Out of all the cell phone carriers in the Imperial Valley, so far SPRINT is the only one to have it's service reach inside the IV Mall. All other comanys either have no service or will always drop your call within seconds.

Imperial Ave from EC Hospital to Costco - "Emergency Calls Only". This is when I'm standing outside, clear day, no buildings in my way. This seems to also extend West to Austin Rd. sometimes(~20 sq miles). Service has been this way for past six months or so. Different phone doesn't help. Different time of the day doesn't help. Needless to say, I won't be renewing my contract. P.S. AT&T doesn't have 3G network in Imperial Valley yet.

service varies according to the time of day. Evenings and nights get better reception than days. All services drop out in the IV Mall due to the construction materials used. Same problem across the street by Best Buy and in all the local Walmarts. Something in the construction materials blocks the cell reception.

this company does not work in the mountains. neither 3 min from the border to mexicali b.c.

At the southwest corner of southwest high school at the south end of Lotus Lane where it dead-ends at I-8, indoors the signal is only 1bar outside 2-3 bars

No bars inside near window.

Good reception throughout El Centro and neighboring towns. Full bars from El Centro to Yuma with only one or two dead spots (compared to Nextel no service). Going up grade from Ocotillio to El Cajon Verizon has no service wearas Nextel, on the other hand, has good reception going up grade. Over all, Verizon gets service in more places then T-Mobile, Sprint, etc. Julian, Ca, for example a town in the mountains, only Cingular and Verizon get reception. In Yuma, AZ, Verizon gets the best reception no matter what Sprint or Cingular customers say. Over all, get Verizon. Very satisfied with reception. Expensive, but good. Remember: "you get what you pay for." So if you want cheap, cheapt, plans then you'll get poor, poor service. Thats why Verizon is #1 in customer satisfaction. Oh, and for the record, no I do not sell phones for Verizon; I've just been with the company for almost four years and I'm about to renew for another two.

Inside the New Mall bad reception, or no bars at all. Have to find the nearest exit door for good reception. Some inside stores signal cuts out. Dropped Call until you get near store windows or doors for a fair signal bars. I even had to stand next Verison wireless store for good signal there. They have a signal booster somewhere.

Dropped calls while inside the building. Had to go out to get a least 2 or 3 bars for fair reception.

I've never had a dropped call with my Sprint service.