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No reception indoors; drops nearly every call, and conversation is garbled when I'm able to get through. Also, very spotty reception outdoors.

Direct connect and cell phone work just fine. Nextel had a series of problems with the i530 and 730 phones. My wife had 6 i530's before she got a good one. I think that they were all factory refubish models. T-Mobile just junk... ... ... ... . Dropped 8 out of 10 calls. Dont ever buy anything from T-Mobile.

I get perfect signal at my house. However, dropped calls have become a persistent and increasing problem recently. Sprint's acquisition of Nextel seemed to make things worse.

Get poor to no service. Around the I drive area from Central Florida to Sand Lake poor to no reception. Very spotty around town. Nextel needs to get on the ball. I know I am switching as soon as my contract is up.

We are a medical office, and for the past year the reception is only getting worse. Between dropped calls and poor signal strength. It is a problem for the Doctors to have bad phone service while our staff using TMobile and Cingular have better reception.

Nextel is not looking good, I only get about 3 minutes in a phone call b4 it gets dropped. Nextel need to get their stuff str8. FRIDGE!

The reception has been getting steadily worse in the Orlando area. I have recently spoken with Nextel and the only thing that they can tell me is that 1. They have no plans to upgrade / increase the coverage in the Orlando area, aka no new towers and 2. They are still repairing hurricane damage from a year ago. I am switching my company to another carrier.

When I first got Nextel service several years ago I was very pleased with service. I had been warned that if I got out of populated areas, my phone would not work but I've traveled quite a bit and never had a problem. However, the last 6 months or so I have been having problems with dropped call or no signal available. This dispite the fact that I will have 3-4 bars signal strength showing. I have sometimes had to call back someone 3 times in 5 minutes to complete a conversation. Also, the PTT feature is worthless when you cannot get through, or you start a conversation only to loose a signal after someone has said something to you. I agree with another reviewer, it looks like their system is maxed out. Nextel is more expensive for the number of minutes than any other service but I always felt it was worth it because the wave length the service uses allows me to talk inside buildings where other phones will not work. However I am looking at alternatives due to the frustration of poor signal quality.

I can't get reception for the life of me. It shows on my phone 4 bars, but as soon as it connects to who I'm calling it drops to 0 and says to retry. I really dislike my service and am about to change it over.

Nextel gets great service in our area, sometimes overloaded circuits are a problem but more often than not reception is perfect even if you keep the phone in your pocket. No signal searching with the antenna up, generally signal is never a problem.