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same old Nextel 2 step--problem with a tower, or it must be my phone--well after, 6 Nextel phones(three different models), the best I could do was get maybe a bar or two every other tuesday. Nextel's piss poor customer service just sent me an extra battery. Beleive it or not, my wife uses sprint, and has good reception.
Amazing Service! The guy at the Alltel store in Ocala had told me that all the towers in the area had been upgraded to EvDo technology, and that the Internet on my phone would be lightning fast. At first, I was very skeptical, then I took the phone out and about to see exactly what I was getting myself in to. We all know that these companies are serious about the trial period! Low and behold, its been phenomenal! I'm saving over 50% from my Nextel Blackberry, have service when and where I need it, and Alltel has My Circle! I couldn't ask for a better experience!
If I point my phone on it's side on my dashboard pointed in one certain direction I get one bar, inside the building, stand in one place yes, one step sideways, no. Nextel is a joke and they say it is becaseu there are SO MANY people on the network they can't keep up.
I live off of 225A and have had Cingular service for 2 yrs but had AT&T for over 9 years previously which of course was bought out by Cingular. I never dropped a call until I had Cingular service I dropped a call just yesturday after turning off Hwy. 27 onto 225A. Cingular has the worst service and I drop calls all over central Florida. Many times I can't use my phone at all from locations that I had used the phone at just minutes before. The service has been much worse in the last 2 to 3 months with busy circuits etc. My voice mails show up days to weeks after people have left them. Many times I get recordings saying that calls are not allowed or blocked which is impossible. The only thing worse than Cingulars cell phone service is their customer service, it's so bad I don't even want to go there. I even get poor reception and dropped calls talking to the 611 service department! It has been worth the monthly bill to let Cingular spread it's own bad word of mouth every time someone calls me and realizes how bad Cingular is, it's worth it to me.
My contract is up this month. I am so glad. The Nextel circuits are often busy, and the service is often spotty. I have been truly unhappy since I switched from T-Mobile.
At this actual intersection there is no reception as someone else mentioned, but as soon as I get 50 feet away on any side of it, I have reception again. I live in a neighborhood nearby and I do pretty well through there. In fact, it has improved from when I first got this phone so I assume that Cingular is indeed making efforts in this area. I drive around Marion county a lot. I agree with other posts that Anthony and McIntosh are basically total dead zones. Except on the west side of 441 in McIntosh I get reception. Fellowship can be spotty too. Everywhere "in town" in Ocala I seem to do very well other than in certain buildings (grocery stores, mall). I actually can talk inside Home Depot, which astounds me. Overall I'm pretty pleased with my reception on this phone, but my husband has the v557 (also on Cingular) and he thinks his reception sucks though I have no specifics to back that up with.
No reception. Forget going into a store out here, about the only way to get any type of signal is to sit in your car and point the phone at your radio or radio antenna. But Nextel says there is NO problem out here.
TracFone - Reselling Cingular service. GSM coverage extreemly good in most areas. Very weak signal in only spotty rural areas as well as areas inside Paddock Mall (Big building - to be expected). Connection and conversation still maintained. Only "no signal" occured inside Paddock Mall. Once I powered the phone off and back on, I immediatly got nearly full signal strength.
