I've used Alltel here in Monroe and all surrounding areas for four years. I have had little to no problems in any local areas, lowest number of bars used to be two in some friends homes but are generally four to five now (guessing towers were added over time.)

Altel give me great reception in Monroe and West Monroe, LA

I have received good reception in the Winnsboro and Crowville area. Reception is surprisingly good at the Tensas refuge, especially down at the Ben Lilly Bridge area.

I live in the ULM Dorms and signal is horrible especially when the phone towers are down. It seems like the Cingular is down right now because I have absolutely no signal and can't even listen to my voicemail messages. I would recommend a different mobile phone carrier if you are going to live in Northern Louisiana and especially at ULM.

Always have gotten good service here - even just a few days after Katrina / Rita, unlike my T-Mobile phone which couldn't receive calls for over a month afterwards. The only place I find coverage spotty in Monroe is inside buildings, but the buildings at ULM are constructed from cinderblock which isn't too friendly to cell phone signals - even in those I normally have one or two bars, though, and pretty good voice quality. The network does seem to be overloaded down here - almost every 5th call I try to make results in a "Network Busy" error message and I have to try it again, but I imagine there aren't too many Cingular customers (and therefore towers) in Northeast LA.

Cingular is poor all over town. Its like having an expensive pager

Just "upgraded" to Cingular GSM from TDMA. Pretty good coverage in Monroe / West Monroe as well as along I20 going into Rayville. However, it is unable to get any network connection south of Baskin on LA 15, which is too bad since I drive to Winnsboro to work daily.

I have very poor coverage anywhere 10 miles from a interstate highway. Poor coverage in any rural area.

I get amazing reception whereever I go. Inside several homes where my friends leave their phones off, mine stays on and get a crystal clear signal. It's great to travel with as well. I've been to Baton Rouge, TupeloMS, and Shreveport recently. I have gotten great reception for most of the areas in between. I love it.

Poor coverage or no signal at all in many on campus buildings. (Especially the Administration Building)