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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.

The fact that AT&T has a store in the Publix plaza is a hoax. The store has a booster. There is very spotty and weak coverage throughout the area. Lots of dropped calls.

Sprint sucks. I've had unlimited crap since 2006 time to change carriers.

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?