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.

Verizon uses the extended network here. I believe it is primarily Alltel. The Verizon dealer in Wichita (my residence is in Wyoming but spend 90% of my time in Kansas on work) assured me I could browse the internet from Reno County even though it uses the extended network. Two different corporate Verizon stores in Wichita said I would be able to. They were wrong. Verizon now tells me the employees were mistaken. Other than that I never see lost calls on the extended network with LG phones (have had 3 different ones here.) One or two bars of reception always works fine.

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.