Service

I'm getting horrible service right in the middle of Lafayette. I'm constantly getting dropped calls where it matters the most (in my home).

Usually no bars can sometimes receive calls but can make them. No 3G rarely get Edge, tried to set up new email acct. today but could not connect to network so had to go to another office several blocks away.

THis is so frustrating... . I have about a 3x3 foot location that I have to sit in to talk on my phone in my apartment... I Hate AT& T... I never had this problem with Verizon... I live in the city too. WHat a big mistake... I think it's worth paying out my contract to stop the frustration

AT&T Reception in the Milton area is terrible. We are in a cellular hole that needs to be addressed by AT&T. I see that a new cellular tower was recently built across the street from the church but unfortunately its Verizon. I will definitely be switching to them when my contract is up in 2 months so I can get rid of my land line.

Great service! Much better then AT&T was here.

Have been with Sprint for many years, before moving too Lafayette area 6 years ago. Had AT$T when in central Louisiana, they sucked bad, reception lack of customer service and all... but did learn something a long long time ago about cell phones... if the provider offers you a free phone, you get you money's worth. Pay a little for a decent phone and you'll be lots happier... have great phone reception in and around our home but then we have the new Arwave in our home(look it up) and it is better than the phone that I had thru a certain cable provider here in town, who shall remain nameless...

Only have one bar while inside house, must stand outside of house to use iphone.

Even walking outside, my cell phone connection is regularly terrible in this area. It's frustrating since it's my residence, as well.

terrible reception in home. must use phone outside to generally enjoy calls.

Driving into the subdivision I get reception, I take a left, and get no reception and / or dropped calls, take a right down my street I get 5 bars, I drive up at my home and get no reception. I can only use my phone in my kitchen and living room, and sometimes in my courtyard. I constantly have people saying they can't hear me, but I can hear them perfectly, my partner has a Motorola cell and has better reception. I just recently sent an email about wasting my money on phones devices that give me crappy reception and the time it takes to look fora new one, and try it for a day only to realize that it is just as bad or worse than the previous phone. AT&T isn't cutting it in this subdivision at all. MICKY

Ever since hurricane Katrina Cingular reception has been below average. During high usage times (5:00 pm on weekdays) reception drops to poor

I use Centennial... ..it's not on your list. Everybody that uses Cingular and other companies in our office building do not get good reception. Only those of us that use Centennial can get our phone calls and get good reception.

Cingular just about forced me to get a new phone last year saying that because my phone did not have a SIM card I would be charged more per month to keep using it. I loved my old phone and in the 4-5 years I had it I never dropped a call, with this new phone, complete with a SIM card I have horrible reception and 2 out of 3 calls get dropped no matter where I am. Last year on vacation I couldn't make one call from my phone for the 2 weeks we were gone. I complained, they told me my complaints were imagined, I complained and complained and complained, finally went to the office on Ambassador and called and again complained then handed the phone to the clerk to talk to the Cingular supervisor and BAM the call was dropped, she tried calling 3 more times and each time after they answered the call was dropped, they finally gave me a new phone (had to take the same model) and same thing is happening, they still don't want to hear it. We are done with Cingular after 10 years and will go to another provider.

Throughout the entire city, Cingular always provides more than adequate coverage. When driving, you may hit a spot where you start breaking up a little, but generally the call doesn't even drop, the tower hands off to another one and the call quality is good again! In building coverage varies, some buildings it is fine, some impossible, some mediocre, but overall Cingular is definitely the choice service provider.

Cingular GSM service is full bars all over Lafayette, even inside most all buildings. Its hard to not get 5 bars. Beats the pants off most other carriers.

My phone is a coluple of years old. I originally had service with Sun Com. Sun Com was bought out by AT&T, at that point service went down hill. I was very satisfied with Sun Com not with AT&T. My bill has gone up and my service has gone down. I have replaced the battery and have had no positive improvment in service. I would like to go with Alltel but Alltel is not a dealer in the 337 area code in which I reside. I am stuck with AT&T / Cingular. Is there a phone which is providing better service thru AT&T / Cingular in the Lafayette area? Thanks, Cleon

Lafayette is one of the major cities T-Mobile is currently undergoing maintainance in, so coverage is spotty in a few places. Use T-Mobile for data ONLY. They may get you with their voice plans, but 60% of the time, you can't really place a call (or receive it for that matter) I switched over to Cingular for my voice cause their data is expensive (and because they don't support the Sidekick II yet) Service 99.9% of the time on my Samsung e317

4-5 bars all the time. The only place I've dropped down to 2 or less is in the elevator in Jefferson Towers downtown. I've never dropped a call, either. Coverage is excellent outside of Lafayette as well.

Sprint doesnt get very good service. I am always dropping calls.