On a really crappy day weatherwise, rain and clouds got the best reception on the shores of Lake Michigan I have ever had, now with sun, picking up cell tower in Wisconsin (time on phone is Wisconsin time) even though cell tower on M-31 about seven miles away. Can't send or receive calls, text, etc. Very disappointing was hoping merger with Alltel would improve reception for Verizon here "up north".

Using Cingular's GSM network in northern Michigan has a lot of gaps. Rather than everyone saying how much their service sucks, can we do comparisons with a friends phone in the same location with a different provider to give real benifit to this forum. There are really only 3 types of services out there. GSM (AT&T, Cell One??), CDMA (Verizon, Alltel??) and Nextel's. With nationwide plans they pretty much all share each others towers with the same type of service. So like services should get like reception. To identify which service you are on, GSM uses a SIM card and CDMA does not. Nextel is on it's own and analog is on it's way out. My challenge to y'all is which has better reception in northern Michigan, CDMA or GSM?

Terrible coverage from Manistee north. Can't send or receive pix messages. Didn't Verizon have an entire billboard campaign about how they were the 'up north' carrier? What a joke!

Upon many complaints with my carrier, I get no signal in my home. Would'nt recommend Cellular One for this area. I have complained many times, and nothing was resolved.

Got the Sprint 2 years ago. Was good at home at that time, the last 6 months less reception. Called the company, they told me to take out the battery from time to time, also they would check it out and get back to me. They never did, reception a little better, but overall not that good.