All bars were up to the max. and the call wasn't nowhere near being dropped from service.plus there is a sprint / nextel store on the corner of the intersection.

Constant dropped calls. Almost impossible to get a single bar.

Have had dropped calls or not working since April 5

Awesome reception and service.

All along 8 mile Rd from Southfield Freeway to I-75, forget about cell service or direct connect. Either, no signal or poor reception. Another dead zone is in the City of Redford from 7 mile to 6 mile along Beech Daly and 7 mile to 6 mile along Inkster Rd. All these areas have been the same for as long as I have been a Nextel customer and that's been 6 years. Nextel keeps pumping the money into the Nextel Cup series and not their own darn company. Soon to be a former customer

Reception in the house dies quickly as I go to inner rooms and the basement. My wife's old 6120 gets better reception than this new phone, making me consider switching for an LG CU500 as another 3G option. I am on the border of 3G coverage, getting EDGE reliably with 14KBps data speeds here. Outside I am in 4 or 5 bars all the time around the area, and I do feel Cingular is the best value proposition. Verizon has more areas with sufficient reception to keep a call going, but Cingular seems to have better signal strength when there is coverage. Verizon costs $20 a month more than Cingular for the same service time, plus Verizon's habit of locking out features on phones and sneaking in service charges has put me off them for the near future. Wouldl like to know more about relative reception of various phones than I can find so far...

I continue to be dissapointed and frustrated with Nextel's poor service. Push to talk only works about 75% of the time. Transmissions that are scrambled, unable to connect, no service are all very common. Numerous dropped calls and many areas, especially when driving, no service. Horrible. I've spoken with Nextel techs, and they have an interesting fix for all of this. They make the customer take readings (tower and signal strength) (with the customer's phone) from problems areas. The customer then has to call them and tell them what the readings are. Nextel reps don't do any location testing out in vehicles (so I've been told by Nextel). That great service; make the customer do the troubleshooting.

Sprint blows period! Been with them for 6yrs and have always dropped calls. Serivice techs are famous for telling me it's my phone and that I need to upgrade the software - bull! I've become a regular at their store to upgrade phones and software only to drop calls on my way out their doors. Also, I have to stand in one particular spot in my driveway to make a call:( I've traveled all over the state and most of the time I don't have any service while friends with Cingular and Verizon do. Sprint's prices are good but if you can't use your phone or won't because of all the dropped calls then what good is it?

T-Mobile has always had excellent customer service, but it doesn't make up for the CONSTANTLY dropped calls and MANY dead zones. We are currently looking to switch to Verizon, as I am sick of not being able to receive / make calls in buildings, in the car, on the street, basically anywhere. T-Mobile is truly "T-Maybe" and truly a disappointment.

T-Mobile has always had excellent service, but it doesn't make up for the CONSTANTLY dropped calls and MANY dead zones. We are currently looking to switch to Verizon, as I am sick of not being able to receive / make calls in buildings, in the car, on the street, basically anywhere. T-Mobile is truly "T-Maybe" and truly a disappointment.

Can barely use the phone in the house at any time. Dropped calls often occur. Outside is OK

I concur with previous comments - no coverage at all. We need to stop discussions about 2 miles from home knowing the call will drop at any time. I've had Verizon for 10 years. This is the last year. I also have Cingular Nokia phone with acceptable reception.

Reception was fine 15 months ago when I switched to Verizon. Now I get poor or no reception on 5 Mile between about Merriman to Newburgh. Also no reception in the 9 Mile and Taft area. The service tech at Verizon in Westland was rude and patronizing, actually telling me to be quiet and listen when I tried to ask a question while he was giving me my options. Since he got fine reception at their location he said he couldn't find a prob with my phone but offered to let me replace it for $50! Opted not to take that option since the phone was free in the first place and because he couldn't find anything wrong with the one I had. He said the problem couldn't be with their network if I previously had reception in the areas I was having having trouble with now. Can't wait to switch when this contract is up. In the meantime I'm telling everyone I know about the bad reception and the rude treatment by their tech.

Nextel has to be the worst phone service available. The customer service tries to lead people to believe it is our fault (in a building, behind a building, in you car, behind a tree, near mountains (in Livonia mtns. Ha... LOL)). Try to get anything accomplished through customer service and you will not get anywhere. I was told by one person that my service was bad because I was bouncing between three different towers. If that was the case I would have at least some service. The signal strength has gotten worse over the course of the last three years. When asked by customer service if I know of anyone else experiencing poor service I told them, "anyone with a Nextel phone!" The final person I spoke with said that I could switch to Sprint. When I asked him about pricing he gave me amounts of at least double what I am paying now, what a joke. According to service reps. there are no plans to build any new towers in the area. I think the company is hoping everyone will get fed up, pay to get out of their contracts and Sprint can drop Nextel altogether. If you look at the coverage map for Nextel the area of Southeast Michigan is covered, I think an employee spilled the ink bottle on the map before it went to press. Nextel has to be the worst service, and I would not recommend it to an enemy.

Works well outside, not so great inside my house. I don't understand why it changes so much? I'd think about switching to Nextel (since there is a tower nearby) but I need the phone to work good everywhere else! (I still have a landline for calls here at the house) Verizon billing isn't so bad when you get 2 or 3 phones on the pooled minutes... You can get 5% off (your monthly bill) if you tell them you are a AAA member. Get the 800# from the Verizon store when you buy...

My Nextel experience has been great so far. Maybe it's the phone, but I have not had any of the issues I hear other Nextel subscribers complaining about.

Practically useless in the house!

Great reception all around this area for Sprint. Of course, I'm using Sanyo phones, which have great reception.

Have not had reception in my house for 3 years trying to end contract without paying. For not fullfiling their end of the contract. Horrible customer service. Do not by Nextel

I don't whats up with Cingular. They are suppose to have the largest calling area, and more bars in more places, but I have mixed feelings about that. The reception in my house is very poor, I am lucky if I get 2 bars. I drop calls all the time in and around the Livonia area. People always tell me that they can't hear me, and that I cut in and out all the time. The reception is good though on major freeways, execpt for 127 North in between Lansing and Mount Pleasent. I use my phone more in the Mount Pleasent area as I am a student at Central Michigan University, and the reception is better there then it is in the Detroit area, which makes no sense because Cingular is not suppose to have any coverage there. I do like that their no hassale national service plan though (no roming or long distance charges). Reception is very poor in buildings, as I don't have service at work (Laurel Park Place). Friends of mine that have Sprint and Nextel have no problems here though. I don't know if its the service or my phone, but it should be alot better. I am planning to switch to Nextel in the furture sometime, as friends of mine have had no problems with them.