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I have had Sprint for a long time and had no problems. ONly on 26 on my way to kokomo

Full bars... no dropped calls for two years... data transfers fast. Perfect service in this area.

Cingular has excellent reception and voice quality all over East and West Lafayette. I have used two other competing services and this is the only one that works in my basement and in the basement at work.

I get reception everywhere on campus and in Lafayette and W Lafayette. Some loss of service in lecture halls though.

I've always had reception on T-Mobile in Lafayette and in West Lafayette when I lived near campus. I can't remember a single time I didn't have at least 2 bars (enough to make a call), and almost always I have all or maybe one short of all the bars. I work in an office downtown, and I get full reception while others on AT&T, Sprint get very minimal reception if at all inside. The network is patchy when I leave the cities for some of the smaller towns, but I'm usually OK if I'm on a state / US highway, and always OK on I-65. (Notable exception: US 231 to Crawfordsville, but I don't know anyone who gets reception. Even Verizon has a few dead zones there.)

I just got two of these hybrid phones that has Sprint voice coverage and Nextel walkie talkie service. I get good service all over Tippecanoe county. I recommend the new Nextel Hybrid phones to anyone.

I've had good luck with Verizon in the 4 years that I have lived in Lafayette. In my current location my LG VX5300 alternates between 3 and 4 bars. I frequently have 120+ minute conversations and calls are hardly ever dropped. I also believe Verizon has great customer service. I don't think I've ever been on hold longer than 5 minutes and the reps are usually very helpful.

I live near Beck / Brady and 9th / 18th and get great reception at home. I work at Ivy Tech and can get reception inside ALL campus buildings - and that's steel and CMU construction. I got the cheapest, cheesiest free phone that was ever invented - but I figure if I get such GREAT reception with that... I'll probably stick with Cingular and just upgrade the phone. I DO hate Cingular's customer service - just to be totally honest here - and be careful which store you buy from - if there's a long line when you get there- leave and go to another store. I used to stand in line for 45 minutes at Teal just to hear: I don't know, let me find my manager. Granted, this was two years ago...

Really good reception everywhere in Lafayette, even good in buildings and basements.

Cinglar, by far, has the best all around coverage in a 50 mile radius of Lafayette. I used to spend all day, 5 days a week on the road. I have had Verizon and all the rest of the local carriers have been used by others working with me. Nearly everyone has switched to Cingular. When you make at least 3 or 4 calls minimum per day from all over the region, it becomes aparent which carriers work and which carriers don't. The only one where reception is no more than 5 minutes down the road from anywhere within 50+ miles of Lafayette is Cingular. From what I am to understand 2 more dead spots will be gone in about 2 more months. The other carriers do have excellent reception in certain areas surrounding Lafayette, but it is definitely a case of all or none. If you look at their coverage maps, they are very limited and cover only one or two directions out of Lafayette.