What They Said: How's Your Cell-Phone Coverage?

If you haven't seen it already, East Village Association's blog had a post about cell-phone reception in the West Town/Ukrainian Village/Wicker Park area.

"An AT&T repairman was working Mother's Day, tool belt heavy with gadgets to check land lines in the alley behind Damen Avenue.

Websites such as cellreception.com and mapmuse.com feature data on cell towers, but with a lot of noise: Records are incomplete, and leased towers don't disclose which carriers use them. A tower listed on Western Avenue looked more like flag streamers at a used-car lot.

So the best source to gauge call quality might just be you. Leave comments on your cell-phone experience in East Village, particularly if you can weigh in on the iPhone slugfest between AT&T and Verizon."

If you check deadcellzones.com, you can see several compliants about service with AT&T on Division Street. We thought this one summed it up pretty succinctly:

A couple of neighbors we've talked to have had to cancel their AT&T cell-phone service upon moving to the street, even after attempting to use an AT&T micro cell, a mini tower that gives an added boost of service. Friends and visitors in boutiques, bars and restaurants say pretty much the same thing - if you have AT&T, cell-phone coverage is pretty much non-existent on Division Street.

Have you found more success with a different provider, like Verizon or T-Mobile?