I just switched from Verizon to Sprint. I've missed more calls in the last 24 hours than I've missed in the last year. (I know I missed them because I am getting voicemails without a missed call notification.) I live in English Ranch, just north of Front Range Village. Sprint offers the Airave (look it up for more info), which will solve the problem at home, but now I'm concerned about other areas. I am an electrical contractor, and missed calls = lost business. Time will tell, but the problem is that I'm not sure I can afford to wait and see.

I moved here a few months ago from georgia and my reception has always been perfect in georgia... all the way here... . and fort collins! Since Verizon bought out alot of Alltel stores you get to benefit from using towers from both companys without roaming fees! They also have really good calling plans! I have heard you have to go to wyoming for the nearest store... ..but it would definitly be worth the drive! Check out alltel..you wont be disappointed!

On our property phone reception is spotty at best and lots of lost calls

get disconnected repeatedly, but reception is not good anywhere in town.

In the past 6-9 months the reception has gone from bad to none. Dropped calls, no bars in areas a couple of years ago I did have.

TMobile is darn near perfect. I've used Sprint and AT&T in the past and been disappointing with dropped calls all over town. I wish T-Mobile had a better selection of phones, but if you want to go for what matters (coverage, AND customer service) its a No Brainier - TMobile is #1 in the Fort.

Throughout Fort Collins and Windsor my reception is terrible. I've had the phone drop 7 times driving through town during 1 phone call. I have basically no reception at my house (one to two bars at most, and it drop the call most of the time).

Reception for me is HORRIBLE all over Fort Collins. AT&T is a big mistake if you live here--I am looking to get out of the plan all together.

It really varies alot around town. My new house is actually better than my old one was by City park. I regularly get some garbling of my caller's voice and have to listen carefully and ask them to repeat things often. Verizon must have discontinued a few towers on the north end of town in the last year or 2 because it used to be better.

Some dropped calls from my house and a lot of breaking up. I have to go outside to the middle of the yard for fair reception. Does not work at all in the mall on College. Great on I-25 but drops service altogether on Hwy. 14 between Ft. Collins and Ault. I have also had, in the past 4 years, Sprint and AT&T. I think overall Verizon worked better but their phone costs are so high for what you get I think I'll go back to AT&T.

Generally pleased with Verizon. Good coverage in general around Fort Collins and up and down I-25 (I've never had a dropped call when outside or in my car anywhere in Fort Collins). I've also been very pleased with nationwide coverage when traveling, and FWIW Verizon customer service is pretty decent. Unfortunately, one of the weakest areas in FC that I've run into is right near our house in Parkwood East. There, the signal is weak but usable around our home and inside on the main floor and upstairs, but not usable in the basement. Signal improves significantly within 1 / 2 mile in any direction. Notably, our older Motorola v710 phones would work OK in the basement, but not the Motorola Q smartphones.

The AT&T reception in this area is a bit spotty but generally alright EXCEPT in my office where it is non-existent. I have to go outside the building to get or make calls. While apparently Verizon's service is, overall, crappy around here apparently it is pretty good in my office.

I recently moved up to Fort Collins from the Denver area and I have found AT&T has the best service in the Fort Collins area. Also everyone I have met up here has T-Mobile and their calls drop ALL the time. Do not get T-Mobile.

Random "dead" zones around town. Dependably dropped calls on Taft Hill between FtC and Loveland and just south of Horsetooth on Timberline. Terribly unimpressed and am shopping for a new phone (or service?). Previous phone and service was pre-paid from T-Mobile and never had trouble or bad coverage with that darn it!

Reception is very poor. Have to go outside the house to get a good network.

I dont have bad reception, unless I am in the mall and sometimes in my lower level of my house. I dont think Cingular customer service is very professional though.

Generally good around downtown Fort Collins but it disappears in my living room just north of the County Club area. The service does not exist in the Coverage area.

Sprint has caused me a few headaches over the past year... . with both phones I have used I drop calls all over northern colorado - I'd say updwards of 10%, and on more than one occassion I have not been able to make a call for up to a half hour (most often when I am near CSU or especially near Hughes Stadium near a game - basically anywhere that Sprints tower might be getting some exercise) Particular Problem Areas are: 1) Prospect and Shields / Prospect and Taft Hill area 2) Laporte and Shields (city park area) 3) Mulberry between College and Shields... on more than one occassion I've been unable to maintain a connection for more than 10 seconds before being dropped over and over - perhaps tower work? I wouldn't report it, but Its happened to me at least 3 times in the past 6 months, during which time I've had 2 different phones. Strangely enough, no problems with Sprint south of Longmont or in about a dozen other larger cities around the country to which I travel. They need to update their infastructure up here - for now I'd stick with TMobile or Cingular, used both in the past in the Fort Collins area with very few problems. Good luck!

Mountain St.West of Shields has poor reception (1 or 2 bars). Sometimes by standing outside or in the street we can get up to 3 bars. There is a tower at the BBall diamonds 4 blocks from us, but not clear if Verizon uses this, and it does not help us.

This is the phone you get a break on from Verizon if you lose your old one. Horrible propensity to drop calls along Stuart, Lemay, Elizabeth... At home (near Taft Hill and Prospect) calls frequently go straight to voicemail. Coverage on CSU campus is generally better.