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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'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.

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.

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

No reception at ALL at my house in the center of town, just off of US 52 and Union Street. I had a party two days ago, Verizon and Sprint phones had FULL bars in my house, Cingular had decent reception. There were three T-Mobile phones, none had ANY reception.

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

I live on 10th street and my coverage SUCKS! I get no signal in my house or around my house at all!

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 can place a call, sometimes. I can have a conversation, rarely. No, really, I'm trying to be positive about T-Mobile, not!