Signal strength rises and falls, is not consistent. During Mornings to afternoons there are many missed and dropped calls. Often times when making calls, it will fail. Much of the time there will be only one bar. Evenings are better, not sure why but that isn't when I need consistent bars. Unfortunately.

Cingular wasnt The best out here, Verizon has great coverage and I have EV-DO almost every where. On Eastside road I also get GREAT coverage, with my Cingular razr it would be horrilbe.

The folks at Professional Cellular and Paging were great. Their store offers all the carriers and they really know which one is best for you. I can't recommend their customer service any higher - they were awesome and knowlegeable! I had a wonderful AT&T TDMA phone and found out that Cingular who bought AT&T now offers only GSM technology which has a much shorter range on their towers. The GSM phone reception was miserable away from any main metropolitan area. At Professional Cellular they expalined all this and recommended Verzon - I couldn't be any happier! The service was better than AT&T, I wish the battery would last longer, but the reception all over is excellent!