This is the worst provider ever! Is it just me? Or is it where I live that Cingular just never seems to have reception? Well if so then bad reception much follow me everywhere. Note to all.. Cingular sucks

I must just come out and say Nextel is horrible. Before I get into the service / reception, I must just say that even though the Walkie Talkie feature, which is most likely why people buy these phones, is cool, the Nextel phones are gigantic, bulky, the text messaging system is messed up (you rely on the Net so it takes forever and you can't just text from your contacts, you must memorize everyones number except for the 9 or 10 they allow you to put in). The service is horrible everywhere, one minute you have 3 bars, then 2, then 0, then 4, then 1, then No Service, then 2 etc... .and this is only in less than one minute. Not only is having no service annoying, it is dangerous. I have poor service in my house, street, neighborhood etc. I have noticed when I looked at the numbers of bars given to service providers, Nextel was one of the only ones where nobody gave it a 5... at least in my area and a few surrounding cities. You get the vibe that these phones are for businesses and that is why companies workers always have them. I don't know what provider to try. Cingular, Verizon, T Mobile, Sprint (hopefully it doesn't have the same crappy service because of the merger). A long time ago, cell phones would have dead zones and were mainly for outdoor use and not as a sometimes home phone, but I guess Nextel hasn't stepped up to the plate because trees, wires, buildings lower level buildings etc. haven't messed up the other companies.

Terrible reception anywhere in Beachmont.. Need to switch service. Nextel is horrible..

Absolutley horrible reception and it has been for years, we need a tower in this area bad!

Waste of monthly minutes.

The service is always great down at this end of Revere but I get no reception at all when I'm in work thats sits all of 1 1 / 2 minutes away

I've never had trouble with Verizon anywhere in the country, but there's absolutely no reception in this area of Revere Beach and no plans to install a new tower anytime in the foreseeable future, according to Verizon. Total dead zone unless you walk a block or two down the street in either direction.