Coverage Reviews for Colorado Springs, CO

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Verizon

Very poor reception. Have to go to the third floor of the house to get any kind of a reliable connection.

Verizon

Usually have good reception, 4-5 bars. Only rarely do I have dropped calls. East near Pinon Valley reception drops to nothing in the valley with bluffs all around.

AT&T

no reception whatsoever at my house in the east Black Forest

Qwest

Qwest works everywhere in Colorado Springs / Pueblo / Denver. A little problem in Cripple Creek. I had Verizon which is not worth the money on the west side of Colorado Springs and around Glen Eagle.

Verizon

great reception and service for Verizon wireless. recomend to everyone who has complaints

T-Mobile

I dont haver any reception at all in and around seven falls.

AT&T

I have wonderful reception it is the company's imcompitance that drives me through the celling. We pay our bill on time all the time, I have a 450 min. a month plan. I need no more and at this point I have over a 1000 roll over minutes. They have been charging us by the minute, even our mobile to mobile time and calls that don't exist. Dealing with this and more since we had signed the contract (this being the only reason we are still with them) we finally were under the impression everything was sorted. This morning I find out the discontinued our service for lack of payment and being "so far over due" I would never recommend this service to anyone for any reason. This kind of treatment makes me want to return and stick with a land line!

Verizon

Verizon is nothing but trouble, most of the time I get a low signal everywhere. Going into my kids schools or walmarkt forget it, Verizon really should add more towers. Latly I am getting messages "That the NETWORK is bussy please try back later" Verizon Sucks.

AT&T

Cingular reception in Mountain Shadows is horrid. Have two Cingular phones so was able to verify that it's the coverage and not my phone.

Cricket

Cricket really sucks I have had nothing but problems with them plus if you travel outside colorado springs, denver, pueblo the reception gets even worse. If you travel across the US you have to pay alot extra $5 gets you 30 minutes that is terrible. I recently switched to T-Mobile and I love it. It isn't pricey and I get excellent coverage in the US with no roaming charges or long distance. And I can even use my phone in Europe, that is just brilliant. Thank you for your time.

Nextel

Nextel has good reception in areas where my Verizon drops calls, but there is no coverage at all going down I-25 at Woodmen Rd. This is about the worst possible place for a dead spot.

AT&T

This had been an awful area for just about everyone I know. AT&T / Cingular had the best service, but that wasnt saying much. Last August my son jumped into our pool with his Lg 4015. I didnt want to change to the New Cingular plans because my old AT&T GSM plan was SO much better. I had read about a guy in Downtown Colorado Springs that had helped another gentleman out(I believe it was on this site). The guy told this user that most of the cell phones out now are junk and that he was the last one who tested for reception. He also said that this guy said many people "Blame the Highway; when it was the car all along." So I went to the Cingular store on Cheynne Mt and they told me they couldnt sell me an AT&T phone, but quietly reccomended one store that sold new and refurbished phones. Lo and behold; it was the same guy! so I went to him; Peak Cellular and Satellite, and WOW what an education! This guy said he used to be the biggest dealer in Colorado but now just opperates the one store by himself(Semi-retired?). He told me about the phones and why they didnt work well and what phones tested best for reception(he field tests them himself). Making a long story a little shorter, he listened to what I needed and suggested the Nokia 6200. It was a little expensive(as all phones without an activation or upgrade are) but well worth it. What a difference! No more having to go outside to talk on the deck. No more dropped calls at my house. Even alot of the areas I used to think were dead spots are not anymore. He said he had tweaked the internal antenna a bit (he does repairs also). I like the phone so much, I went back and bought 3 more(I'm on a 4-way family plan) for everyone else in my family. He has weird hours, but its worth the wait. He's also a little direct, but he calls it "blunt honesty". He also told me that I DID NOT have to switch to Cingular when my contract was up; just go month to month; no matter what the Cingular people say. I highly recommend him(I think his name was Dan or Dave) and will never buy from anyone else again.

Verizon

Just north of Wasson Park there is woefully inadequate coverage. I can receive notifications but rarely can answer or dial a call. Such was the case with Sprint in this area, as well. Verizon coverage in Colorado Springs seems better, generally, but it is frustratingly poor in my neighborhood.

Verizon

Have had lots of luck with Verizon as far as reception until I bought a new LG 6000. Now I can't get reception anywhere in town without the calls breaking up or being dropped. I have had the software updated and had the phone in for repairs. As of yet the reception is still very poor.

Verizon

Since April 2005 when I started my contract w Verizon, have had pretty good reception. Use my Treo for all calls. Do have some call break-up requiring repeat of words for call within half mile.

T-Mobile

I had Sprint until the beginning of December and it was spotty at best (constantly losing signal). I found out that T Mobile erected a tower right behind Explorer Elementary School, so I switched. So far I have had no reception problems.

Sprint

I regularly commute between Woodland Park and Colorado Springs. Reception in Ute Pass is OK, but spotty (as expected), but once in the clear, reception is good. I've had no trouble around most areas in the Springs. Reception inside my building on the NW part of town is good. Reception from the Springs to Ft. Collins is generally good. I get very few dropped calls. When they do drop, I notice the signal simply drops out completely - then pops back. This may occur when changing from one cell to another??

Verizon

Can't even call home from my childs school. Can't hear anyone. I'm always saying "Can you hear me now?", but no one answers.

Verizon

I get poor to no reception. I've tried 2 different phone and brands, no help. Ocassionally, I'll get a good signal then it goes away. Very sporadic Inside buildings, forget it

AT&T

I have had ATT / Cingular for 3 years now. I get 1 bar at my house so the two Siemens phones I have are useless here. I get spotty reception around town as well. The only place I get great reception is at the many ski areas in the State. I am going to switch as soon as I can find a carrier that works in my neighborhood.

Verizon

IF I want to get even one bar of reception, I have to go outside, or lean halfway out my second story window. I was told by Verizon that service would be better with this phone than the LG VX3100 that I was using before. The service with that phone was bad, but I think the newer phone is worse. Calls are dropped constantly. I get lots of static when a call actually connects. The phone's Analog reception is useless, it literally takes forever to connect, if it does at all. When I'm outside, I can get the phone to connect with one Bar of reception for a few minutes, but then my call is lost. Inside however, I rarely if ever can get even one bar of digital reception, and only occasionally get a bar or two of analog signal. I'm less than 5 feet from a large window as I type this, and my phone as ZERO service. Why is it so difficult to get reception in Colorado?? I'm from New York, and I got reception EVERYWHERE.

Sprint

Some corrections to my first blog on Sprint PCS. When asking for them to wave your contract without a fee. Talk to the customer service people on your regular phone. Call their state wide customer service people and do-not waste your time going down to store on North Academy. I had found speaking directly with the head office I have gotten better responses from them. AS I stated even if the map shows us in their calling area the rep that terminated my contract for free said more than once to me that I was not and that they have had troubles as I spoke about with the voice mails and having to find a ear bud that work right. Please also note do-not use the mute button on this ear bud / mike, it will hang you up in the middle of a call. Than you'll get a screen sayiing you have not set up the voice command address function. But other than that if you want to stay with Sprint you should get a clear phone call. Now that is with the A460 I spoke of. But I have had others tell me throughout the town they have had sim troubles as well in the city. I found the best place to talk was the drive on I-25 from Denver into the Springs and visa / versa. Pueblo was another animal when getting into low areas. As far as being on the highway in other states like out on I-80, even in roam I got no signal at all till I reached a major city. That was not a nice feeling when you are traveling with your family and kids along. Even some major cities I had troubles connecting to whoever. Like I said a very scary feeling. Being a retired disabled veteran I bought the cell for just these reasons and to be able to have a free line open while on my puter. As I said it seems that us Colorado Springs users are a leg down with all the electronic micro waves we get hit with from mainly I feel is do to military bases. Also note when driving in a heavy populated areas where there is a lot of electronic mirco wave tech being used like driving by gas stations and fast food resturants you can lose contact there too. The signal that is being sent to the cashier inside from the pump works on this system and so on for when people order food. I figured this out just by trial and error and seeing how my car radar dectector goes crazies in the city. Also many other companies use each others towers and they can get over loaded and than you have to consider satalite positions for the tower to bounce your signal off to the Satalite. Good luck everyone and GBU all WG... .

Sprint

I've had a Samsung A460 for over 2 years now. I normally get out whenever I make a call and is pretty clear on both ends. Though it took me up till last month or so when I purchased a Belkin ear bud mike set from Wal-mart for about 17 dallors. I bought the universal one. Mind you I had tried 4 other ear bugs / mike and never found one to last very long before it broke down. So prior to that I would have to talk into the mike on the phone like I was using a CB mike and than turn the set back towards me to hear the persons reponse. It drove me nuts all this time. (And missed what the other person was saying) The original Touch Point phone I started out with work so much better till they went to their new service technology that the Touch Point would no longer work right. I finally got mad enough to call Sprint and tell them that I had it up to my neck with the service as well. And that I had planned on dropping them Dec 18th 2004. I had been keeping track of my contract and when it was to expire and it was due to expire Dec 26, 2004. I seen this on my contract online and with the paper work I had when I purchased the phone. Well the day I went to cancel my plan Sprint swicthed my contract without my approval that day to end Dec 26, 2006. Needless to say I about blew a gasket. I call customer service and they said that was incorrect and I had no other choice but to stay with them. (Unless I wanted to pay the 150 early fee termination cost) Well just this past two weeks ago I call and decided to just pay the 150 early termanination fee. But after 4 calls I was able to get a honest rep that said sir your really not in the service area and he waved the 150. So this coming up Monday 26th of Sept I'll be through with them. I too had troubles with getting voices mails up to 4 day's later. My brother in Alabama had the same trouble and went to Cingular and has the new Razor and has no troubles at all with it. But that doesn't help us here in Colorado after reading some of the Cingular customers reviews on here. So I have know clue who I will go to now. Totally stumped after reading reviews to see who seems to be the best carrier. As I said for the most part I always had clear calls as long as I used the ear bud mike Universal one. Wal-mart carries them and everyone said I sounded like I was on a regular phone. But if I forgot to bring it along with me in my busy life I was doomed. Sprint offered me another phone because I earn it with the timeframe I had been with them, but I said no unless they would allow in to test some of their phones for free and compare them. I have't got a yes answer on that one and don't think I will. But I will try again. The service at the North Academy Sprint store is very bad. When having troubles with the phones I talked about they always wanted to give me a used one of the same style or a repaired one. Or give me another brand phone. I had to threaten them with a lawyer to get a new one each time, while in the warrenty timeframe. I think for the most part why we all seem to be getting bad reception is because we live near many military bases that interfere with the connections and sound QA. Plus many low points in town. All I had to do was drive pass The Qwest hub on Galley rd and it was a sure deal I would drop. Please note people that are using Sprint PCS we are not in their calling area and that is why we do-not get voices mails for days. They will wave the contract early termination fee SO I would highly take my advise and tell them what I have said here. Don't let them fool you. If they get funky with you, ask to talk to a supervisor and case closed than ;) Good luck and I hope this blog I wrote is helpful Sincerely WG.

Verizon

I get very erratic reception all over Colorado Springs. Very strange. It's almost as if there are other signals of varying strength interfering with my phone's signal strength. I've traveled all over the country and Verizon has always had the best reception, but not in colorado springs. I see on the tower locator that there appear to be very few Verizon towers in the area. This could be the explanation. Seems like there are more Cingular towers-- maybe I'll give them a try.

Verizon

My wife and I have the same phones and cannot get cell service at our home in Village Seven off of S. Carefree and Murray. My business depends on receiving calls as I am a mobile technician and I have to leave the area to get messages sometimes or have the customer call me on my landline. Very frustrating.

Sprint

service is sporadic at best in my house. sometimes won't receive voicemail messages for days when phone has been operational.

Verizon

I'm north of Hodgen on Herring Rd and 2 miles line-of-sight to the Verizon Tower. I started service July 30th 2005 with a V265; 1-2 bars max... Verizon stated I should purchase a V710 and the signal will improve. !WRONG! I went thru Tier-1 troubleshooting and then one of their technicians came onsite and validated poor signal east of tower (tower is 1 mile east of 83). Tech spoke of upgrade in plan, but no date can / will be specified... .Cust Svc states it's due to it being propietary info (I'd say it's due to competition!). NOTE: Once poor signal conditions are confirmed by a technician being onsite, Verizon allows you to terminate the contract - at any time - (while at the same address) without early termination fees. Conclusion (in my opinion): Nextel works in this area: Poor plans and Cust Svc Sprint works in this area: Bizarre billing and Cust Svc Verizon: Good Plans, Poor Signal, Exemplary Customer Service!

Sprint

The bottom floor apartments at Summerset Dr. have no service, but the 3rd floor apartment gets partial service. Sprint PCS service sucks!

Sprint

I get no service inside the Walmart on N. Academy with my Sprint PCS phone

Sprint

I get poor to no service any time I am in the area of Rangewood and Vickers. From Union all the way to Rangewood on Vickers... Sprint service is horrible.

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