I've taken my phone all over the country and I get Verison coverage perfectly EXCEPT in my home, the one place I really need it. Calls are dropped at the rate of 1 every minute. Verison has replaced my phone 4 times put the problem remains. It's not the phone but the coverage. So much for the most reliable network!

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.

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

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.

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).

Verizon's coverage is the best. I've had T-Mobile and Cingular / ATT (GSM), and the reception is horrible all over. I have yet to see a "no service" message after 1 and a half years. The only thing is that Verizon could expand their EVDO network to smaller communities more.

Verizon is the best provider in Topeka by far! Probably the best in KS now that they use Altell towers.

Cingular is only LOWERING THE BAR in Topeka and most of Kansas. I started a contract with Cingular at Personal Communications on 21st St. I could not use my phone 2 blocks from that store. Thats right, I had one or no bars 2 blocks from the store. Luckily, they are forced to give me a trial period and I went to Verizon, which is actually raising the bar. Cingular is a horrible carrier.

Recently switched to Verizon from Cingular, and there is no comparison. I was never able to get a signal in my house with Cingular (or anywhere else in Topeka), and Verizon gives me a full signal in my basement. The GSM networks are pitiful in Kansas, stick with Verizon, Alltell, or Cellular One.

I have had Cingular for a year and have had horrible reception pretty much everywhere in Topeka (and Kansas). I had Verizon before and never had a dropped call, and got a full signal from my basement at home to on top of a mountain in Colorado. Will switch back as soon as my contract is up with Cingular.

I recently switched from Cingular to Verizon in Topeka. I am much much more satisfied with Verizon. Reception with Verizon in Topeka is heads and sholders above Cingular. I don't know about the rest of the country, but Cingular has some major issues in Topeka.

Just got Cingular in Topeka and reception is very low in major areas. Will leave them during my trial period.

Others who have Cingular on here are correct. I have horrible luck with Cingular in Topeka. Many areas you have to go outside a house and then reception is still really poor. I would not recommend Cingular if your going to live in Topeka. Poor poor reception for a large city.

T-mobile in many parts of Topeka, offers very poor coverage, dropped calls, network failure, the phone must be taken outside to make a call. Then you get two bars and horrible reception. Great customer service though!

Caution Topekans! Don't get Cingular if you depend on a phone in Topeka! Some spots are fine, but others are awful and practically non-existant right in town.

Cingular has awful reception in this large part of Topeka.

One bar, and thats if your lucky! Horrible reception from a horrible carrier.

Excellent Service all around Topeka

Topeka Kansas which is in Shawnee County has absolutely the worse AT&T cell phone reception. Almost everyone I know who had Cingular (AT&T) has changed to verizon, and with good reason. You can actually use your cell phone. For the life of me, I don't understand why AT&T does not do something about this. If they keep going in Topeka Kansas, they will be out of business.

Very good results. In the USA Virgin Mobile is using Sprint towers. I have never had a problem with this phone (new as of six months ago, free with $20 airtime via web site). However, my wife is using an older Virgin Mobile phone, and recently she has been having problems in places I have not. If you go Virgin Mobile, get a new phone.