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Verizon's system would not be what it is in the new orleans area if it wasn't for Alltel's towers. Alltel had a far superior system than anyone including verizon. That's the main reason they bought Alltel was for the largest system in the US. They couldn't compete with it !

I have had Sprint since 1999, except for one awful year with Cingular in 2005. No problems ever. The only problem I have with Sprint is a lack of "cool" phones and awful customer service.

Basically, blanket coverage - Kenner, Metairie, Downtown, Uptown, Jefferson, all of the westbank, LaPlace to Baton Rouge - always have 4 bars and up. There is one bad spot on the Huey P Long and one on the Causeway, but other than that, I never drop calls. Using a 3G phone on the EV-DO network, and IT ROCKS! When Sprint finally moves everything to WiMax, you're gonna be begging to get some of this! Migrated from Nextel and it was the best choice I ever made! Have a freind with Verizon service and a new Razor V3m. Standing right next to me in a steel framed building, he barely scraped together one bar while I was sitting on five. WiMax is gonna rule. Sprint bought 2.5 GHz spectrum years ago and it's gonna pay off very soon! Stay Tuned!

Good reception in metero area and I-10, I-55, I-12, I-510. Lose it on I-310 and US 90 (Luling).

In Metairie, most places are good reception. It has some problems indoors, also in many parts of Kenner and New Orleans there tends to be static.

Can almost always make calls out, and receive most, but some recent difficulty with calls coming in. Callers get "all circuits are busy"; this has happened during the day and sometimes at night. T-Mobile says the towers are repaired? I wonder if the system has been outgrown with so many contractors working in the city or folks moving back to New Orleans?

I guess Sprint is just like the rest. Everyone here is complaining. I only add to it. I drop calls all the time. I wonder if it is the phone. Does any provider do "good" job here in New Orleans? Alas... shigh..

The reception at my home is horrid. I have already had to drive to a different location to call someone. Has that garbled underwater sound. I have tried all rooms and even in the front and back yards and it doesn't get better.

I can not receive or call out while inside my house. I have to go outside to be able to use my cell phone at all. Even when outside the connection is very poor. We also have a house in Lumberton Ms and the service is worse their.

Cingular service is lousy all over. I cannot use in my house, or within 2 block radius without cutting out. Cingular tech support said service work in the area was supposed to be completed in Nov. 2006, but service is still bad. Now they say I need a new simm card, I do not have any problems with it when out of town.