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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.

Before Cingular ungraded their network to GSM I had perfect reception. Now I have very very poor reception in my home.

Cingular GSM is excellent in the Lafayette area. I pretty much get full reception everywhere I go.