To be fair, virtually none of the links that you posted mention anything about a metal back cover having anything to do with reception whatsoever. In fact, one mentions getting the same reception after replacing the OEM glass back cover with a titanium cover. The outer band of the phone is the antenna, which caused all the controversy when they first came out, with people ham-fisting them, so to speak.
I couldn't search 6 months on dyesub.org, but a search for "iphone" came up with no results.
In any case, I have people testing them, but based on the idea of diminished reception solely based on the fact that there is metal in cover, I don't buy it. It reeks of propaganda from the more expensive covers, both the shrink-wrap style and the transfersupplies kit.