Coverage Reviews for Colorado Springs, CO

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Sprint

Just switched from Nextel to Sprint. Nextel had much better reception. The Sprint Blackberry makes your voice sound like you are talking in a cave. The Blackberry processor seems to be very slow. The unlimited everything plan is a nice idea, but not when you don't have very good service. I need to keep looking and return my phone before the 30 day guarantee expires.

Verizon

Reception sucks. Most calls drop or just plain suck. Good job Verizon. I'm "in."

Virgin Mobile

I don't have Virgin Mobile, but it's a Prepaid Service Plan, Net10. Throughout the city, from what I have noticed, I have usually 2-4 bars. Area I have noticed no service is 3-5 miles from the entrance to Pikes Peak, you lose your service.

Virgin Mobile

Last night, from central Kansas all the way into Colorado Springs, all I could get was "Searching", even when I was within 75 miles of Denver. Could get no signal anywhere in Wyoming or South Dakota on a trip earlier this month. I purchased a cell phone in the event I needed highway assistance on a trip. Glad I found out how useless Verizon is before I do need help.

Verizon

Almost impossible to make or receive calls anywhere in the neighborhood. One bar or no bars.

Verizon

I did get reception but it would come and go. I could not hear a full conversation because the voice would drop and come back. Luckily I was able to stop my Verizon service and go back to Sprint. I do not have any issues with Sprint in this area.

Sprint

I was looking to leave Sprint and go to another cell provider to save a little money - but from what I am reading - service realiability is all over the place! maybe i'll stay with Sprint! My Sprint service is excellent in the Briargate area, the only problem areas I have found are on Woodmen between Union and Academy, and on the Air Force Academy. I've been with Sprint for 4 years, and travelled all over the country with the nationwide service - no problems!

AT&T

We have had Cingular / ATT for a couple years. The reception in Widefield and throughout Fort Carson and Colorado Springs has been good with multiple phones on the family plan.

Verizon

I recently was provided a Verizon cell phone through my employer. I work out of my home in Briargate. Verizon reception throughout all of Briargate is aweful. I took my phone to the local Verizon service center and the technician told me that reception throughout all of Briargate was poor and told me that I could get a refund on the phone and get out of the service plan. I was a Nextel subscribe for years and the reception I got in my home was acceptable at best but great compared to Verizon.

AT&T

Don't even consider AT&T if you live in Mountain Shadows. I've been able to complete only about 20% of my calls. My 2 years are due in November and I am dropping them as quickly as they drop my calls.

T-Mobile

I usually receive terrific coverage from T-Mobile. However, 70% of calls are dropped in my home. After bouncing back and forth between customer service representatatives for almost a month who tried to figure out the problem, I gave up my quest to send and receive calls from my home. The coverage is typically very good but the area between Circle and Chelton south of Fountain Blvd. has very weak reception.

T-Mobile

I love T-mobile. I have been with them for over 5 years. No one else will EVER get my service. T-mobile's customer service is incredible. They listen, take care of the issue ANY follow up a few days later to make sure everything is still ok. Can you say that about YOUR service provider?????

AT&T

No problems anywhere. Only time I lost a signal was in the canyons around Royal Gorge

AT&T

Terrible reception. Had excellent reception with T-Mobile and Samsung phones. Maybe it's these "State of the Art" phones! Maybe it's the "NEW" AT&T! Will try new Samsung phones with same service provider and let you know!

Virgin Mobile

I only have 2 bars in this area. Someone put a tower up!

AT&T

We live downhill from the LaaDeeDahs in the Broadmore Area. I understand that that community has prevented cell phone towers in the nearby area resulting in a large dead zone from Venetucci Blvd. to the foothills. Our reception is terrible and has been with several previous phone models. We constantly have poor reception or dropped calls. If Cingular "has the fewest dropped calls" as they advertise then the other companies must be REALLY HORRIBLE as it can't get much worse that the service we get with Cingular.

Verizon

The reception at this intersection is great... finally I can make calls inside my house... Verizon Wireless is truely the best.

Nextel

As your driving on Union toward I 25 somewhere around Aiprport RD and Fountain Blvd.calls drop mostly at night.

Verizon

Reception is absolutly horrible in this area. 1 out of 10 calls per day are decent but the other 9 out of 10 are constanly being dropped. It reminds me of that commerical with the guy is talking to his girl friend and looses the call

Verizon

Good reception except on parts of Uintah and into Manitou. Dropped calls often enough to be annoying. Sporadic reception in my house. I'd be happy to switch when my contract ends.

T-Mobile

I have always been happy with my T-Mobile service. I have used them for about 6 years now from when they were Voicestream and the coverage has greatly improved. I travel all over the US and rarely loose coverage. I love my rate plan and the customer service can't be beat!

AT&T

Switched from Sprint to Cingular. Sprint worked indoors and Cingular is terrible indoors. I will probably go back to Sprint. Cingular is patchy, their HS data package is slow and they are not exactly doing a great job with customer service so far

Verizon

Calls don't get dropped too often (much less often than when I had AT&T GSM) but quality is consistently very poor.

T-Mobile

Have to cancel within our 14 days. We had 93 calls on the family plan and not one went with out being dropped. We are going back to Verizon since we always had reception in this area. We do lose service heading north on Centenial and then hit a brief, about 2 blocks, of roaming on Centennial near Trail Blazer Elementary School.

AT&T

The only cell companies that really work at my home are Cingular and Nextel, that I know of for sure. I do know Verizon, Virgin Mobile, Sprint, Qwest, and AT&T DO NOT work here (0 to 1 bar).

AT&T

Possibly the worst cell coverage anywhere I have been in the world.

AT&T

Cingular reception is slim-to-non-existent at my house and the surrounding area around Mountain Shadows, Mount St. Francis, Vindicator, Delmonico. I plan on switching back to T-Mobile the day my Cingular plan expires. It can't be soon enough.

T-Mobile

I have had T-Mobile for 4 years and have received nothing but excellent service from them, that is why I keep extending my contract. Great, reception, I live on a ground floor and use my phone with T-Mobile service for my laptop, no problems!

Verizon

I've been putting up with Verizon and their promises to improve cell service for about 4 years now and I'd swear their service is deteriorating. If it weren't for the fact that every time I start researching other companies, I hear they have the same problems I would have dumped Verizon long ago. I even bought a bi-directional amplifier for my car and it helps a little but not enough to really make a difference. Oh well...

Verizon

I previously lived in Philadelphia and had T Mobile phone service, I was very happy with it, unfortunately my husband and I decided to get a family plan and so I swtiched to Verizon. (He still apologizes for making me switch!) We bought our phones in Georgia and wanted to get a Samsung, but the sales rep in the store warned us that she had a "bad batch" that had quite a few that had been returned. She urged us to get the LG 6100--BIG MISTAKE. I had horrible reception in Philadelphia, ultimately they finally replaced the phone with the same phone, a cycle that I repeated regularly. Every time I made a call, it seemed like it would drop. I have spoken to so many Verizon reps that I feel like I know more than they do. Since moving to Colorado the service has been equally horrible. I brought it to a Verizon store, where they told me that I would have to switch to a local phone number (THEY WERE WRONG.) I corrected the lady I spoke with, and ultimately she came back and apologized, telling me that it shouldn't matter... she did however replace my phone again. Now that I have had the same phone 3 times, I am finally elligible to switch a different phone (OF EQUAL VALUE.) They told me I would have to go to a Verizon store to do the switch (which I'm dreading.) Hopefully a different phone with improve the problem, although I am very skeptical and am overall very unhappy with Verizon: the tech support is horrible, the customer service is horrible, and the phones and service are horrible. I'd avoid Verizon if I could...

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