Carrier / Rating

Location / Comment

Date

VERIZON FAIL. I travel all over the country. I have business in Atchison and I have to drive 20 miles to another city to stay in a hotel so that I can do business here. Why skip service to such a large area of Kansas? After I left Topeka bound for Atchison on 4 / 59, I lost signal and in Atchison proper there is absolutely zero signal. Hello, VERIZON Cretins, this is a college town! Benedictine is a highly rated, venerable old college, what are you thinking, Verizon? A friend tells me also that Verizon accepted and was paid a huge amount for the Kansas subsidized low income program and took the money but denies service and signal. FAIL AND ILLEGAL!

I have the NET10 version of the Optimus Net, which gets perfect reception in my apartment. My friends all say I sound much clearer than on my previous model, a RAZR-like Motorola. I've even had at least two friends comment that I sounded as if I were only a few feet away. Unit shows fluctuating 3G signal in my apartment, however, data speeds seem great. I do recieve full 3G reception at my old house. Surprisingly, the Optimus is on a Sprint system, which normally has difficulties in Atchison. furthermore, the Motorola unit was a 2G model, on an AT&T tower, which normally has the best reception quality.

stunned to find absolutely no connection available anywhere in Atchison - only began to get basic service again after climbing over the hills around atchison and getting well out of town. Verizon Fail.

Verizon shows on all their maps on-line and in printed brochures their service works at my family address. It is a lie! Probably to make their maps look better and appear as though they have better coverage. Think about it, who is going to call them on it except the few it effects, really all of Atchison, KS. I bet its easy and with no repercussions to put out false statements and data to look better for sales and competitiveness! I've been with Verizon since their beginning in Kansas City. Fare well Verizon and hello AT&T, be truthful!

Atchison has no Verizon reception, we were shocked to find out. They had to let us out of the contract on my son's phone who is a student at Benedictine College. He has AT&T and has perfect service. After our Verizon contract expired the rest of us (4 phones) all switched to AT&T and couldn't be happier.

Get this... . last year my son at college in KS didn't have any Verizon reception, but we got by with the land line in the college dorm. August 22 he went back to school and Verizon reception was great, right from his dorm room! Now, at the end of the week, no reception. He said the rumor is that Verizon had moveable towers in the area. That sounds very fishy, but the customer service rep said there is full coverage according to the Verizon map... ... This summer I had 2 kids traveling, one to Alaska and the other New Jersey and had no reception problems, no dropped calls. Today, seven hours south in KS, no reception! Grrrrr.

in town normally get 4 to 5 bars at home on the edge of town need to be on porch to get a bar to talk.

Verizon Started Renting Towers In Atchison KS. You will need your phone set for Hybrid Mode. The is good outside coverage. Good Coverage in most of Wal-Mart Great coverage in Ann Quinn's Furniture.

Just went back down to Benendictine College in Atchison. NO BETTER with Verizon. NOTHING> BAD BAD. T-Mobile was mediocre. Worked outside and in some buildings But not two different Dormitories. We will be going with AT&T. Thats what everyone in town and on Campus says too. GOOD LUCK<

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!