'm in Dallas, Texas (The Lone Star State, Big Tex, Hot Dogs, Apple Pies, okay, you get the picture)

I have a 7290 w/Cingular Wireless and I've heard many complaints about them, yet luckily, I haven't had any problems...

[weathermedic]

NYC (mostly Brooklyn and Queens)
T-Mobile
Don't have the phone service on my 7230, but always in gprs mode and no real dead spots.

Jason in NYC

[Minister Stanley]

Champaign, IL (home of the Fighting Illini).
Blackberry 7100t on T-Mobile
Never had any coverage issues. I travel from Champaign to Atlanta by car and find very few dead spots on the trip.

[coreyg510]

Raleigh, NC
Blackberry 7290
Cingular Orange
Minor issues that were resolved quickly by CS
No dropped calls
BB unlimited plan 49.00
59.00 for 850 mins rollover/nights/weekends
10.00 for 1000 sms's

[pcnetgeek]

Where are you located?
US, The Poconos Pennsylvania (PA)

Which celular provider are you with?
Nextel

What blackberry are you using?
7520

In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)
Service in the poconos at one point was ZERO. Moving from NY, it was hard to deal with and yet i still kept my service. In 2002, Nextel emerged some towers and IIRC all towers were up by late 2003. Service is spotty in the more mountain and valley areas (obviously), but overall the service is great .. and has improved greatly. i know all of the drop zones and they are in some odd areas, but regardless it isnt as bad as many dropped calls i experience in NJ and NY; i dont know why..

[Grammer]

Where are you located?
SE Michigan, about 30-40 mins out of Detroit

Which celular provider are you with?
T-Mobile

What blackberry are you using?
7100t

In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)
Quality is very high. Hardly ever drop calls and my receptions rarely goes past 85.

[jwaters]

Where?
Also SE Michigan, near Howell, which is between Detroit and Lansing.

Which provider?
Nextel - County phone and the DC is a neccesity

Which BB?
7520

Quality of service?
Great. We've been with Nextel for over 5 years and it's getting better. There are a few "dead" spots, but not too bad. We have trouble in the office because of the building structure but will have a BDA installed shortly that will take care of both the Nextel phones and our 800 mhz radios which also have problems with signals.

[towski394]

Dallas

T-Mobile

Service has been outstanding.

[corey@12mile]

Smithville, Ontario

Rogers 7290 & 6280, depending on what I am doing...

Mad Seeg all the time... can see the Rogers tower from my backyard... less than a kilometer away.

[animlmed]

Verizon. Tampa, Fl. Service has been great so far. I had Alltel, but they did not offer the blackberry to the "general" public and their customer service was horrible. Been with verizon for about two weeks, and I LOVE the blackberry!

[romeo0119]

I'm in the Tampa bay metro. Currently using a 7100t with Tmobile. Service is excelent, no drop calls, no outtage.

[paulfr2]

Kansas City MO is the nearest large city. Live in Blue Springs MO just east of KCMO.

Nextel Service is AWESOME just about anywhere in the city and around home.

Blackberry 7520 is what I am using.

[n2bass]

Decatur, Alabama

Nextel

BB 7520

Service is great, few dead spots but getting better

[southwestcomm]

Salt Lake City, UT
Nextel 7520
Great coverage everywhere.

[cma]

Mississauga/Toronto/Milton, Ontario
BB 7100r, Rogers
Dead spots near the airport and along portions of the 407 - drop calls about once every 2-3 days. On a positive note - seems to have better coverage inside more buildings than competition.

[katya]

Sacramento Valley, California
EarthLink 7250
Strong coverage including very rural areas, good customer service

[cma]

Mississauga/Toronto/Milton, Ontario
BB 7100r, Rogers
Dead spots near the airport and along portions of the 407 - drop calls about once every 2-3 days. On a positive note - seems to have better coverage inside more buildings than competition.

[katieraine]

Where:
I live in Glendale Arizona USA, I work in Phoenix. (They're right next to each other, just like Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, etc.) From the Census in 2000, Phoenix is the sixth largest city in the U.S., by population; city with the second largest population growth in the 1990s (332,062 people); at 474.9 square miles, Phoenix is the fifth largest U.S. city, in terms of land area. (epodunk.com)

Service:
7290 - Cingular Orange

Coverage:
I get pretty decent coverage everywhere I wander down here. From what I understand Cingular is pretty new to the Phoenix market. I do know when I'm down in Scottsdale my coverage is spotty and I frequently spend time in gprs instead of GPRS.

As an aside, I originally purchased this BB when I lived in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. Also Cingular Orange, and the coverage and service was excellent.

[lmcmullen]

Atlanta, GA
Verizon Wireless with a 7250
QOS is excellent. Very very few dropped calls or dead service areas.

[goosegoose]

Raleigh, NC
7250- Alltel
Service is great so far

[Dewm]

Atlanta, GA
With cingular orange, 49 unlimited blackberry plan
Service is HORRIBLE! Customer service is HORRIBLE. Have co-workers with Verizon that are much happier. I keep getting told by Cingular that my unlimited blackberry plan does not cover TCP/IP traffic and I need the laptop plan of $79.95. Stay away from cingular, Verizon or Tmobile is a much better choice for Atlanta.
Dewm

[animlmed]

With cingular orange, 49 unlimited blackberry plan
Service is HORRIBLE! Customer service is HORRIBLE.

I second that!

[ChrisLuce]

Im in Roseville, Ca.

Im using a BB 7290.

Im with AT&T.

[Luckystrik3]

Frankfurt/Main, Germany with Vodafone BB7230.
Didn´t have any places without Service...

[mikealdo]

Staten Island, NY
BB 7520
Coverage is pretty good, but my home is a "dead spot", which is OK because I have a land line and a cable modem. I was on a 47 minute cell phone call the other day, on the 7520 (which I believe holds the signal better than any other Nextel phone I have ever owned, i730, i90, i1000) that started from downtown Manhatten, through the Battery tunnel, accross Brooklyn, over the Verrazanno bridge and halfway accross Staten Island.

[FlemmingRiis]

Copenhagen / Denmark
TDC Mobile (first and only carrier so far)
No dropouts that i noticed
7290

[Suga Mike]

San Diego,ca
Bb 7230
T-mob
Voice Plan...$29.99/300 Min Mo.
Data Plan...$19.99/mo...unlimited
Extremely Happy With Bb
T-mob Needs To Address Some Replacement Issues .
Only Issue Was When It Took 11 Days To Replace My Bb From T-mob...they Could And Must Improve On This.

[No Longer Registered.]

Burbank, CA
Nextel *churp* *churp*
BB 7520
Great coverage in my area... but I just don't know why it doesn't
work in my bedroom :(

That only means.. it wants me to behave in my bedroom.. BUMMER!
no naughty churping here.. hehehe. .just kidding

[jacobsaa]

Chicago, Il Usa.


Tmobile

[ck99a]

All I can say is WOW - It's only been one day, and 40 people have replied to this thread! I wasn't expecting anywhere near this level of response.

There's a surprising number of nextel users on here it seems. And from the replies so far, it seems like they have great service in the states. I know the iDEN service i'm on here in Toronto combined with the blackberry is fabulous - the best of any cell phone company I've seen, so it's good to know that the quality level continues in the US as well.

mikealdo: That 47 minute phone call you're describing is insane. I've had longer calls while driving through city traffic and on the highway, but nothing like the tunnel.

Finch: you should checkout Telus's MIKE 7510 or 7520. The few times I've had to call customer service, they've quickly transfered me to the "data department" who were very knowledgable about blackberrys. They had multiple units there with different setups, and can try out anything necessary WITH you still on the phone. Makes it great for problem solving.


Thanks for all your input, and keep the replies coming! It's definately generating some good info for me, and hopefully others will find it useful too. I still find it incredible how many of you have replied so far :smile:

[LunkHead]

Topeka, KS -- 7290 on T-Mobile

[Styx]

Eau Claire, WI
7520 on Nextel w/ BES

GREAT SERVICE!

[SwishaHouse]

(y) T MOBILE 1,000 Unlimited Night & Weekends 39.99, Unlimited Text/Instant Messages 9.99 and Blackberry Internet/Email, Insurance 3.99: $74.00 + tax I'm in Tucson, Az. (y)

[Rip2632]

Birmingham, AL
Verizon
BB 7250

So far, so good...no problems.

[lmillerx]

NYC

Nextel

BB 7520

service is awesome!

Swishahouse - is that for Nextel sevice? that's a good contract...

[rohn_s]

Lake Worth, FL (15 minutes south of West Palm Beach)
Nextel
Using a BB 7520
Have been using Nextel for two years. Occasional dropped calls due to some dead spots. Overall, pleased with the service. Was outstanding during the two hurricanes, last year, as the direct connect was the only way I could stay in contact with my family.

[netPOSER]

Raleigh, NC
Blackberry 7290
Cingular Orange
Minor issues that were resolved quickly by CS
No dropped calls
BB unlimited plan 49.00
59.00 for 850 mins rollover/nights/weekends
10.00 for 1000 sms's

Cool, me too.

Raleigh, NC
Cingular
BB 7100g

We (law firm where I work) use a Good server for all of our BB 957's and we just installed BES 4.x. We are testing my 7100g, a 7290, and an older 957.

So far we like the BES better than the Good. BES gives us a ton of options that the Good server did not.

[kelvin]

Lakeland, Florida - Halfway between Orlando and Tampa (I travel all over the S.E.)

Nextel 7520

A few dead spots here and there, but overall the service is OK. They need to improve the dead spots. FOr the most part, the service works, just wish they would work on those spots.

We had a major problem here during the hurricanes, as many of the Nextel towers here were affected by the loss of electrical and has generator issues. Its one of the reasons our local sherriff's office changed over service to Verizon.

[TheWastedYears]

Baltimore, MD
7520 on Nextel

Coverage is decent, unless you go in an office building. I also hate the ticking Nextels cause on speakers, as well as the monitor flicker. My i830 did this as well.

[dres79]

middletown, de
7250 Verizon
coverage...hey all i have to say is "VERIZON"
new to this bb thing but i needed to go with something do2 no broadband in middletown yet. hopefully will be able to use as a modem soon.

[rsun]

Wow, another guy from Delaware :-)

I'm from Newark, DE using TMobile 7100t, working great for me.

[jbairdjr]

Lincoln, Nebraska
On Cingular (used to be ATT here)
7100g works great. Much better than the Kyocera Palm Phone.

[Mess]

Clifton, New Jersey
Cingular
7280
My service has always been good. Only drops over the Williamsburg Bridge. I've been luck so far I guess.

[frenchstick]

Auckland, New Zealand
Vodafone NZ
7290
No troubles with coverage. Vodafone can drag their feet sometimes though.

Previously had a 7230 with O2 in the UK whilst living in Norway???? That had good coverage tooooooo.

[theatreguy]

i live/work in both Philadelphia & New York City. Have the 7100t from T-Mobile and never have any problems!

[giesen]

Toronto, ON Canada, Rogers, 7100r.

Coverage is great, but their constant billing foulups are driving me insane.

[pkodyssey]

Where are you located?

Delafield, WI (20 Miles West of Milwaukee)

Which celular provider are you with?

T-Mobile

What blackberry are you using?

I have a 7100T

In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)

Coverage is NASTY here. I can't drive 20 miles without loosing a call, reception is sparse. Can't make a call from my LR and I don't have a land Line, I have the dreaded reboot problem. When the contract is up here I come Verizon and a new Samsung i730. The 7100t is an adequate PDA but as a phone it sucks.

[eatmypiano]

Egham, UK
7100 on Vodafone (currently on Rogers 'cos I'm in Canada)
Reasonably good service.

[arakele]

Cool, me too.

Raleigh, NC
Cingular
BB 7100g

We (law firm where I work) use a Good server for all of our BB 957's and we just installed BES 4.x. We are testing my 7100g, a 7290, and an older 957.

So far we like the BES better than the Good. BES gives us a ton of options that the Good server did not.


Raleigh NC as well,
Nextel
7520

Great coverage in my area, although the 7520 with a brand new SIM ran really slow, and would hang up all the time. I popped in an older SIM (7510) and everything works perfectly.

we currently use BES, and are testing GoodLink (are you guys going through MobilityIT?)

I personally like the BES/Blackberry better myself. I am demoing a Sprint PPC6600 Windows Device with GoodLink and I can't stand it.

[mediabb]

we have several clients all over .. here's the breakdown that we noticed

NY - Verizon - great coverage in the city and on the trains
Atlanta GA - T-mobile work fine
Ohio - T-mobile works fine
Seattle WA - T-mobile
Flordia - T-mobile
Outside the U.S - T-mobile without a doubt! (y)

Overall if you're looking to save money T-mobile have the best prices with perhaps some calls drop .. not many. T-mobile customer service is GREAT! - They've recently won awards for this - check out the stats online Verizon has a pretty nifty network that really get the job done especially in NY they have no comptetion there besides maybe Nextel (not bad). ( I hear there customer service isn't that great) Cingular I expect big things once their network transformation is complete. Nexel is pretty nifty... specfically the two way (they've got all carriers bet on the feature)

Devices:

#1 - As of now 7290 is the leader.
#2 - As of now 7100t - even though this device I would say isn't for your everday email typing friend it's a sure shot for sleekness and mobility. The speakerphone is what really gives this device an advantage over the 7290.
#3 7230 - By default because of the color display.

I'm open to share as much info as possible with this group. If anyone has any question feel free to ask.

[Dawg]

A nice addition to this thread would have been a poll with just the carriers to see the comparision of the different carriers on the forum.
Cingular
Verizon
Telus
Nextel and so on and so on.

Maybe on the next one.

[redalwaysrules]

I am in Bigrapids Mi. which is in roughly the center of the state. I have Nextel for service and it is really good. I am using a 7520.

[ck99a]

A nice addition to this thread would have been a poll with just the carriers to see the comparision of the different carriers on the forum.
Cingular
Verizon
Telus
Nextel and so on and so on.

Maybe on the next one.


Good point Dawg, but it wouldn't have given me the details I was originally looking for. I wanted to know about quality with what devices in addition to which carrier.

We can always start another thread with a poll if people are interested.

To everyone else: I'm still amazed by the response this thread has had. It's been extremely helpful for me, and I hope everyone has gotten something out of it too.
It's a great compiliation of carrier/device combos that either work or don't work - Invaluable info for anyone thinking of switching carriers or jumping on the blackberry bandwagon.

Lets keep the responses coming, since the more info available the better the picture becomes on an ongoing basis

[Dawg]

I know that the poll wouldnt have given the results you were looking for, you could have posted that underneath the poll let them post what phone and city then. just would have been cool to see what service is used most with out having to scroll through each post.

[Cupcake]

Ventura California (travels between Ventura and Orange County)
Nextel
Blackberry 7520
Awesome service, havent had any problems at all

[Monica]

Saint John, New Brunswick.
Aliant (Bell).

BB 7250 as well as 7750s and 6750s on our BES server. All work well and have great coverage here in the Maritimes with Aliant.

[mdgolf]

Livermore, CA (Bay Area)

Cingular 7290

Surprisingly good. Had issues with Verizon signal at my home so I switched.

[gator2418]

I am in the DC/MD AREA


NEXTEL BLACKBERRY 7520

Service has been great so far..Yesterday i experienced alot of drop calls

[Yves]

Southshore of Montreal
BB 7250 1X
Bell

No coverage problems.
-------------------------
Almost everywhere in Quebec
BB 6280 and 7280 (GPRS)
Rogers

Lack of coverage when in minor cities

[KL@DC]

In the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St Paul) area in Minnesota.

BB 7510

Nextel service

Coverage is ok to poor. In the metro area is fine. But if you go outside the metro, coverage is bad. Either calls drop or zero coverage.

[Buckeyenut]

Columbus, Ohio
Nextel with a 7520
Service is great except for a couple deadspots in my building.
Love the Blackberry. Only had it for 2 weeks now and i am not sure how i got along without it before.

[tru2life]

Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
Nextel 7520

[David279]

New Orleans

Nextel 7520

[Andicardwell]

I'm in North Carolina using Verizon Wireless and have a BlackBerry 7250. I love the device itself and my coverage is great. There are certain areas where I know coverage is not the greatest but that comes with any carrier.

[Ayinde78]

Inglewood, CA
Nextel 7520
And yes, I am addicted!
Service wise, I upgraded from a i95 which had horrible service and my service is a lot better with my BB. Don't know why this is but it is what it is! And friday will be my 2 week anni!!

[Milkman]

I am in a rural area north of Tampa, Florida. I have a 7520 BB running on the Nextel network.

I LOVE the BB. Nextel service is really getting bad in the last 6 months. A lot of problems trying to call people, DC people, etc. The data stuff seems to work fine, but their phone network in this area is overloaded.

[mmagbee]

Memphis Tennessee
T-mobile
BB PIN 201a9639

[Alpha752]

I am in Cleveland, Ohio with Verizon. My 7250 will arrive tomorrow, so I cant comment too much on that, but my Verizon cell service has been excellent through the whole area. Ive never had a problem except in my office at work, but its a concrete room 3 stories underground. If I go out in the hall, im fine.

Ill give more info when my BB arrives.

Russ

[Soapm]

Denver, Co
TMO
7290

[fireman]

Bloomington, MN
Verizon
BB 7250
Plantronics V710 & Jabra 250

[nexteli836man]

Saginaw Michigan
Nextel
bb7520
had no issues love it

[trustworthy]

Washington DC

BB 7290 with Cingular. I'm happy with the service. I switched from Verizon because I want to be able to send and receive emails outside the US.

[LineNoise]

Downers Grove, Illinois (SW 'Burb of Chicago)
Nextel
BB 7510 With a 7520 on it's way

I've been a BlackBerry user since January-ish. My 'Berry has blown ANY Nextel phone I have had out of the water. If start to get a choppy call I just raise the antenna and it's fine. With any phone (i600,i60,i90,i95cl,i730,i830) I wouldn't be able to make a call in my house, let alone the basement. With the BlackBerry I perfect service upstairs, and sporatic service downstairs.

Once you go BlackBerry, You never go back.

[kg4peq]

I'm in Richmond, Virginia using a Sprint PCS (Red network) Blackberry 7250. Network coverage is awesome and sound quality is very good. One interesting tidbit: Sprint's PRL's prefer analog roaming in some areas, but since this phone is digital-only it will seek a digital signal in those places (unless forbidden by the PRL), so quality of voice service can be considered better on a Blackberry than another Sprint PCS device.

Data is very responsive, and though only available on Sprint's native network (Red side) that in itself covers a lot of ground.

All around good experience.

[BigJay.Inc]

NYC
Nextel
7520, 7510-backup

Been with Nextel since March '03, been happy so far except for that one rainy night i contemplated giving it all up and going back to a "regular phone"....but i snapped out of it.....LOL

wont give up this phone until something better comes out which might not be for a lil while....

[Concept]

Sierra Vista, AZ (damn near in Mexico)
T-Mobile
7290
Coverage is great outside. Inside of any building I'm lucky to get 1 bar. For example at work I get full 5 bars. Inside I usally go between 1 bar and no coverage. T Mo seems to be this way everywhere I've been. Pretty good service outside and terrible inside. Even in philly my coverage was spotty in the gallery mall downstairs. Same in NY, on the subways it sucked and at street level it was great.

[dkmadrid]

Pueblo, Colorado
BlackBerry 7250
Verizon Wireless

I have had no problems with my device whatsoever. I've been a Verizon customer for some time.

[EricE]

Baltimore, Maryland
7230
T-Mobile
Serivce is good. Customer Service is excellent.

[hannahkat]

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
7100r / 7280 / 7290 (primarily the 7290 for personal use, rest for admin/testing etc)
service provider is Rogers, coverage is excellent in Charlottetown, drops as you head to the north shore, gone completely when I turn into my house.
Rogers tech support is erratic - it's been great or useless, nothing in between!

[BBAdmin]

Chiswick, London, UK

7100v (Vodafone UK) for personal/work use
7100v (BES Vodafone) / 7100x (O2 Internet Mail) for testing/client support

Running on BES 4.0 on Exchange in house

Excellent coverage on Vodafone just about anywhere, even in basement flats and multi-story car parks.

[merlinw]

Where are you located?
San Francisco
Which celular provider are you with?
T-Mobile
What blackberry are you using?
7100T
In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)
after being on sprint and nextel, with all the hills, ect. here in the city, I would rate the service, Good

[Scarlett]

Frankfort, Kentucky
7290
Cingular

Good coverage most all of the time. Have difficulty at some camping spots on the river or in the woods.

[Moonshadow]

Where are you located? - Kingston, Ontario
Which celular provider are you with? Telus - BES
What blackberry are you using? 7520
In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc) Excellent so far. Occasionally dropped calls as you travel west on the 401 toward T.O and on the 417 north to Ottawa. Worse when travelling by train!

[ajg]

Well, I have two stories. I was with T-Mobile and just recently switched to Verizon. So....
I live in Chicago.

T-Mobile
7100t
$39.99 1000 mins w/ n&w
$19.99 unlimited BB
Outstanding Service. T-Mobile is one of the best. Great call quality and the BB service is very good too. GPRS is a little slow but. Coverage is not as all inclusive as Cingular or Verizon but where they have coverage it is generally great.

Verizon
$79.99 450 min n/w and IN calling and unlimited BB
BB 7250
Signal isn't as strong all over in Chicago like T-Mobile (apparently T-Mobile is #1 in Chicago) but call quality is great and coverage is solid. Data speeds over 1xRTT is considerably and noticably fast tham GPRS on T-Mobile.

I switched to Verizon mainly for national coverage and better penetration in buildings. But I do want to make clear that T-Mobile is an outstanding carrier with great service and CS. To be honest, I'm almost sad to leave T-Mobile but there data just wasn't up to par and I'm not sure where their roadmap for data is going.

[sandy]

Where are you located?

Lake Villa, IL (just S of WI state line)

Which celular provider are you with?

Nextel

What blackberry are you using?

7520

In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)

Phone service compares with regular cell phone - mostly good. Very few drops but some bad areas. Data seems reliable, but slow. I don't have anything to compare it to except DSL & a regular PC.

[huckster]

Charlotte, NC
7250
Verizon

[sabre]

Rochester, NY
7100t
t-mobile

[Bawdygard]

Where are you located?
Atlanta, GA (Well, not exactly, but close enough.)
Which celular provider are you with?
T-Mobile (since 6/05)
What blackberry are you using?
7100t
In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)
No dropped calls, no network errors. Reception OK (no real complaints).

[Mr Pink57]

Wirelessly posted (your electric?: MOT-8720_/00.62 UP.Browser/6.2.3.4.c.1.104 (GUI) MMP/2.0)

Minneapolis, MN nextel 7520. Nextel service is pretty solid here right behind vzw which i also use. Do recommend spcs and cingular (orange). pink

[bnice]

Oklahoma City, OK
7290 BB
T-Mobile; not having any problems with calls being dropped. I have had the BB for about 2 months. I traveled to South Arkansas this past weekend and I didnt have service for about 80 miles south of little rock. But I noticed I was on Cingulars network on and off, but call coverage was great. Data plan worked as well.

[aviationwiz]

Minneapolis, MN
Verizon Wireless
BB 7250
Love it, awesome coverage, and CDMA 1xRTT rocks compared to GPRS

[fuzzynumpkin]

Danbury Ct. (40 miles outside of manhattan) My house
Chappaqua N.Y. (25 miles outside manhattan) most of my work
Verizon 7250 45.99 unlimited data package
At home and most of the time @<hidden> the phone and mail work well.one thing i didnt expect is the phone service on my berry works much better than the service on the lgvx6100 tri-mode phone I had before this.
Also I had NextHell for 5 years before switching to verizon and the reception was a little better but the calls constantly dropped in full bar areas. The system would simply not dial out in peak hours(morning drive and afternoon.) And I would rather be stuffed in a burlap bag and beaten with a reed than have to deal with Nextel cust. service again.

[gabigdawg]

Atlanta, GA
Cingular Wireless (Great Coverage in Atlanta)
BB 7100G

Have had

Treo 650 x2 on cingular (phone sucks don't buy)
Tmobile (you get what you pay for)
Nextel (coverage sucked in Atlanta)
Sprint (ok in Colorado Springs)

So far though, cingular was the best of them all. All phone companies have crap customer service. Just get used to it. Just buy the best phone you can and hope you don't have to call them.

[MasterLu]

Concord, NC
Nextel
BB7520

[antisepsisDC]

Washington, DC. Cingular. Coverage pretty good, but not on the subway (VZW only).

[Matt5798]

Right smack in between Washington DC, Baltimore and Annapolis Maryland. I have Nextel....or is is Sprint.... then Nextel again... Who really knows. Service coverage is ok.

Matt

[brwntiger]

Where are you located?

Baton Rouge, LA

Which celular provider are you with?

Nextel

What blackberry are you using?

7520

In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)

Strong service with rare 'system busy' error....never had a drop call (knocking on wood) like my 860, 730, 90, 95 phones. Best phone Nextel has....next to the i1000plus :-)

[tallen269]

Springfield/ MA

Cingular/BES

Travel the east cost and Canada and find service very good.

7290

[mlitvack]

Toronto

7780 with Rogers

Only time service has dropped is when I'm in the waiting room at one of the downtown hospitals. You can sit and wait for an hour for a doctor...and it kills me that I can't do any work while I wait.

For all you Doctors out there...why don't you schedule your appointments so that you are on time? If you can't get to a patient every 15 minutes, why do you try to fit 3 of us in every 30 minutes. Use some of your math skills and work it out.

Just venting.

Michael

[bigdaadio]

Homestead, Fl/ 30 mi so Miami
TMO 7290-
its by far, a quanity over quality for my BB
tough to beat $29.99 unlimited BB and browser.
I use nextel for voice and used to complain about that till I used all the others...

[Mr Pink57]

Wirelessly posted (your electric?: BlackBerry7520/4.0.2 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 UP.Browser/5.0.3.3 UP.Link/5.1.2.12)

Would like to EDIT my post and say DO NOT recommend Cingular (orange) and SPCS, terrible here in every way shape and form. Also its nice to see some other MN people on here, thought we where a rare breed, lol.

pink

[dhc]

How bout some advice on whom to contact for service in Colorado? We're in Telluride, southwest corner of the state, and so far, it's hard to determine who provides coverage in this area. That being said, I've seen visitors to our festivals, etc., using their Blackberrys this last summer. (Should have asked THEM, of course.) Can anyone help? What's the best carrier/service provider for this area?

[bostonnerd]

Where are you located?
Boston

Which celular provider are you with?
Cingular

What blackberry are you using?
7290

In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)

Quality has been very solid other then some fairly short GPRS outages.

[shadowlesss]

Where are you located?
Western NC

Which celular provider are you with?
Verizon Wireless

What blackberry are you using?
7250

In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc.

Absolutely no problems!!

[takeshi]

Houston, TX
Cingular Orange and T-mobile
7290 and 7290

Cingular Orange seems to have better overall coverage in the greater Houston metro area. However, I have noticed that the Cingular 7290 switches from GPRS to GSM more frequently than it's T-Mo counterpart. T-Mobile coverage is pretty good throughout the city for the most part but my house is in a dead-to-weak area (part of The Heights) while Cingular coverage is perfect in the same area. No significant issues with either carrier that aren't reception-related. I've experienced Data Connection Refused messages with both carriers.

However, I'd say that I really prefer dealing with T-Mobile's customer service over Cingular's. Both have clueless level 1 reps when it comes to the Blackberry but T-Mobile's people tend to be faster at answering, better about escalating, and at least seem more helpful in my experience.

[murpheous]

Boston, MA
Nextel
BB 7520

Service is great, calls rarely get dropped and I have only found one dead spot on my ride back to my house.

[ShaneToronto]

Toronto, ON and Vancouver, BC (Canada). Live right downtown in both cities- Downtown harbourfront in Toronto and Yaletown in Vancouver.

On Rogers with a 7290

Great signal and coverage most of the time- some limited dead spots. Notice LOTS of cogenstion issues. Great tech support department and good customer service.

[gatortone]

Denver, CO
VZW 7250
Great coverage in and around of town. I haven't dropped a call yet, and I'm very satisfied with the service.

To answer dhc's question about Telluride coverage...look at Verizon as they have coverage up and down US 550 and throughout the major roads of CO. There's coverage around the mountains though it may be spotty, but that's to be expected.

[YIPPEE1999]

NYC with a 7290 with Cingular. Their coverage area and reception is quite bad.

[Prettynavyboi]

San Diego, CA
BB 7520 Nextel
Good coverage everywhere except at the top of the Coronado Bridge.

[gherrin]

Frederick MD
T-Mobile
Completely Worthless, Thinking about turning this darn thing in for a regular Verizon phone. Love the BlackBerry, but I need a phone that works....somewhere.

[bgkymedic]

Bowling Green, Kentucky
Nextel 7520
Coverage as Advertised...
Minimal dropped calls.

[paulbblc]

St. Paul, MN
Cellular One
7100g
Decent coverage around the TC metro except in one of the Norther Suburbs for some reason...

[Soapm]

Denver, CO
VZW 7250
Great coverage in and around of town. I haven't dropped a call yet, and I'm very satisfied with the service.

To answer dhc's question about Telluride coverage...look at Verizon as they have coverage up and down US 550 and throughout the major roads of CO. There's coverage around the mountains though it may be spotty, but that's to be expected.

I'm in Aurora by Fitz and considering moving to VZW. I drop calls constantly and get a lot of static driving 225. I have trouble understanding VZW family plans like txt messages and what does incoming hme area mean.

TMO 7290...

[jscully]

Caledon East, ON (Just North-West of Toronto).
Blackberry 7250 on the Bell Mobility Network
Coverage is great. I've been on Rogers before, and they're comparable, I just find that Rogers is better in some "out of the way"-type places across the province. I've been with Telus/Mike before, and the coverage outside of major markets was terrible.
I have no complaints with Customer Service from either Bell or Rogers, have had decent experiences with both.

[VidGameKing]

Okay 127 posts, and there is only THREE people from where I live!!!!

Newark (San Francisco Bay Area) California
Unlocked 7290
Cingular Wireless (It's okay here, way better than it was three years ago!)

I work in Sunnyvale (South Bay), Live in Newark (East Bay), and Party on Weekends in San Francisco (Peninsula), I love Mountain Biking in Marin, and Napa (North Bay)!

I love Where I live...

[John Clark]

Klamath Falls, OR
7100t with T-Mobile
T-Mobile coverage area-very limited, just in town
Roaming Partner in area-Unicel RCC (310-890 on my phone) GPRS coverage very good all over Eastern Oregon. It's the only reason it's a useable phone here.

[Kenward1]

San Francisco, with Verizon. So far so good.

[bwhite220]

Bentonville, Arkansas
7100g with Cingular
Service has been great! I have absolutely NO complaints about them!

[antisepsisDC]

Washington, DC
7520, Nextel

Service, coverage very good. Left for a minute but had to come back. CHIRP CHIRP.

[Cheri9724]

Philadelphia, PA
Cingular Blackberry 7290
Excellent service in Delaware and SouthEastern PA. Service in South Jersey spotty with dropped calls.

[Wavester]

Philadelphia PA also
7290 on Cingular
Coverage in in SE PA and through Central PA is good. I have not had any problems in Southern NJ in Burlington, Camden county areas and Never had a problem anywhere in Delaware.

[crispeto]

Portland, OR
T-Mobile W/7100t
Everything's great so far!

[SK22BB]

Long Island and NYC, NY
T-Mobile Blackberry 7290

(y)

[Kstoudt]

Location: Buffalo Grove IL (Northwest surburb of Chicago)
Cell Provider: Verizon
Device: 7250
Quality: No complaints, better then Cingular now. I was with Cingular, but was getting litte or no signal at my house.

[CrackBerry NYC]

NYC with a 7290 with Cingular. Their coverage area and reception is quite bad.

I don't know what part of NYC you are from but I can tell you that I have the 7290 - Best Blackberry to Date! and T-mobile - Great Coverage and I am all over NYC.

I have two offices one on 51st and Broadway and I get great signal, coverage and NO PROBLEMS
and an office on 38th street between 8th ave and 9th ave - same thing NO PROBLEMS.

I have an apartment on 105th street between Broadway and West End - same thing NO PROBLEMS - Great coverage

My Fiance lives on 83rd and 3rd ave - same thing - No PROBLEMS - Great coverage

We have a home we just purchased in Forest Hills together - Great Coverage (weekends)

and I never lose signal, drop calls, or any of that stuff except for when i get to the middle part of the midtwon tunnel but that last 5 seconds literally.

7290 (y) (y)
T-Mobile (y) (y) pricing, customer service, and coverage is GREAT!

[fliedlice]

Orlando, FL
Nextel
7100i
havent dropped a call in months

[ddoyle777]

Concord, NH
Verizon
7250
Great coverage - better than Sprint or T-Mobile

[jgfaulkner83]

Tallahassee, FL

Sprint 7250
UNLIMITED MINUTES
UNLIMITED DATA

Service is Great No Dropped Calls

I have had service with (cingular,T-mobile, and nextel)
CDMA battery life may suck but service is much better than when i used GSM

[jiggaman2g]

Orangeville,Ontario
BB 7520
Telus (mike) network

Immaculate reception thus far!!

And yes I am bringing the thread back to life :smile:

[AnFbro25]

Wilmington, NC

NEXTEL
BB 7100i

[mriff]

Tallahassee FL
Cingular
7280 (8700c soon 8-) )

Can't complain about the coverage, except that one spot on Thomasville Road. (n)

[hswconst]

Knoxville Tennessee
BB 7520
Good coverage

[beef2112]

Brandon Manitoba Canada

MTS / ALLSTREAM - works great

7250

This is way better than Rogers on the Trans Canada Highway

Only problem is the MSN Messenger will not work on MTS

[rfciv]

I am just south of Hartford, CT, I am on cingular and use a 7290.
no problems at all. I also drive from CT to FL everyother month, no problems.

[capoeira]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry7100/4.0.2 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1)

Seattle with T-Mobile. Using both a 7100t and a 7290. Quality of service has been good with T-Mobile but I find the 7290 a but more stable. Better reception with the 7290 than the 7100 that's for sure. Love the 7100 form factor though.

[moonbaseone]

Downers Grove, Illinois (SW 'Burb of Chicago)
Nextel
BB 7510 With a 7520 on it's way

I've been a BlackBerry user since January-ish. My 'Berry has blown ANY Nextel phone I have had out of the water. If start to get a choppy call I just raise the antenna and it's fine. With any phone (i600,i60,i90,i95cl,i730,i830) I wouldn't be able to make a call in my house, let alone the basement. With the BlackBerry I perfect service upstairs, and sporatic service downstairs.

Once you go BlackBerry, You never go back.

Nextel 7520
Chicago Southside

This is very true. I notice a much better signal with my blackberry 7520 than with any cell I have had with Nextel. I don't think i will ever go back to using a regualr cell again.

I am on the southside of Chicago too, by Evergreen and I have no service issues. I dont even use my landline anymore.

And, with the free N&W at 6, and free 500 incoming, I have the perfect plan.

I dont see myself leaving. Well, I could save a few pennies with Cingular, but I hear they have much slower data so....

Also, I have never used the new PIN text feature as none of my friends that I know of have a BB. How good is it? It kinda sucks not having anyone to use it with.

[BLC]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry7100/4.0.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 UP.Link/5.1.1.3)

Bet there's not many like me (or at least in this area on a BlackBerry): 7100t on t-mobile UK, in Newport South Wales :)

[Eddie8]

In Newburgh NY using Nextel

[Bear]

Where are you located?
Milwaukee, WI

Which celular provider are you with?
T-Mobile

What blackberry are you using?
First the 7230, then after a straying period the 7290.

In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)
Sterling. I'm between Chicago and Milwaukee all the time and I am rather impressed with the service I get.

[mspistivity]

Parkville Maryland 7520 Excellent!! 7100i ...... used 3 days, almost no service. sending it back today. hopefully it's just a bad unit.

[nftyper]

Kearny, NJ

Nextel

7520- last day
7100i-as of tomorrow

Pretty good service everywhere except in my own house :x .

[CanuckMakem]

Medicine Hat, Alberta
Telus CDMA
7250
Great coverage, no signal loss and they just added 500 new towers :)

[bbgirl]

Washington DC, (headquarters)

Tmobile
6710, 7730, 7100, 7290
So far 115 international countries.

Tried Cingular for one month
only three international countries.

We are staying with Tmobile.

[Bear]

Pretty good service everywhere except in my own house :x .
heh...my brother has the same problem. If you look on T-Mobile's coverage map, his apartment is literally sandwiched between two coverage areas.

[casmer]

Salt Lake City, UT
Tmobile - siemens sk65, 7290, 7100t
3 international countries

How do you do 115 international countries? that is some serious travel!

Good coverage except for the west side of my office building. The east side is perfect.

[Iron Man]

Houston, TX
Nextel / 7520

[Slammed]

Manchester, CT
Nextel / 7520

[maijingotenks]

Bayshore/New York

newbie to the :bb: 7510
don't even know how to work the darn thing properly or where to find stuff.

With nextel, have had nextel for quite some time now and i must says since merging with sprint.......they blow.......can't even talk in my home but since getting the :bb: i can't complain about the reception all their flip phones bite the big one.

[speedsk8berry]

Wichita, Kansas Tmobile soon to be Tennesse when i get there i will let you know if i will switch

[bertimus2002]

Des Moines, IA and St. Cloud, MN with TMobile. Fairly decent service all around with a 7100t and Samsung x475

[bbmike]

8-) (y) Montreal, Canada with a Telus 7250 and so far so good!
I'm a previous 7100r user with Rogers and I would say the phone (sound) quality is superior with the 7250. Data transmissions on 1X are quicker (in my case anyway). Solid device and service.

[kurrupt_1]

SoCal
Nextel
7100i/Work
i860/backup
i860/wifes

[Mahal]

NYC / T-Mobile / 7290 (previous 7230)

[JMEEKS]

memphis, tn nextel

[junior1790]

love to see these old ass threads re-opened Connecticut and Cingular/ 8700c..add your bb type for some extra flare...

[johnfromphilly]

Philadelphia Suburbs
Cingular
8700C

Happy with all three:smile:

[ShaneToronto]

I can't remember if I already contributed to this thread. So here it is again:

Rogers Wireless
Toronto, ON and Ithica, NY
8700r

Previously 7290.

[dc/dc]

All over the world
T-Mobile
8700c

[va2004abc]

Rogers Wireless
Toronto, ON
8700r

[jojitsu]

Where are you located?
SE Michigan, 20 minutes outside of Detroit

Which celular provider are you with?
Nextel

What blackberry are you using?
7520

In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)
Never really had an issue until that nationwide problem we all had.

[ChristianinCA]

Location--
Live: Pacific Heights in San Francisco
Work: San Francisco (Peninsula)
Fremont, CA (East Bay on the other side of the freeway from VidGameKing)
Winnipeg Canada
NYC
School: Stanford, CA (Peninsula below San Francisco)

Phone/Service Info--
Carrier: Cingular/BES
Model: 8700c
Service: Excellent. No dropped calls, great reception, no network errors. Poor customer service for BB. Was Cingular blue until my discount through Stanford University changed and I was required to switch to Orange to keep the 45% discount)

[gwbishop]

Central Georgia
Cingular Orange
BB 7290
Great coverage in my area and traveling

[Seawolf]

Hartford, CT
Verizon
7130e

Generally good coverage on average.

[philton]

Grand Rapids MI

Nextel

[taeisme]

Where are you located? Las Vegas Nevada
Which celular provider are you with? Cingular
What blackberry are you using? 8700c
In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc) AWSOME!! No issues at all!!

[EricaJ1074]

Missouri City, TX
T-Mobile
7105t
Wonderful service on the BlackBerry

[EricaJ1074]

San Diego,ca
T-mob Needs To Address Some Replacement Issues .
Only Issue Was When It Took 11 Days To Replace My Bb From T-mob...they Could And Must Improve On This.

I had this happen to me when my first 7100t died last year. They never notified me that it was accidentally sent to the wrong address or called to ask if I got the 'Berry (I had to call THEM and ask where my phone was cause I chose the cheaper 7-10 day delivery). I had to have them send me ANOTHER 7100t this time with 3 day shipping and I got it. I just had UPS show up the other day (FIVE MONTHS LATER) asking me if I got the replacement and they had the 'Berry I was supposed to have gotten with them! Thankfully whoever got it by accident was nice enough to send it back.

[EricaJ1074]

Toronto, ON Canada, Rogers, 7100r.

Coverage is great, but their constant billing foulups are driving me insane.

Same with T-Mobile. I can make a payment at any store in Houston and the next month my bill is jacked cause they lost the payment.

[Bounce]

Hartford, Connecticut

BB 8700G on T-Mobile Network

Service is 4/5 stars (very few dead zones)

edge speed isnt as fast as it was on cingular, perhaps they are still working on this?

I have been a loyal customer for almost 5-6 years now -- even when they were voicestream wireless

[Shughes]

Kalamazoo, MI

BB 7520 Nextel

Service is usually great a few service is busy errors with phone calls and internet but all in all good. Still gets the best service through all the 8 phones that I've had in the last 6 years.

[ShaneToronto]

Originally Posted by giesen
Toronto, ON Canada, Rogers, 7100r.

Coverage is great, but their constant billing foulups are driving me insane.

What sort of billing foulups are you seeing with Rogers? Just curious.

I've had billing "foul ups" as well- however the most recent was in my favour to the tune of $632.

[EricaJ1074]

OUCH. Try $900 USD once cause they tried to tell me I didn't return a few phones when I made some exchanges. I fought that tooth and nail and proved I returned them cause I know the guy who has our UPS route and my dad works for the US Postal Service. Told them I was gonna change providers and the bills were HUGELY reduced. Also this year alone, I've had to call and chew them out cause they tried to tell me my mom didn't make payments on time while I was in the hospital. I had one bill reduced from $311 to $95 after I faxed them a copy of the receipt.

But this month's bill is gonna be high because I bought my BlackBerry in the middle of the billing cycle while I still had my Sidekick plan. Next month should be back down to normal.

I can't stand T-Mo's accounting and warehouse departments.

[ShaneToronto]

Yeah. That sucks. similar thing with rogers and I except in reverse. I swapped a phone and when i returned the defective phone, they issued a credit for the purchase price of a new 8700. I called them and asked them what was up. They said that their department didn't handle it after being on hold for 2 hours (well, it was more like 10 mins, but it felt like 2 hours). She told me not to worry about it and that their other department would automatically credit it so just wait for the amount to charge back.

Two months later and nothing. I am not going to go knocking down their door to charge it back. I made a call. She told me to wait. My concience is clear. Thanks Rogers.

ALthough i am sure that at one point they'll figure it out and charge it back. We'll see.

[EricaJ1074]

Good luck.

[AlwaysOn607]

West Michigan - Lake Michigan west of Grand Rapids
T Mobile
7100t
If I stayed in Grand Rapids I am sure TMo would be OK, but I travel all over Michigan and TMo sucks - don't even have service at home at all (have to go across the street for roaming coverage) - will change by the end of the year. Would like an 8700 on Verizon; their coverage rules in this area - so I play the waiting game.

[ejmccartin]

Atlanta, GA
7100t
T-Mobile
no problems

[roofus]

Lanark Ontario (50 miles sw of Ottawa.) Our motto here is "Back off Government"
I use Bell Mobility because Rogers doesn't have good coverage here, but Bell still has virtually no EVDO here, even in downtown Ottawa.

My next post will be #500. Do I get a T-shirt or ball-cap; or better still a 6-pack? :-)

[Chinasaur]

Renton, WA. T-Mobile. 7290

[steve.pearl]

Central NC
Alltel
7250
Coverage very good except when I was in St Louis????

[fmaglin]

Where:
Abilene, Texas where Texas Hill Country begins. Home to Red Necks and Cold Beer.

Service:
7290 with Cingular

Coverage: Pretty good, very fiew problems, some cingular support people give a damn, others don't.

[apple85]

Where:Redwood City/ San Francisco Bay Area/ Ca
Service: Verizon 7130e W/ EVDO!!
Coverage: AWESOME!!

[madmarvcr]

Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Waterloo, Davenport, Iowa
I-80/I-380/US-218 corridor
BB 7520
Boost Mobile Prepaid (Nextel)

GPS and Coverage good for rural Iowa

[003402]

Colorado Springs with extensive travel to Dayton, DC, San Antonio, St. Louis and Denver
Verizon National Access Plan
7130e w/EVDO

No coverage issues with this handset or the 7750.

[Baggman]

- Where are you located?
- Which celular provider are you with?
- What blackberry are you using?
- In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)



- south central texas / southern hill country / n. of san antonio
- tmobile
- 7105t
- spotty reception when off of IH in some areas

[nemo]

Rhode Island
Cingular 8700c
good coverage so far, no issues, but it's just been a month

was Nextel 7520 and coverage was good, but out of US traveling made me have to switch.

[thatboiwes]

Tyler, TX (About 100 miles East of Dallas)

Cingular

8700c

Coverage is great. There is only one place that I don't get service and that is on a small bridge in a very low bottom area. Not one person I know has ever had service over that bridge though. Other than that bridge, I don't have any dropped calls and always have atleast 3 bars of EDGE. Luckily I never really have to deal with customer service, but when I have had to, it's been quickly and easily handled. I wouldn't switch for anything right now.

[Naked Wife]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry7250/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/104)

San Antonio, TX

Sprint (CDMA) since 1997. Good coverage and free Blackberry Data with my old Vision plan. Happy so far with my 7250. I am, however, thinking of taking an IDEN 7520 for a test drive.

[EricaJ1074]

Wow. All the Texas BB users decided to come out tonight LOL

[sweetvixen]

Where are you located? washington dc metro area
Which celular provider are you with? nextel/sprint
What blackberry are you using? 7100i
In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc) i never have a problem with it at all

[DINide]

Chicago
Nextel
7100i
Coverage has been good to me, except for a few "blank" spots; such as long strips of forest preserve or areas where there are a lot of electronic stores.

[BBRaffey]

Farmington Valley, Connecticut
Europe for travel
Cingular Orange
8700c

No dropped calls

[Pizzle]

Wichita, KS
Aruba for travel (though I rarely even turn the BB on while I'm down there)
Cingular
8700c

No real issues to speak of. There are some outlying areas of town that are spotty, but that's to be expected, I guess. Service in town is the best I've had (previously with Sprint (before merger), T-Mobile, AT&T)

[frank_m]

Providence RI
BB 8700g
carrier, t-mobile

great coverage in my area

[earpon]

Orlando, FL
BB 8700g
T-Mobile

[aergina]

Work in Los Angeles, CA
Live in Long Beach, CA

Nextel / Sprint

7520

Only get dropped calls when I drive by Airports (LAX/LB)

[ninarules]

Beautiful Detroit. T-Mobile all the way baby!!!

[nsbalt]

Phoenixville, PA (Philly burbs)
T-Mobile (on 8700c)
Coverage has gotten better over the past 2 months.
Typically - - no problems with dropped calls, etc..

[digital/blasphemy]

Huntsville, Alabama

7105 on T-Mo

Service has been outstanding, no dropped calls and constant GPRS

[dlsolo]

Fort Walton Beach/Crestview, Florida

7100i - Nextel/Sprint

8700c - Cingular

Had my first huge issue with Nextel in over 5 years. Tower was out for almost 5 days in my area. Besides that, great. Cingular is new to me and I'm loving them already. What's a dropped call??? LOL J/K

[DanMan]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry7520/4.0.2 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1)

I'm in Ottawa (Stittsville) I'm with Telus Mobility on my BB 7520. Service is reasonable. It is great in the building I work in as it has better building penetration. Up in Canada the Mike aka Nextel service is not as broad as the states but for ther line of work I do it works better having the 2-way.

[noeffectx]

The Bronx, NY. here
Tmobile ;) i dont have problem with my signal around nyc unless i'm in the subway lol

[bobhammer]

Located in Hong Kong
using Vodafone smartone
coverage is great
not too happy with the plan tho.....120us with 5 mb usage..SCREW IT!
Using 8700r, love it!! Great cell phone!

[ldeanbruce]

I'm a recent (Atlanta, GA) convert from Nextel 7520 to Verizon 7130e.
Best cellular move I've made! QOS is 200% better.

[k9Berry1]

Eagle, ID
7100i Nextel
Unlimited Voice and Data plans
Works at my house where no other service will. The City I live in has a not tower ordaince.

[BilltheCat]

Orlando Metro area
7100i
Nextel
Never had a problem here even thru 3 hurricanes that dropped the cell towers. Direct connect still worked!

[cwemely]

Baltimore, Maryland Area
8700g on T-Mobile
Not bad coverage. Better with the 8700g on EDGE than my previous BB, a 7290, on GPRS. Although I wish my BB had the coverage that my Motorola e815 has on VZW.

[joe allen]

cincinnati, oh
verizon
BB 7250
service is great even at home 40 miles north of the city.

[Rushjerzee]

Work in Philly, PA live in Voorhees, NJ
Using Verizon
BB 7250service is great but want the upgrade software (4.1) anyone know when that is coming out???

[rsams]

good topic

Panhandle of FL
7250 alltel
excellent coverage
been traveling to:
NYC - excellent Alltel coverage
Hendersonville NC-excellent
dallas tx - excellent
shreveport MS - excellent

I am the support person for our large university and cingular (7290) does work for the UK - London. otherwise their support is terrible

[stileshingles]

Los Angeles, CA (San Fernando Valley to be specific)
8700g on T-Mobile
Very pleased with both the service and price.

[careyana]

Where? Hill Country, TX
Provider? Cingular

Dropped calls? Never an issue unless I'm in our parking garage at work!

[Baggman]

I'm in Ottawa (Stittsville) ............


Stittsville ??

[Free2saute]

Echo park L.A.


Nextel

[Streetp]

Working in London, UK, Living in Kent UK.....
Corporate (Work) Vodafone Network
BB 7100v - I've only had it a total of 3 weeks and so far it's great, London Underground obviously doesn't get a signal but apart from that everywhere else i've been it's 5 by 5.

Thnx

[SnDmN]

Nashville, TN

Use an unlocked 8700c on T-Mobile.

[pemabuk]

I'm located in NY, NY.
Using BB 7290 on T-Mobile Network.

Much happier on T-Mobile than I was on Cingular.
No drops, and great service around town and in the suburbs.

I am in Quebec City at least once a month, and it works great there too over the Rogers Network. Works great in Quebec and Levis and surrounding areas.

[idealist]

In ATL, GA
TMO 87g & 7100t
Travel all thru the US and no problems

[word2218]

NYC/Westchester
Travel all over the US
7250, Verizon


Love the service, as well as Customer Service...

had Cingular Blue previously, but dropped it because service in buildings in Manhattan sucked.

[beck11488]

Blackberry 7100i-nextel
Boston-Ma

[swatkins1]

Houston, Tx
Cingular
8700C
No dropped calls

[Dubdub]

Boston MA area - all over New England working.

Cingular BB 8700c and Verizon Motorola E815.

Both work great. BB is the primary and Verizon is my personal and the back up for use in the hills of NH and VT and north of Augusta, ME.

Both suck in spots, but over all it is OK.

[drgoodtymes]

Rancho Santa Margarita (IE Orange County) California
8700c, soon to be 8700g, T-Mobile
as well as 7520 Nextel

T-Mobile is great, rare on dropped calls, constant EDGE
Nextel, its okay, defintly drops more calls.

on a Testimate to T-Mobile for those of you familar with this area,
on a friday night at 5pm, 241 toll road, to the 133, to the i5 north, 60, to the 710, drive time just under 2 hours, never dropped the call once on TMO

[geekman686]

Service provider:
Verizon wireless

Blackberry:
7250 with BIS 2.0

Locations:
Washington DC metro area.

Comments:
My blackberry works in the DC metro system! :-) and works everywhere I go in the US (mainly the east coast) with the occasional trip to CA. My only complaint is that cingular works in my office building but not verizon wireless. Verizon Wireless is more expensive than some of the other carriers but I get a discount through work.

[kickz12208]

nyc 7105t i had this phone 4 about 3 months and i never had a signal lost

[koleary19067]

Philadelphia 7100i

[FlyingElvis]

Between Boston and Providence RI on a 7130e and Verizon. Also, frequent trips from Boston to NYC with EVDO full time!

[LilMikey]

Telus Mobility With Mike Network
7520
Hamilton, Ontario

[cwosigns]

Columbus, Ohio with Cingular 8700c and yes, it's true...no dropped calls.

[k9Berry1]

Eagle, ID (South West Idaho)
Nextel 7100i
Service, its is the only phone service that works in my home. as for the surrounding ares. once you get in to the back country (about 15-20 minutes N.) your on your own. but as long as I stay in the civalized world it is awsome.

What's a dropped call?

[mymitsu3kgt]

West Warwick, RI. Excellent service with TMobile for 6 years and there's a good size EDGE network from here to Mass.

[hcheun]

I'm curious to see what service is like in different places. A lot of clients are considering getting blackberrys, and it would be nice to have an idea of what other users are finding in terms of service.

Plus this will help us get to know each other a bit better :)

So:
Where are you located?
Which celular provider are you with?
What blackberry are you using?
In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)


I'll start
Located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Just north of the city actually, in the suburbs)
I'm with Telus on the MIKE iDEN network.
Service so far is incredible. I have yet to find a place where my phone does not work. This includes underground parking garages and inside my basement appartment!

Los Angeles, California, (more specifically , Valley, Van Nuys)
Sprint/Nextel
Blackberry 7250 with 4.1 and 1XEV
Good; some dropped calls, Reception is good, very rare network errors, EVDO data is great here.

That's my two cents

[allenranger2]

New York City
T-Mobile since 2004
Sidekick II, then BB 7290, now BB 8700g

No dropped calls whatsoever. Reception is for the most part 4-5 bars, and T-Mobile actually patched up some dead-areas over the past year on the highways. Two thumbs up here.

[rollerbones]

Akron and Cleveland Ohio

Cingular for my 8700c Good all the time
Tmobile for my 7290 some signal problems
Nextel for my 7100i some signal problems.

[cctraderx]

Houston TX
T-Mobile
8700g
Great coverage

[PaulPoker]

This is pretty cool post..

Bristol - UK
currently using a 7290 (changing to a 8700 next week)

There have been no problems with my BB at all, was dead easy to seup and configure did the whole BB in about 20 mins. Looking forward to my 8700 BB

[geek_riot]

Where are you located?
Longview, Texas (East Texas)

Which celular provider are you with?
Cingular

What blackberry are you using?
8700c

In brief, how's the quality of their service? (ie: dropped calls, reception, network errors, etc)
I've almost never have a dropped call, and the reception is great. I;ve had a few network errors of late when trying to call my mom-in-law.

[strobate]

Washington, DC
7520
Nextel

I love it.