Alltel (soon to be Verizon) has excellent coverage everywhere in Hutchinson, and most of central and western Kansas.

At first had bad service called and complained then had me do a tower search *228 since then been great service no dropped calls. Havn't been anywhere that my phone hasn't worked... ..

I have Alltel. We just moved to Twila Street, which is just a 1 / 2 mile North East of 43rd and 61 hwy intersection. Reception is BAD! It feels like the old days with TV antennas. If I stand in the right place and stand the right way, I might get a call through. Alltel has been zero help! I have had a phone with them for over ten years. It is driving me crazy.

Service is never an issue. I always get perfect reception(except near belpre and lewis). Their selection of phones, on the other hand, PATHETIC! If you are wanting a cool phone, don't use Alltel.

If I stand on a hill in the pasture I can get two bars intermittently, but can't keep a call connected long enough to finish it.

People people people yall holler about signal ! You holler about call quality.! Or dropped calls!.Or the phone works here but dosnt here. Well you need to bend over get a good dose reallity an live with it!. Cellphones are all prone to this. Because of terrain,electrical interference,Being inside a car having the phone up bi your head yuk! Buy a bluetooth headset! All of those things above factor in so before you go raise Hell! with the ones were the phone was bought remember this cellphones are not allways perfect.

We are not pleased at all with Alltel. We have been to all the Alltel service locations trying to get help with our reception problems out here and all we get are excuses. We've bought more expensive phones, we've switched carriers from Alltel, sprint, and Verizon wireless and no wireless provider works out here. All providers say their phones, towers, and service is the best. Yeah right! We're sick of the monthly charges, poor service, no coverage, dropped calls constantly and they continue to advertise, "come get your love" Ha! I pray night and day someday soon, a cellphone company moves into this area a takes over RENO CO. by storm and gives Alltel a big marathon run for their money! Make them shove their money where their mouth is. People are tired of being ripped off. We've been told that Alltel bought up an enormous amt. of towers hoping to be the biggest wireless network nationwide and now they do not have the manpower to maintain / service them. I am hoping that many people read my comments before purchasing from Alltel. I have searched long and hard to find a way to get the message out there to NOT purchase your wireless plan from Alltel. You will be sorry. PLEASE HEED THIS MESSAGE!

The v710 is gone but its hipped up cousin the e815 is here cool! more memory 40 megs, EVDO for faster downloads for Apps. an sending messages, pictures And Bluetooth headsets of all shapes an colors. Awsom!

Alltel's service around the Hutcinson area is excellent going to Wichita is'nt bad. And being able to go over to wichita an not roam well thats got to be good. There are some dead spots. Over by nickerson,turon, arlington,and other little places And the phones that are now availible the razr,palm treo,the starcom. And more to come. And as Alltel says come get your love.!

Alltel has been our cellphone provider fore 8 years now it was kansas cellular an in 99 was aquired by Alltel we've had several phones in the past from the Motorola bag phone at 3watts to the digital v710. And we've had little to no promblems with them my v710 is a year old but still looks new. Im going to update to a razrv3c fore the new software an EV-DO. The service has been very good except fore some dead spots. You have remember things arnt allways perfect. Go Newman!.

Alltel has been an excellent provider for the year that we have used them. I commute to Wichita for work an the reception is immaculate except for a very small hollow spot around Mount Hope. In town and along major thoroughfares, Alltel is great. When I go out to the boonies I loose carrier pretty quickly, though. I am just as pleased with their business practises, I cannot say that I have ever had an issue with overcharging, changing my plan without asking, or anything else. I changed from Sprint to Alltel because of constant 'administrative' failures (ie: overcharging, changing my plan without asking, shutting off service because of going over plan minutes). I had been a Sprint customer since the time that they began offering service in the area - probably about 6 years ? - and, although their network was somewhat more complete than Alltel, the total experience began to get rapidly worse in the last year or so. I would say I made a good choice with Alltel.

I have been using a company cell phone from Cingular, which I believe roams on Cellular One here. I got my own Alltel phone, and there is no comparison. With Alltel, it sounds like I am on a landline anywhere in Hutchinson.

AT&T now has 2 cell sites, one is 2 blocks south of the water tower at A and Adams, and one on the abandoned grain elevator at 17th and Severance.

AT&T has turned on a new panel on an existing tower near Ave D and Adams street. I can now get excellent reception out to Patridge, Nickerson and Yoder from this tower. There are plans for a new tower on the north side of town to replace the mobile unit on the fairgrounds.

The September 2nd Hutchinson News showed a permit for Cingular wireless for a communications tower at 320 S Adams. There is an existing tower there, but in the last couple of weeks a new panel has appeared. I do not believe is has been turned on though as of Sep 15. An AT&T representative at the fair confirmed the tower but said it was only to stop roaming, they will not be selling service in Hutchinson.

AT&T Slash Stinkular happy jack Customers if your look -ing for more bars in more in places go no further than 25th&Main or set in front of pet express at the larkland shopping center.AT&T Has a Tower slash trailer behind pet express So AT&T custom -ers go get them bars that are in more places ha. ha.!

A quick update. AT&T does have a tower in Hutchinson in the area of the fairgrounds. I was told by employees at a company store in Wichita they are testing the market here. I have found that if I walk just a couple of doors away from my house I get perfect reception. This applies in almost every direction. I think there something interfering with the signal in my specific location.

Cingular does not sell service in Hutchinson, although it may be coming. They have put up a tower somewhere in the north part of town. My LG switches b / t Alltel and Cingular in my area. The Alltel signal is much better where I am at.

Is anyone happy with Cingular coverage in Hutch and / or surrounding areas? Need to switch to Cingular for iPhone in June. Please comment, thanks!

I pay $120 / month for Sprint service and I have to go outside my house in order to get one bar (if I'm lucky) so that I can try to make a phone call. I can't wait until my contract expires in December so I can get AT&T service, which I have for my work phone, and which works great all over town.