my wife and I were just talking about this the other day; we've been with AT&T (under one name or another) since 1994. There used to be places on our commutes where we knew the call would be dropped, but those went away at least 6 or 7 years back. I have ZERO problems in my area - or in my house. We've dropped our landline completely.

Meanwhile, friends who live as little as 15 miles away have nowhere near the luck; dropped calls while out and about, they have to go outside their home to use the mobile phone, etc.

I haven't heard anywhere near the kvetching in the Atlanta area as from NY and SF, though. I don't know if that's just because there are more vocal geeks to whom I listen (bloggers, podcasters, etc) in those two areas.