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Typically excellent coverage throughout Smyrna except in one small patch along Atlanta Road. Love it!

Fantastic service. To the user with the K750i: your issue with reception is that your phone does not operate off of the correct frequency used by Cingular in this area. Your phone uses 900MHz / 1800MHz / 1900MHz. Cingular operates off of 850MHz. The little big of 1900MHz that Cingular does have is from the small part of ATT Wireless that is still functioning. Your service would be poor because that frequency is being done away with. If you want your K750i to pick up slightly better service in the US, switch it to TMobile.

I have no issues in Smyrna. I have been able to use my phone through out this area as well as all of North Metro Atlanta. Those who are having problems need to either update their phones (i.e. users still using a Nokia 5165- hello! technology has changed! get a new phone!) Those of you with newer phones such as the LG1200 and the Sony Ericsson 616. Check with your local Cingular store and have them update your SIM card to a new 64K smartcard. You will thank me and your reception will improve.

Verizon has a robust network throughout Atlanta and North Georgia. Especially in rural areas such as Gordon and White county (90 miles from atlanta) you will get a FULL digital signal whereas the PCS boys give you nothing. In 5 years of service I can count maybe a handful of call drops. Others may be cheaper, offer more minutes, but no one else has the coverage, especially in buildings.

I always have a full signal with my phone, maybe others having problems with reception need to update their phone to a newer model.

Verizon has a useable signal in most of Cobb county, only one marginal area: Veterans Memorial Hwy at Floyd. Other than that, they are a cut above everyone else in terms of coverage especially in-building and residential.

I keep getting a flashing "R" on my main display screen indicating that I have a strong signal but that I am outside the signal range of an Alltel tower and so will be exposed to roaming fees. I understood when I purchased my Alltel service that I would have full coverage in all of Georgia.

We have had excellent service with Sprint in the entire area, although there have been some occasional issues with a bad channel on a tower which rears its ugly head once in a while to cause 1-way conversations.

Driving around Smyrna, I never lose reception and have pretty good signals. In my house, reception is spotty at best.

I dunno if we're just hanging on to the signals on a few towers, but Verizon's otherwise outstanding coverage suffers in building for both of our company locations. Outside, it picks up to 2-3 bars. Inside it's a big nada.