fair reception in holton, but occassionally slow delivering v-mail and messages.

Had GREAT reception everywhere I went when I was an Alltel customer. Like about everyone else from here to Atchison, the service is so spotty it's unusable unless you position yourself just right about 2 blocks away from here and DON"T MOVE. Even then you can watch the bars on the phone go from searching to full signal and back again within a few seconds. Usually the result is a dropped call. Typically, at home, I do not hear the phone ring, but will be notified of a vmail from a few minutes earlier. It is NOT POSSIBLE to have a clear conversation within a block of my home, and even then, it's mostly unlikely until I get to Hwy. 75. This is a top of the line smartphone and service with Verizon has turned it into little more than a pager that lets me know sometimes that I have a new voice mail or text within 3-60 minutes AFTER I've missed the call.

I always call a special someone when I'm about 5 miles north of Topeka because I know I won't have to talk long. It's better than faking a bad signal because it's a surprise to both of us when we're suddenly disconnected and he can't call me back. There is nothing, nada, not even a hint of a signal until the Holton water tower is visible.