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My phone is unusable down Fleischmann Rd. Dropped calls are common all around town and echos are present the rest of the time. Stay away!

I almost always have 1 bar in town I get better on roam! I hate Sprint never get it they drop calles and they say tallahassee is a "fring" area

Former AT&T GSM customer now switched to Cingular. Most of the places I get a good signal, down at the Capitol (where I work) I get good solid 5 bars everywhere but the lower level and parking garage. This coverage is maintained pretty well around the downtown area, and as far north as Bannerman Rd. At my house I have a hard time finding a good 'zone'... coverage can be anywhere from 3 bars to none in less than a few inches. I've determined this must be the construction of the house... I have a hard time getting my wireless to work well in some spots as well (sometimes less than 10 feet away from the Access Point.) Walk upstairs or outside and it gets an avg. 4 bars.

My company supplies this phone for me to use. I travel to the west as far as the Apalachacola river and I've used it to the east to Jacksonville. Along the highway reception is very good, get off the interstate and go a mile or two and no bars. In Tallahasse reception is average, I know when I'm at the satalite complex reception will be very weak. Some other places I also lose coverage but with nothing to compare it to I can't say how other brands would do. I do know the Alltel phone I had before this one would have much better coverage off the highway, even in the piney back woods.

Only had phone for 10mths and reception sinks and 3g is slow

3G coverage in Tallahassee has usually been pretty great. There's only one area in town I've been that sometimes drops calls, but even that has improved vastly. Both download and upload speeds were often in the 2-3Mbps until just recently; the last month or so the speed has plummeted, due to, as AT&T informed me, cell towers are coming down for upgrades around the city. It should improve greatly in the near future.

very poor reception with call dropped in a split second. Must switch at end of contract. I need a phone to use not look at.

I have used Nextel phones since 2001, but also, kept an Alltel phone, because the Nextel phone only work when in town, reception was poor out of city limits. No service most of time. Nextel reception improved in 2005 or 2006, but has now been poor again around 2009. During hurricanes of 2004 and 2005, my Nextel phones wouldn't work at all. The Alltel phones worked. The Motorola I580 has been the best Nextel Rugged phone for reception, of the many Nextel Rugged phones that I've used.

I completely understand that reception is dependent on where the carrier's tower is. In our part of town there are very few towers. Perhaps the carriers should begin considering the rural areas for expansion. I doubt any carrier could provide good service out here.

I've been using Cingular / AT&T for many years. The coverage has only gotten better. I've only experienced one dead zone in Tallahassee and that was off Apalachee Pkwy. in the Timber Ridge neighborhood. No service is available in that location, but move out onto Apalachee Pkwy. and reception comes back. Making trips out of town have been a joy with AT&T. Service is good as far west as I have been (Gulfport, MS) and as far east as I have gone. (Jacksonville / St. Augustine) Those who state they have had trouble with AT&T service, beware, they may just have an ax to grind. As far as I am concerned, service could not be better.