The reception in the Carol Stream SUCKS! Lot of dropped calls especially in the house. The only area I get some reception is in my back yard. I really don't want to stand out side in the winter months just to make calls.

I have T-Mobile and I love it I have had Cingular for 6 years and switched to sprint, but then didn't like thier service. Now I'm trying T-Mobile and I got to say it is the best company I ever used.

I never dropped calls until I lived here, I've had USCellular for years in the middle of nowhere with no problems. For a few weeks I got an LG phone and it was so bad I switched right back to my clunky old Nokia-- the LG was dropping every call I made in my apartment. Neighbors told me they couldn't even get calls in their apartment. If you have bad reception here, don't blame the phone / carrier, it's the area.

No single at work... 1 bar at home in Carol Stream I'm glad there's a 15 day trial period.

In a nutshell get over the beepee beepee aspect of the phone. Reception countrywide stinks. Drop calls are frequent. No reception is the norm. This isn't a great family plan either since it's not free among users of Nextel or family members with Nextel. Switching in a month! I spoke to the tech at Nextel and they said towers were not in the areas I frequent most, towers being built but no date. Can't comment on the Spring merger which I don't think will help much. Customer service is at it's lowest for a cell phone carrier trying to compete out in this marketplace.