moved down from ny and never lost reception thru the entire east coast ! used to have Sprint and AT&T and dropped calls were a constant affair last post was supposed to be for verizon

moved down from ny and never lost reception thru the entire east coast ! used to have Sprint and AT&T and dropped calls were a constant affair

I Live out in east bradenton and daily drive to west bradenton. I have not had any problems with my singal or customer service. Great company!

Can't complain. There hasn't been a place yet where I have not gotten signal. Talk about toip of the line service.

I was considering changing to Consumer Cellular to avoid a NEW contract but after looking at the crappy reception from all these other carriers I may just stay with Alltel. FYI, Consumer Cellular buys blocks of time from ATT (GSM network)

Awesome reception even with the cheapest older phones. 98% availability and clarity, some outage West of Manatee Ave., which seems to be the case for all carriers. Apparently no tower covers that sliver. Rest of Bradenton all the way to Arcadia, fantastic and clear calls except for a 2 minute stretch of Hwy. near Myakka City. Service for 2 years, pleased with service. Customer Service is terrible though. And forget the mail-in rebate. I did it all correctly and never got a check. "Sorry Ma'am we never received anything from you" How do you prove them wrong? Was worth 2 good years of service but don't depend on the rebate.

had Nextel before, but it just wouldn't make or received calls at my home in greyhawk landing..

Horrible reception indoors, great coverage outdoors. Friend has Blackberry from Alltel, reception is still bad indoors.

I have had Sprint PCS for 5 years in FL. First year was used mostly at siesta key, the quay and clark road area.. everything was great. Next year or two was sr 70 and 53rd area and the quay and worked up in brandon too.. still good. We bought a house in BRL and I got a job by the srq airport... no one can hear me unless I go out into the backyard at home or out of the building at work. Contract is up, I am shopping. Co-workers have reccomended Alltel the most, Verizon and Nextel following. After reading all the complaint listings on Sprint PCS here, I think Sprint is done in FL.. pack up, see ya.

Great two years ago, now steady down hill

Reception in only one room of the house. Calls are possible when walking outside, but still experience many dropped calls. It's unfortunate that lakewood ranch area has such poor cell service. I've been told by several carrier sales people that Alltel has the best service in the lakewood ranch area.

Even at 2 bars I rarely drop calls. Out of Florida though, getting calls is iffy and sending is difficult... . even in Atlanta, an AllTel hub!

We had Verizon with practically no reception. We changed to Alltel with Motorla V265 handsets. Now we get adequate indoor reception and transmission anywhere in the house even with only 2 bars. Visitors with Nextel or Verizon or Cingular or Sprint or T-Mobile can't reliably initiate or receive calls even outdoors here. We told a neighbor, an Ebay entrepreneur who needs reliable coverage, about our good experience with Alltel. He has switched and is very happy with the grade of service he gets.

Barely any signal in the house, can't even call home from the grocery store 4 blocks away. Decent coverage outdoors, but stick with Verizon in this area.

Had Nextel with cheap Motorolas, awesome reception 98% of the time. Clear sound even with low signals. Have had AT&T with Motorola V220 now for 3 weeks. Customer complaints, dropped calls, poor reception, can hear about every 3rd word most of the time. Returning phones, cancelling plan.

Dropped calls are frequent. Very poor reception indoors and not much better outside. Had the same reception problem with AT&T prior to Verizon. Need a tower in NW Bradenton.

I live near I-75 and S.R. 64, I get barely any service at my house inside crappy service touch and go or outside dismissed call... I work within a block of the Sarasota Airport and even worst service there than at my house... . Sprint sent us a box to plug into our server at my office, still service is touch and go... . 4G Service... ... What is that... ..? LOL I got 4G Service when I am in my boat in the center of the Tampa Bay but not 10 miles south at my house... . Come on what is the deal? Sprint needs to get a clue. Their Nextel service in these areas are even worse yet... . Thats why I switched from Nextel to Sprint Their suggestion... .! What a hugh pain in the ass... .

Have AT&T and would like to switch carriers and get newer phones, but would like something that would work in our area. So far neither AT&T nor Verizon have good reviews. Phone will appear to have a signal (E or 3G with 1 or 2 bars), UNTIL you need to use it and then it's gone! No reception in the house OR outside. Son doesn't even want to carry his cell phone when he's out in the neighborhood because it never works when he needs us or when we need him - How many kids have you EVER heard say that? Talked to AT&T this past weekend and they say 2 or 3 towers in our area are working in a diminished capacity so that may be why our signal is so poor. How about we get that fixed for how much everyone is paying each month?!?

AT&T and T-Mobile absolutely suck indoors here. Both GSM carriers are available outside, but indoors is none to nothing. When does FTC finally allow more GSM carriers? Little Italy has 4, why does the US only have 2 and still support these outdated propritary services?

Cannot use phone inside my house! Must go outside to talk. Poor reception in spots all over Manatee and Sarasota counties. Will not work in a lot of building around these two counties. Sprint should be ashamed!