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Alltell assured me that I would have reception in Atchison. I interviewed for a job in December 08 and had good reception, got the job, moved in May of 09 and I have absolutely NO service whatsoever. They supposedly sent an engineer out to check the coverage in the area, from which I never heard back about. They finally had to let me out of my contract.
none of the phones in our family had coverage in this entire area. Called and complained and they said we should have coverage but 6 phones had no bars and they all had different prefixes!
Visited BC in Atchison Feb. 09 when we had Alltel and the reception was great. Then Alltel gets picked up by Verizon in our hometown, Rochester MN. When we took our son to BC this fall, no reception until we were about 5 miles out of Atchison, toward St. Joseph, MO. On the day we moved in I ran into 3 other families in our situation. I am sure there were more.. Back home, talked to manager Verizon and he tried a Hyrbrid PRL code to see if it would help reception, no luck. Keep calling Verizon to complain. They say they may know at the end of the year if the Atchison area will get coverage. Their map shows it is covered now!
We just went with Verizon because our daughter will be going to college there next year. ZERO coverage! We have complained. They are hoping to get service. Hmmm... maybe they can get a sharing aggreement with ATT. Thats what everybody there says they have.
Verizon has also told me that they have a tower IN Atchison and reception should not be a problem. Their tech support rep had us on the phone for over an hour "checking" the settings on our phones, needless to say, nothing has worked. They were supposed to call us after "checking into" the problem... that was 4 months ago and we've decided not to wait! I thought this was the network that stood behind its customers... ..WHERE IS MY NETWORK??? HAVE YOU SEEN THEM???
Have complained about zero reception in Atchison, KS to Verizon. Gerri Linus at (847) 289-3501 says a tech person went out there to check out the complaint and was able to pick up an analog signal using the Cingular tower in Atchison. We still have 1 1 / 2 yrs into Verizon contract for my freshman son at Benedictine. We will probably will have to get him a Cingular plan. We are giving it one last try when we go out there next week.
I was shocked to find zero Verizon coverage in Atchison. Kansas City which is only 35 miles away gets perfect service. Verizon claims they have extended service in Atchison, but they have none. They claim they have it through All-tel towers but the nearest All-tel tower I can find is 25 miles away in Everest, KS. Also, All-tel's coverage map indicates they have roaming service in this area, so I don't know how they could provide service for Verizon if they can't even provide it for themselves! Verizon we need you here!
Maps show Expanded digital all over town, through to Leavenworth and on to KCK. No service (phone says "Searching for service" until about 5 miles from Leavenworth. C'mon Verizon, put up a stinkin' tower!
