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No problems to speak of, which is odd for Nextel, but it seems to be fine in Topeka.

Cannot hold a call when I enter a building in downtown Topeka. Service drops and phone begins to hunt for roam. Once I am outside, service shows full signal strength.

Almost no problems anywhere in the Topeka area, Good north up to Holton, KC, Lawrence, Wichita all have excellent reception

If you stray from major highways / roads don't count on your Sprint phone. Even with their 'free roaming' I can put my phone into roam and it still will drop calls, all the while I embaressingly borrow a customer's phone on a different network.

Good reception in town with rare dropped calls. I even get good reception in the basement of Petro! Some problems in basement of Henderson. There is a dead spot on north 62nd just east of 75 Hwy. where my calls often are dropped.

I've had the same Sprint account / plan / phone for 4+ years. Used it many urban places without problem and no roaming - not as lucky in very remote areas (Independance,KS or North of Holton). In my Basement apt at 31st / Oakley reception is spotty - same with friends using T-Mobile, Verizon, or Cingular in my place. Seems to be a matter of usage demands and typical interior interferance. I imagine a narrow zone from my bedroom window, down the hall, into the living room where I get a signal - If I stray from that I occasionally have a problem. (real convenient, eh?) I was told the nearest tower is atop the V / A hospital about a mile from me.

Sprint is the worst carrier I have ever had. Drive anywhere outside the city limits and your call is dropped. Don't even think of traveling. My friends have CellularOne and Alltel and have no problem.

Data speeds are decent and I've never had a dropped call.

T-Mobile really, really, reallyreallyreally stinks. Coverage is very spotty all over KS. I have family that are on Alltel and Verizon that have full signals where I can barely manage 1 bar. Customer service is the worst in the business too. I think their business model was aimed at assisting 12 year olds. 3G??? I had them years ago, too bad to see they haven't improved. Will be breaking my contract in the next month to get out (it's that bad).

T-Mobile has made some major improvements in their network. Most of Topeka is covered pretty well now. I have yet to have a no service message or a dropped call in Shawnee county. They even have Sprint beat in certain parts of the state (like Southeast KS).