I can't complain about Alltel's reception in this area. I know people with other carriers, and they complain that they drop calls but it never happens to me. My only complaint about Alltel is the outdated phones and the RIDICULOUSLY expensive data / voice plans. They start at $89.99 / mo

One or two bars in a single corner of my house. Horrible coverage with no digital service at all.

I was happy with my Alltel service until the snow day in January when a switch was damaged and the company put us on roaming for the day. After that dropped calls became frequent.

Both my wife's Nokia, and my LG phone experience pretty poor reception near our home (and the general area) in Saguaro Hills Estates, just north of Snyder, about a mile east of Catalina Highway. That said, Alltel's customer service has been great, and they've worked with me when I've exceeded my minutes, so I've continued to stay with them for 2+ years (compared to Verizon, who I had a horrible customer service / billing issue which almost made it to a collection agency!)

Best service I've experienced (so far)...

Drops 8 of 10 calls from home. Good service locations I frequent are rare.

I used to have T-Mobile and around the whole civano area its been impossible to make a decent call and have it stay connected or go through even on a consistant basis. All that changed when I switched over to ALLTEL. Every call made and recieved has been clear, stayed connected, and I've had service all around the area with either full bars or close to it on my phone

I've been fairly pleased with Alltel. Of course calls will drop for no apparent reason, but not too often. I was able to get perfect reception at Seven Falls(Sabino Canyon) and while on the Washington / Candanian border this summer our phone was the only one to get reception. When we used T Mobile there was no reception south of Houghton. This model sounds like your talking through a tin can.

I've had alltell for 2 years and only have dropped a couple of calls.My LG recently broke and was replaced with a motorala... ..sucks! The phone sucks but I still like the company.

Daily dropped calls here and elsewhere throughout the city. Been counting the days 'til Alltel contract runs out. When I moved to Tucson 2+ years ago I had Verizon and reception was so clear callers were shocked to hear I was on a cell phone.

I had a Motorola Startac and was having a lot of trouble with dropped calls, especially in the morning. My daughter visited with a Motorola V265 and had perfect reception, call clarity, etc., on Verizon, so I replaced my phone with a Motorola V265. I have MORE problems with reception, dropped calls, call clarity, etc. now than ever before. I don't believe it's the phone (my original phone was replaced and I still have the same problems with the replacement). The problem is Alltel's network. When this contract expires, I'm signing up with Verizon, unless Alltel gets the problem corrected!

You can never go wrong with ALLTEL, unless you live out in Vail or Sahuarita. Other than that it works everywhere!

Had T-mobile, The Worst. Alltell works anywhere you go. Great whebn your out dirt biking.

Rarely, I can feel confident in Alltel's svc. Rarely. Reception ranges from bad to worse. I've had T-Mobile, Verizon, Alltel and Sprint. Alltel has the worst reception of the lot.

We have four phones of different makes and models and all have poor to no reception in and around the house. Sometimes going outside isn't even good enough to complete a call. Often I have dropped call just driving into the neighborhood.

Pretty good coverage all over the city. Occasional dropped calls. Phone's acting up, though. It doesn't seem to know how to charge itself. It's a couple years old.

The service for AT&T is amazing The only thing I don't like is how expensive it is It has fast data uploads, and great service

Used to have excellent reception - but it has become almost non existent in last 6 months

In Blenman, North of Speedway and West of Tucson, the reception at our house is terrible. At best intermittent.

A T and T is absolutely awful in Tucson, AZ.