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1. AT&T 3.3 star rating (3.3 stars | 7 Reviews)
2. Verizon 2.8 star rating (2.8 stars | 22 Reviews)
3. T-Mobile 2 star rating (2 stars | 6 Reviews)

Total Coverage 2.7 star rating (2.7 stars | 53 Reviews)
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Alltel

4 Out of 5 (4 stars) | Costco, Kalispell, MT 59901 |

Get Alltel if you want to be able to use your phone in stores. Verizon doesn't work in Super 1, Costco, Wal-Mart, Shopko, K-Mart, Target, Home Depot, basicallly any store or larger building Verizon won't work in, but Alltel does. Alltel is also improving customer service.

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T-Mobile

5 Out of 5 (5 stars) | Kalispell (allover), Kalispell, MT 59901 |

great service. you have to order it through Wirefly / Inphonic but you get perfect service throughout most of montana

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Verizon

5 Out of 5 (5 stars) | Main St., Kalispell, MT 59901 |

Verizon works great in Kalispell, with a few exeptions, such as stores north of town, aka target, borders, costco. but Alltel doesn't work that great in them either. I would recommend Verizon Wireless because their phone selection is better, better customer service, and network reliability seems better. It just seems like they care about their customers more than Alltel does. At Alltel you always have to wait forever at the store to get some help. Verizon takes much less time to be able to talk to someone

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Verizon

5 Out of 5 (5 stars) | Evergreen, Kalispell, MT 59901 |

Network Reliability is better than Alltels. I've been with both companys, and Verizon holds the edge in this category, your phone won't do all the jumping around (such as from digital to analog then to roaming) like in certain areas of Alltel's Network. I prefer Verizon because of this.

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Alltel

1 Out of 5 (1 star) | North of Town, Target Store, Kalispell, MT 59901 |

need some competition in montana to heat things up. Coverage is sad around here. just not like other more populated areas. Can't even get reception in the shopping areas up here, which hundreds of people pass through these stores everyday. My phone will get 1 or 2 bars, then go into analog, then it will go into roaming then analog then 1 or 2 bars of digital, it's NOT RELIABLE. Come on guys, we need Cingular, T-Mobile, or even Sprint to come in here, so there is a little more competition, maybe it would scare Alltel and Verizon into putting up more towers so they wouldn't lose customers in this area

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Alltel

3 Out of 5 (3 stars) | West Reserve | U.S. 93 N, Kalispell, MT 59901 |

Just moved to Alltel. This isn't Western Wireless Corporation for sure (CellularONE here). March 13th Alltel took over completely so "come and get your love." That's the cheesiest marketing slogan ever, but Alltel's coverage blows away Verizon, the people are very friendly, and the customer service (which I've called twice on mine and twice regarding my grandma's prepaid) is fantastic. It's got some downsides, but overall it's great. Absolutely - Verizon's better along Helena Flats Rd as one noted - they've got a tower at Rose Crossing and Trumble Creek Dr. Overall, Alltel's much better though. Better RAZR phone than Verizon's too - more features since it's not limited by Verizon's custom software and Bluetooth restrictions. The "average" is for the worst part of town for anyone - the new construction north of town. Verizon's terrible up there - despite their store being there. Alltel's OK. I get good Alltel service with my RAZR in Borders (the worst of these buildings), but I know for many it's no service or useless - get a good phone like the RAZR for Kalispell! Hopefully Alltel being in town they'll fill things in a little better, but I'd take it over the evil big red V any day :)

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AT&T

4 Out of 5 (4 stars) | Lower Valley RD | Foys Bend LN, Kalispell, MT 59901 |

I moved here from the midwest and although Cingular is not a provider here, I get dependable service in 95% of the places in the county. There are few places that I am lacking coverage, my biggest problem is that the networks here are overwhelmed and I get busy signals occasionally. Also, it is my understanding that reception inside of buildings can depend on the type of phone you are using. As a side note, Verizon recently was granted approval for the installation of a new cell tower south of Kalispell on Lower Valley Rd.

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Verizon

5 Out of 5 (5 stars) | Evergreen, Kalispell, MT 59901 |

Great reception with Verizon in Evergreen. No dropped calls, great clarity, everything works great, and their customer service is great. I also love their selection of phones. I wouldn't recommend going with Cellularone / Alltel because their customer service is extremely bad, and they wouldn't do anything for their customers.

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Alltel

2 Out of 5 (2 stars) | Evergreen | Whitebirch Lane, Kalispell, MT 59901 |

Cellularone... or should I say Alltel now that they have merged, suck in Evergreen area, such as Whitebirch and helena flats road. Both my family and I all get dropped calls in the house, we try to run outside and talk, but the phones still drop calls outside too. Don't know what is going on with Alltel, but they are going down the drain in the Evergreen / Kalispell area. Also to note is their customer service is horrid. I have had problem after problem with their customer service. I recommend going with Verizon Wireless if you want good customer service, good phones. and good national coverage.

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Verizon

2 Out of 5 (2 stars) | Reserve St. | U.S. Hwy. 93, Kalispell, MT 59901 |

Well, I've been with Verizon in Montana traveling between Missoula and Kalispell for almost two years and despite promises at sign-up, the coverage hasn't improved significantly in Kalispell. They've added two token towers, and it greatly improved coverage at one friend's house - who lives on a 5 acre ranch miles north of town. But the areas of new development and the community college, etc haven't improved. They've got much worse. What's more, Verizon's customer service which was once excellent no longer gives a darn. The store in Kalispell is under new management and is as a whole rather unfriendly. Alltel (was Western Wireless / CellularONE) hasn't improved any from what I've seen, they're still rude and their coverage is still not much better. But they're a better option than they were - not because they're getting better, but because Verizon is getting worse. Locals Blackfoot Communications have become Chinook Wireless. While a possible option for those needing affordable local voice-only service, they had capacity issues. They've added a tower but they're still not very good either. Honestly a very tempting choice if you did need local-only though. Airtel is as unprofessional as ever. Poor service and their idea of roaming is using a prepaid Boost Mobile SIM card! And go into their store in Missoula sometime. That place STINKS and is a mess. Blackfoot / Chinook is a first class professional operation in comparison. National carriers T-Mobile, Cingular, and Sprint remain missing in action. The coverage on their maps is ALL roaming on Alltel (which runs both CDMA and very poor GSM for roamers). Overall, it's a joke. A bad joke. Montana needs to get some real competition in and start the battle here!

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