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Great service statewide. Cant say enough about the service. The cell coverage, customer service and price are all as advertised.

I used to have T-Mobile, which had great reception (pretty much everywhere I went - even other states), but their phone selection was pretty terrible. When Verizon started racking up awards for reception, I switched, and it has been pretty decent. I get reception almost everywhere I've been - New York City, Hawaii, California. The only downside is that they overcharge for service - I guess you get what you pay for. I thought about switching to Sprint's SERO plan, but I'm not sure if they could offer better reception.

i am a new costomer to Alltel and so far every ware I have been it picks up great. Very little will I loose service. Before I had Cingular but I was always gatting cut off.

Never a dropped call, strong service, and that holds true for pretty much everywhere I go in the valley (no exaggerating.) I'm mostly in the east valley(Gilbert, Mesa, Chandler, Tempe) but also Scottsdale and PHX, good in Glendale too. Only issue I have is the phone doesn't work well in some (I stress some) steel buildings. I was tempted to Switch to Sprint PCS because I really like the Treo 650 PDA Phone, and as of today (9 / 1 / 05) they've completed another phase of the merger (Sprint / Nextel), but I'm not reading good things about them. I'd like to hear more stories from Sprint PCS users.

I have phenomenal T-Mobile service in my apartment complex where I have lots of building (other apartments and bussiness Im near a huge bussiness complex) Where as when I had sprint, Sprint never got a signal to my apartment. Increases my faith in T-Mobile!

Good Coverage with T-Mobile. Some dropped calls in buildings but good otherwise. Some issues with AT&T overpowering the weak T-Mobile GSM signal and phone showing 5 bars with No Service. 3G has good speed and only sharing with G1's. not much traffic yet. Getting up to 800 Kb / s.. Travelling is a bit spotty. Vegas strip coverage sucks. Awaiting new Windows Mobile Devices for 3G from TMobile. They used to be ahead of everyone, in the last year they have been a bit boring.

T-Mobile Service is constantly 4 to 5 bars in and around the Intersections Above. Additionally, I have experienced NO DROPPED CALLS in the greater Gilbert area (downtown Gilbert Rd.area) as well as the East Valley to Downtown Phoenix (areas I generally travel on a weekly basis). T-Mobile Service has been excellent for me and I was very hesitant to buy GSM based service after years of ATT and Sprint service plans. Now if they could just get some decent business phones...

No matter what phone you use, or what carrier you are with, here's what you need to check if you are in a 'dead zone' while in your house... If you get 'free roaming' on your contract, go into your phones menu and set the phone on 'roam only'... this forces the phone off whatever network it runs on (or is specifically looking for), and makes it search for the nearest tower, regardless of what company the tower belongs to. If you get a stronger signal that way, keep your phone on that setting while in the area... Easy!

Sometimes, I lose reception in my living room. It seems to have gotten a little better in the last year, though.

I agree with the guy who complained about getting his voice mails late. I've had VM show up a week later and this has caused me problems with my job. Reception is crappy all over the valley. The phone doesn't give me enough warning that it needs to be charged--it shows full and then an hour later goes to zero. I want to drop my landline but not for this terrible service. I wish I had stayed with T-Mobile but I have another year on this lousy contract with Sprint.