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Location / Comment
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AT&T
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Apple iPhone 4
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Agua Verde Rd. / Marsh Station Rd., Vail, AZ 85641 |
Tue Apr 26, 2011 |
For the last 11 years we have had spotty, if any, reception. But as of a few months ago our reception has gone from maybe 1 bar to a full 5 bars inside the house or out. I don't know where AT&T has put a new tower but I'm sure that is what they have done. Either that or they have increased the range of the tower they were using. All I know is I can now use my iPhone exclusively and I'm even thinking of getting rid of my land line.
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AT&T
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Iphone
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Stone Bench Rd., Vail, AZ 85641 |
Wed Oct 06, 2010 |
Terrible reception spotty coverage. this while area needs to have a zone added for coverage.
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Verizon
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: HTC Pro |
I-10 Marsh Station Rd., Vail, AZ 85641 |
Mon Feb 01, 2010 |
For two years with Alltel we had perfect reception inside and out then two weeks ago - Verizon updated something and now our service is none existent - we have no service inside the house and limited outside. Complained to Verizon - no response.
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Verizon
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: BlackBerry Curve |
Colossal Cave Rd. / Old Spanish Trail, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Thu Jan 28, 2010 |
Never, ever had a problem with Alltel. VZ was going to be just as good because they were buying all of Alltels towers. My Pearl worked fine up until two weeks ago. So of course I thought the phone was broken. bought a new Curve and guess what? The WIFI 3G high teck is just as bad as the Pearl was. Now, how can I get a great signal everyday for 3 years with my Pearl and then it just stops? Oh it's just great on a business call. By the way. My wife's 5 year old MotoRazr works great! Low teck and great signal with the same carrier on the same contract!
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Sprint
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Sanyo SCP 7050 |
I-10 / Sonoita Hwy., Vail, AZ 85641 |
Wed Oct 21, 2009 |
Right at the crest of 1-10 before going down into the Tucson area. I would recommend turning off roaming on a Sprint brand phone unless you're in a really rural area.
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Verizon
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Samsung SCH-A870
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Garrigans Gulch / Tewa Trail, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Tue Jul 07, 2009 |
Verizon wireless works great out here in or outside the home. The only area where I get spotty reception is when I am driving in or out of town along Old Spanish Trail past Jeremy Wash.
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Sprint
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Samsung PM-A840 (SPH-A840)
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Just South of Houghton / Sahaurita Intersection / Houghton, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Sun Sep 07, 2008 |
Inside my house or outside my house the reception is poor. Oddly, enough the best reception seems to be in my hallway. My hallway is in the center of my home with the peak of the roof directly overhead. The particular phone in use has an internal antennae, which I'm sure does not help. What little reception is available does seem to fluctuate with the weather. Any storm or heavy weather will shift or manipulate the best reception areas. I am currently looking for a better alternative, either better phone or service.
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Verizon
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: LG enV (VX9900)
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Vail / Corona, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Mon Jun 02, 2008 |
Spotty reception throughout house. Frequent dropped calls with supposedly fair signal. I guess that's what I get for moving to the middle of nowhere.
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Qwest
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Qwest Kyocera |
S. Holcomb Cir, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Wed Mar 19, 2008 |
Brand new phone and I barely get 1 bar outside the house. This one is going back and I'll be trying a difference service.
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Verizon
 0 Out of 5
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Corona De Tucson, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Sat Mar 15, 2008 |
We all have different model phones and none work at our house we have to go about 5 miles towards tucson for reception
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AT&T
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Apple iPhone
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Sycamore Canyon / Sahuarita and Harrison, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Tue Jan 15, 2008 |
Up in the Sycamore Canyon development reception is poor. If you're by a window it might work. Basically you need a land line. So much for the fancy phone features. Oh, since getting my iPhone and switching to AT&T I have had numerous dropped calls. Its either the phone which doesn't have an external antenna or its AT&T. In either case the iPhone is great but my reception is questionable.
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AT&T
 0 Out of 5
Phone Model: razor |
Houghton / Sahaurita, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Fri Sep 21, 2007 |
Depends on the time of day as to whether or not the phone will ring. It is impossible to retrieve any messages, hencing the land line that I have to have. I needed to call 911 but thank goodness I had a land line or I would have bled to death.
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Verizon
 3 Out of 5
Phone Model: Samsung E-815 |
Houghton and Camino Del Toro, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Fri Aug 24, 2007 |
I had A T mobile phone that dropped service at Rita rd, and the I 10. it didn't work at all, I would leave town to go to Alpine and when I returned I had 40 messages over 4 days. so when the service contract ended on that line, I swithed to the ONLY servie that works near my house which is Verizon. the first phone I had was an LG4400, it would get 1 bar in my house and 5 in my neighbors back yard (used to go to BBQ's there). So I looked up a new phone for hard to get reception areas on CR, and found the Samsung E-815. it gets 3 of 5 in the house and rarely drops calls here, and gets 5 of 5 in Alpine where I am building a house. I am pleased with the Verizon service I receive,a nd as I have had friends with other carriers I can tell you that AT&T, T-mobile, sprint, Cingular, Nextel and Cricket DO NOT work anywhere near this area.
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Alltel
 4 Out of 5
Phone Model: Kyocera SoHo (KX1)
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Garrigan's Gulch, Vail, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Wed Dec 06, 2006 |
Get great reception in Garrigan's Gulch with Alltel. Had Cingular earlier and reception fluctuated a lot. I travel to the Sonoita area frequently, and there was no Cingular reception there at all.
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Sprint
 0 Out of 5
Phone Model: Sanyo PM-8200 (SCP-8200)
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Del Lago Golf Course, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Sat Nov 04, 2006 |
i have to go outside of my house to use my phone and will only get one bar or I will be roaming Sprint I wouldnt recomened to anybody
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AT&T
 3 Out of 5
Phone Model: Razr v3
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Marsh Station, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Sat Sep 23, 2006 |
After reading all the negatives about Cingular I had to respond. Most of the time in and around Tucson I have very good to perfect reception. In Vail (actually about 10 miles outside of Vail) it's pretty bad but we're a good 6 miles from the nearest tower. We had a coupld of Samsung phones that were almost useless, but after switching to the Razr we have had much better service. I can even use my phone almost everywhere in my house, which I could not do with the Samsung. All in all, I have nothing bad to say about Cingular and I have no idea why others are complaining about the service.
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T-Mobile
 0 Out of 5
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Via Del Lago, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Sat Jun 17, 2006 |
NO RECEPTION! ZILCH. NADA! Don't even bring ur phone. Theres no use. Get another service if you have T-Mobile because basically in all of vail u cant get reception. highly UNRECOMMENDED
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Sprint
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: LG PM-325
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Rancho Del Lago / Colossal Cave Rd., Vail, AZ 85641 |
Tue Jan 24, 2006 |
Have a LG-325 / sprint and I need to walk outside to get ok reception. Reception inside is poor at best. Colossal Cave Rd.has a dead spot heading down the hill from the rail road tracks. Old Spanish Trail is not much better with many dead spots. Heard Verizon is better out here.
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AT&T
 1 Out of 5
Phone Model: Motorola V-180 |
Old Spanish Trail, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Thu Sep 08, 2005 |
Old Spanish Trail has horrible reception on the entire length until you get to Camino Loma Alta going east and about Freeman Rd going west, at least on Cingular with my Motorola V-180 GSM (QUAD) phone. Maybe it's a GSM thing I don't remember having reception problems with my old Alltel phone. Also I notice that indoor reception in buildings is quite poor with GSM. I can't get a signal in Wal Mart, Home Depot or any large indoor facility other than right by the front of the store, again not sure if it's a GSM thing or possibly a problem with my phone. Reception in most other parts of Tucson is good to excellent.
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Verizon
 5 Out of 5
Phone Model: Audiovox CDM-8900
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Rancho Del Lago Golf Club, Vail, AZ 85641 |
Mon Jul 18, 2005 |
Verizon has the Best Service! Bars always at 4 or 5 and no Droped Calls.
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