Mobile Phone Provider / Coverage

I am moving to the area and am wondering if any mobile carriers have better reception than others?

I'm leaning towards T-Mobile for their prices, but not sure about coverage.

Thanks.

we get great cingular coverage.

Sprint advertises that theirs is the most powerful network in New York, but that's just their claim. I do use them, however, and have never had any major problems in terms of coverage/reception.

I have t-mobile and I get strong service throughout the neighborhood.

i didnt get T mobile coverage near DUMBO so i cancelled service with them.

I have T-mobile, but not for much longer because I've been pretty unhappy with their service. It's sort of OK where we live, but it could be better, and it's completely unreliable in other locations. There's a weird patch near Lafayette and S. Oxford where I get either incredibly poor reception or no service at all. Ditto for a number of other neighborhoods: Cobble Hill, Midtown...never mind the number of dropped calls I experience in a day. So before this turns into a rant better directed at T-mobile itself, I'd say look elsewhere for cell phone service.

Sprint's the best way to go..... =D>

I moved from Tmo to Cingular because of bad reception in large parts of Brooklyn (Park Slope, Williamsburg) even when roaming in LA there was no coverage in large parts there.

Yes, Tmo has good prices, but beware before you get locked in.

Judging from your use of 'mobile' there's a chance you're European or Asian; US carriers are much less advanced compared to the rest of the world and they have kept their customers uninformed about mobile technology, with great success. People here don't even know what a SIM card is.

Sprint and Verizon are not GSM, so if you want to use your existing GSM phone (provided you have one) that's not going to work. Since the US is behind in mobile technology and consumer awareness, carriers are still at a stage where they want to flog phones and wildly expensive data plans. So no attractive and competitive rates (SIM-only or decent prepaid deals) like in Europe. They don't care if you bring your own phone.

I'm stuck with Cingular. They're expensive but at least their coverage is pretty good everywhere.