I recently moved back home from Montgomery, AL and my once perfect Verizon service sucks. The sales rep said it may be my old phone is worn but I have traded this phone recently because of problems I had with the hardware before, so it really shouldn't be worn. Would really like to know which service works best in this area. Tired of searching for the perfect spot just to conduct a decent conversation, which seems to be hanging upside down from the northeast corner of my bed.

I was happy with my Alltel service after moving to Lake Placid, but Verizon soon purchased them. While I did see roaming on my phone, I was never charged for it. With Verizon, my service doesn't seem to be as strong (didn't they buy the towers, too?) and I mostly have 3 bars at any given time. But it appears to be solid and dependable.

My Sprint phone is always on Roaming. Sometimes I don't even get one bar. I have to go outside and talk from my garage in order to get a call through! This is a big community. Why don't we have coverage?

service is absolutely horrible, Im constantly roaming, even at home, and I have yet to see more than 3 bars of network connection (and that was only for a brief minute... ) while traveling in the state, Im at roam 100%, it begins less than 20 miles from my home. I do NOT recommend Alltell.