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The last two months have been so bad. It was always bad but this has got me going crazy, I may me swicthing to Verizon.

Reception getting worst by the day. Harthorn rd, be 39th ave, nw 23 ave,se 301

I have had no problems with reception anywhere in Gainesville. I occasionally get a dropped call in the VA hospital, but not often. I have 3 bars at home in the NW. My major complaint about Sprint is that the sales department is relentless. I receive either a call or a text about about promotions monthly. If I screen the call and don't answer, they will call every single day at the same time. I finally called back and asked to be taken off the call list--the sales rep said he'd make a note on my account, then tried to sell me something before hanging up... .and I received yet another promotion call 3 days later. I find it intrusive and annoying--especially when I'm receiving calls and texts during working hours. I'd love to switch providers, but based on comments here, I don't see any others with good reception in Gainseville :(

When we first came to Gainesville - our reception was just okay. It's gradually gotten worse ~ now it's quite annoying... ... ... ..rarely over 2 bars. Nearly every call is dropped - even if I'm sitting in one place OUTSIDE - the call will drop. I spoke with Sprint about it and all they would say is that many people have problems in Haile Plantation. FUNNY - they certainly didn't tell us that when we entered into our agreement. I'm fed up with Sprint and will DEFINITELY change in April !

I used have Verizon which I loved. I had problems at one point, but once I got a new phone which I got for free because of the issues, it was fine again. Wonderful cell service. I switched to Sprint because they offered a better discount through my work. The customer service is good, but the reception is terrible. I expected this because most of my friends use Sprint and have these problems, but I just couldn't turn down the discounted rates. Verizon is the best by far!

Sprint PCS has always given me a better signal than ANY of my friends phones on various networks. I think a lot of peoples problems are related to the phone they use. I always have Sanyo and its worked great for years. Some friends with older Samsungs can be right next to me and have completely different results. Sanyo all the way. Good luck with Cingular if you get away from I-75 more than 10 miles.

Lousy reception within house -- drops calls consistently.

I don't know what it is about the NW area of Gainesville at NW 39th Avenue and NW 51 Street, but Sprint reception is awful. I either get one bar of signal or my phone starts roaming. After reading the comments about other cell services, I would like to know if any cell service works in this area.