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.

I got wireless internet and did a big upgrade to a Motorola Droid. I get NO service most of the time in Western Kansas and the Oklahoma panhandle. It was this way with my simpler, less expensive phone and it's still that way with the upgrade. I get fine service in Hutchinson with the phone. With only 3 bars, intenet is slow.

I was reading in the Hutchinson news on October 18th, 2009 about U.S. Cellular going online with a new advanced Sector Technology tower on the west side of Hutchinson. At that time I was on an Alltel network with "TERRIBLE" reception in my area on the west side of Hutchinson, KS. We had to stand out in the front yard turned to the south only to "possibly" make a call on our Alltel phones. I Had 4 phones on the plan. I was constantly complaining to Alltel at that time with dropped calls on all my Alltel phones. I even updated my 2 blackberry phones almost daily with no better service afterwards. When Verizon took over Alltel, the service did not improve even with all the phone updates. We were even considering going back to a landline service. I instead, decided to try the U.S. Cellular service. We were so amazed at the reception from inside my house with the U.S. Cellular service that we went with 5 phones for the entire family. We are very pleased with the U.S. Cellular service and we have had great reception everywhere we go on all 5 phones. THANK YOU! U.S. CELLULAR

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

Tryed AT&T, and it sucked. Im not on Verizon and love it!

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... ..

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.

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.

My in-laws see a lot less of my kids because I cannot be away from cellular coverage. I would pay for a tower here if somebody would service it!

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!

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.

Sprint has upgraded in the Hutchinson area and you can get much better reception then in years past. I would recommend someone looking for service to test out the phones at the Sprint store (now open in Hutch!) first to see for yourself. I LOVE Sprint!

Virgin Mobile (which is supposed to use the Sprint PCS network) is hit or miss all over town. I can't get a signal at my residence without going outside! As much as I like their 18¢ per minute Pay-as-You-Go for my needs, they really need to make a tri-mode phone available.

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.