Switched from Alltel and now get excellent coverage inside Publix. 2 weeks now with AT&T and no dropped calls, excellent reception in the Lakeland area. No complaints with Alltel after 5 years, AT&T offered a better plan and phone.

No reception inside the building. Sprint and Verizon users can make calls, I can't ! very frustrating, and if my phone does ring and I answer it inside the building (happened twice) it promptly drops the call hanging up on the person calling me.

Terrible coverage all throughout Lakeland basically. For as large of a network as At&T is, I am shocked at their pitiful coverage in the downtown Lakeland area. I'm right near the main S. Florida drag and I get 1-2 bars everywhere which cuts my signal and reception in and out. People I call HATE it, they never hear me fully. It delays, echos, and cuts out constantly. The only road I get a good full reception on is parts of Orange Street. As soon as I make a turn, down it goes from full bars to 1 or 2 again. Another thing to mention is I thought the quality of the phone (smartphone HTC tild) would help, but honestly my old LG that I got for free with an upgrade was better. Steer clear of At&T in Lakeland!

Very little cingular / ATT reception at my house. Phone might ring, but not enough signal to talk.

Absolutely no reception inside my house or immediately outside of it. I get decent reception in some parts of Lakeland but will often lose it if I am driving near a bunch of power lines. I wouldn't recommend Sprint to anyone looking for a provider in Lakeland.

Great Service! No problems since Cingular took over AT and T.

To get Virgin service we must drive at least 2-3 miles from home. We had Nextel before and it was just as bad. Many friends that have other companies also have problems placing and receiving calls from our home. There is a tower at Cleveland Heights Golf Course, but we still have no service. We went with Virgin because of the cost of Nextel for the few minutes that we used per month.

Able to use phone indoors with no problems, never have any significant problems.

T-Mobile is one of the few providers that get any bars on the first floor of my office - and T-Mobile has full bars. It has great coverage throughout the city. I can get calls, emails, internet, etc while my co-workers have nothing and miss call after call (Cingular is worst - they get no bars and callers are told their phone is not in service)

nextel is the worst cell phone provider no cell service, and no customer service!!

Keeps switching from service to no-service every 5 minutes. Frustrating

AT&T Was great before Cingular bought them out. Now I get dropped calls, and lots of fast busys when trying to make a call. It has gotten better, but I'm not satisfied anymore. Nextel is even worse. Tin can and wax string works better! Thinking of trying out Verizon if they are any better.

While at work my cell phone is completley useless!

With Sprint, I can get reception when I stand on top of the pipe racks on the back of my work-truck. I have recently purchased a Boost-Mobile (Nextel prepaid) for backup. Between the Sprint and the Boost-Mobile, I have access to a cell phone nearly anywhere in the area. I wouldn't recommend anyone to depend on only Sprint for the Lakeland area.

Nextel has very spotty coverage in Polk County. I just changed from Cingular because their charges for roaming were so high on trips to South Carolina. Nextels coverage is way less than Cingular. I get "No Service" in lots of places in Polk County where Cingular had signals. I think Cingular has good coverage, but really vicious billing although I must admit they didn't hit me with early cancellation of $200 because I hadn't actually signed a contract. I'd be interested to know if one of the fixed price cell service providers like Metro has coverage in Polk County.

My phone never, ever works inside Scott Lake Elementary, but other staff members can use theirs. At home, if it is raining or cloudy, I have to go outside to use the phone. There are times that the weather seems clear and the phone randomly drops calls or the other person cannot understand me. We are changing our carrier, maybe to Alltel.

I have had Sprint for three years and the service has gotten progressively worse. I drop calls frequently, even when I have decent signal in other areas of town. I am looking forward to leaving Spring next month when my contract expires.

Sprint PCS is aware of very problematic coverage. Customer service and technical support are of no help, rude and arrogant. I just dropped Nextel for the same problems, i.e. no coverage, poor tech and customer support. From what I have been reading I don't think any of the cell companies really care about quality service, customer and technical support. Oh, and they even charge you an EXTRA $2.50 upwards for detailed statements, even the online detailed statements. I'm totally disgusted with Spring PCS and Nextel

Absolutely no coverage. Terrible customer service and technical support. Nextel wants to charge $200 early disconnection fee even though they cannot provide any coverage in this area.

Lose reception often at Ewell and Yates. Cell tower is 1.8 miles away. 2 other towers with in 4 miles.