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I get great service in and around Leesville. Hwy. 28 is spotty, but Verizon is to have towers all down through there by the end of the year. So far I have been very pleased with Verizon. Verizon also works great in and around Alexandria. I always have 3G service and my calls are clear. Much better then AT&T.
Taking Hwy. 167 from Pineville, La to Winnfield, La there is poor to no reception. Mostly NO reception. There is one tower at at Packton and that is all. Centennial has solid coverage in this area from Pineville to Winnfield! The signal will drop down, but still acceptable. Better than no reception like on AT&T. Clearly they need a couple of towers. I would have never dreamed that AT&T had no tower in Dry Prong, La but they do not.
From Alexandria, La going down Hwy. 28 W all the way to Leesville, La and even in and around Leesville. NO RECEPTION Clearly Verizon has no towers in this area at all.
Prior to going with AT&T I went to AllTel, which of course had been purchased by Verizon. They have since be rebranded as such. I got the phone and found that right in Alexandria / Pineville reception was just OK. Once I traveled out of this area this is where problems begin. Going to Leesville you can forget have any service whatsoever. Traveling toward Winnfield.. No service. I was able to get service around Colfax, along going to Jena and Jonesville the coverage was spotty at best. Unless you just stay in Alexandria and Pineville, I cannot recommend this service. AT&T and Centennial are much, much better for rural area reception (hands down).
I get excellent coverage all around the city of Alexandria and Pineville. I also travel a good bit into the rural areas. There are some dead zones, but that was the case with Centennial too. I was a long time Centennial customer, but opted to get an iPhone and AT&T. I have to say I was a bit worried, because my reception with Centennial at home, work and in the rural areas I travel was always good. However, after having the phone for a few weeks I realized the coverage was actually pretty decent. Not as good as Centennial, but since they are buying Centennial I know many of those towers will become AT&T towers, so the reception should get even better. I don't think any carrier is going to be perfect unless you never go anyway. I love my iPhone and thus far the service on AT&T has been good! No complaints!
Great Coverage with Alltel. We had Centennial before and they had almost as good coverage. We tried an iPhone for 30 days and could not get coverage at our house, either of our parents house, or any where we normally go: Ball, Tioga, Pineville, we got very poor coverage in Alex., so we kept our Alltel carrier and very glad, I just wish they carried the iPhone, we miss it!
I was really surprised how well Alltel does in this area. I switched over 4 lines from AT&T which I had always assumed was the best here and it seemed to be what most people had. I switched mainly because Alltel saved us $40 month total since I needed less than half the anytime minutes because of My Circle. But now I get full signal inside home where I previously got 2. Service is really strong throughout Pineville and Alexandria. In a larger building like either Wal-Mart (Pineville or Alexandria) or at some places in the medical center, the signal does drop down to a bar or 2 but I can hold a call throughout. Overall, the signal is generally a little stronger here than anybody else I've tried.
