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I had Verizon and had great reception with 3-4 bars. Rarely dropped calls. Cell messed up (excessive use) so I tried new service Alltel. Now I have terrible reception with 0-2 bars at best. Drop calls constantly. Thinking about going back to Verizon before end of month.

used to be bad, now service is spotty (sometimes signal is good but calls don't go through) and don't get voicemail notice until next day or later

poor reception until you get past the electric substation at 190 and Thompson Rd.

Reception non-existant once in the neighborhood. Useless indoors or outdoors at home.

very spotty reception 25% of the time the other 75% of the time no reception at all.

Horrible service, call drops constantly, other carriers aren't any better, I'm told Verizon has the best service in the area.

I started with a Samsung phone, it had terrible reception. Upon visiting a Sprint store I found out that the Samsung phones have below average sensitivity, while the Sanyo phones have above average sensitivity. Belair is actually outside of the Sprint coverage map, but my Sanyo phone still works fine even inside my home. Thus, do not always blame poor reception on the carrier!

Update to Feb. '10 comment: Reception much improved in this area on same phone (and another Verizon phone). Maybe due to cell tower adjustments, poss. requirements for oil leak activities at nearby Rigolets. Otherwise good to excellent reception in Slidell to N.O. areas with only occasional dropped calls.

The further away from Hwy. 190E, the worse the reception. Reception was also poor with a Nokia brand phone. Sometimes med. reception, sometimes dropped calls, sometimes no reception.

Great coverage in Slidell (home) and all along I-10 into New Orleans (work). Never had a dropped call.