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Alltel is the best company I have had while living in Shreveport, LA. There are very few areas where my phone drops below 3 bars of service and even this I get great reception and no static. I switched from AT&T / Cingular after the merger and have never been happier with my cell service!

If you are headed toward Walker Rd expect a dropped call (only garbled, if you're lucky) on 3132 after you pass the West 70th St. exit. Everywhere else in the Shreveport-Bossier Metro and surrounding areas the service is EXCELLENT!

need to find stronger reception phone or stronger signal

Cannot talk inside of building and go outside you may get 2 bars. Calls are constantly drop inside and outside. Very poor reception in this area. It looks like AT&T is using bare minium service for this part of town.

i have good to great reception all over the Shreveport area.

I constantlyhave missed calls and dropped calls. I have a special needs child and can't get in touch with me. I am so tired of this. I can't talk to anyone in my house at all I have to stand outside but then I drop the calls. FRUSTRATING!

At&t's network in Shreveport / Bossier is bipolar. Their 3G service is inconsistent at best, and is not as well deployed as their 2G EDGE network. I have no trouble with dropped calls or data connections using a 2G Blackberry 8520, but i've tried several 3G phones in this area, and none of them exhibit optimal 3G performance. It seems that for every 3-4 EDGE towers in the area there are only 1-2 3G towers available; as their 3G network seems quite underdeveloped here. If your not using a 2G phone or don't have a phone that allows you to manually select 2-3G, i'd stay away from AT&T in this area.

Service Throughout Shreveport is very iffy. Many times I will have 2-3 bars in an empty lot, and move over and have no service.

In my house I have to stand in front of the window to get a signal and going outside doesn't even give me full bars. Sprint and Verizon phones have full reception at my place and ATT recommended I by an amplifying tower from them for nearly $200, but I should not have to since I live in town.

If you are looking for a cell phone company... It's my suggestion that you avoid Cingular like the plague. I'm not up on what's going on with the whole AT&T / Cingular purchase or if that has anything to do with my problems. It's bad enough that I drop... Well, Cingular drops my calls from one room of my house to another. Dare I say, I wouldn't piss on Cingular if they were on fire. Oh, and to the person that posted "you get what you pay for" when talking about the "free phones". First off, what phone store do you work at? I have a Treo 650 on Cingular and my wife has the "freebie" phone from Alltel... The difference is like night and day! Mine sucks, hers does not. So, as you can see... Cingular sucks and Alltel does not. Perhaps you should forward your "you get what you pay for" speech to the higher-ups and tell them to apply that to how they purchase towers and employee selection. Here's a list of my woes with Cingular... Dropped calls galore! VERY poor audio quality and volume when you are lucky enough to be able to make a call. CSR that make the DMV look good. Missed calls and messages due to Cingular "raising the bar" again. Eh... I'll leave it at that. If not, I'll be here all day. Just know, if you like torture and the feeling that you are throwing money down the toilet... Then Cingular is for you!