Dropped calls

Although I stated "no reception" Truly it is between poor and no reception. It depends on how I sit in my chair in my office... sometimes.

Since moving to Missoula 1 month ago, I have had problems with dropped calls, the phone rings but when I go to answer, it shows signal lost. I am also paying for internet coverage which I can't access in Montana. Was informed by Sprint I could buy another device for $49 / month in addition to the $153 / month I'm currently paying for guaranteed internet coverage. I have 12 months left in my contract and will need to buy out of the contract. They will not let me out without penalties despite the fact that I have limited coverage.

Great service with Verizon! I switched from Alltel because of AT&T taking over. AT&T is horrible. I had them when I lived in Texas and it was horrible! I warn everyone.

I show perfect coverage without going into Roam, but have noticed on my bill that the last 2 1 / 2 months (out of the 1 1 / 2 years in Missoula) my phone, my husband's phone and my mother's Mobile-to-Mobile minutes are not showing up as such. Rather they are showing as Anytime, causing me to be charged overages. Watch out for Sprint. : (

Reception in Missoula is all over town. East and west of I-90 Hy 93 intersection has reception, but going north on 93 through Evaro because of the terrain, there is reception problems till the Gray Wolf Casino.

Surprisingly I just moved to the Missoula area with my Sprint Treo and I have great service! I've never dropped a call, I haven't found a dead spot yet. I'm very pleased with the reception. Even up into the Flathead I get great coverage.

I get great savings and the best coverage in the missoula area with qwest. My Motorola w385 rocks the rockies. I have yet to drop a call and my dad has Verizon and has nothing but problems with dropped calls and don't get me started with chinook there coverage sucks dont get sucked in to there bs

I really have Chinook, and has way better coverage than Alltel. I always travel out of missoula and never lose service. And Verizon just sucks.

Alltel is by far the best choice. Coverage area is way better than Verizon. And forget about chinook if you want to leave missoula. Alltel has perfect reception and the store on south reserve across from university motors really takes care of you!

ALWAYS lose any reception for about 1 / 4 mile either side of that highway intersection when traveling on I-90.

Qwest sucks... only used them to bundle with my phone svc and save $5 / mo... now it's $40 / mo for no reception. Get 1 bar sometimes, but calls drop almost immediately. Used to live 6 blocks closer to the city and got avg reception. Qwests response to our complaints was to ask us if we'd like to sign another 2 year contract. Have had guests with Alltel and Verizon phones in the house that get slightly better reception.

We had Cell One and could not receive or make calls at our home near Jim and Mary's RV park. Our phone might ring, but as soon as we answered, the call was dropped. We knew people who had Verizon who could get service at our house. We recently upgraded to Alltel, because they said they have a contract with Verizon that they can use each other's towers. Went home, and got 0-1 bars at most. Still couldn't make calls. Switched to Verizon, and went home, same deal--0-1 bars. My husband borrowed his dad's phone which has service through Chinook. Perfectly clear reception in every room. We'll see how we do when we switch. Unfortunately, I hear they have a very small service area--not sure yet if this is accurate. In Missoula city limits, we had excellent reception with all 3 (Cell One, Alltel, and Verizon).

Reception is spotty all around Missoula--downtown, at the University, and on the south side of town. I often get no bars, and mostly one or two. Even with more than two bars showing, recpetion is poor. I experience static and interruptions during every call; and one out of two calls are dropped. Reception in any structure is poor. If you are traveling to Missoula with Cingular as your carrier, don't count on using your cell phone.

Verizon has little or no digital coverage through most of the 59802 zipcode (upper Rattlesnake residential area of Missoula). Even standing on a mountain top above Duncan Drive, coverage is almost nill. Very disappointing.

Verizon's coverage in the University is better than Alltels. If you are attending school there, I recommend going with Verizon, so that you can hold you calls better, Alltel seems to drop calls and the reception fades in the buildings. I also like Verizon's customer service better

Alltel is great in Montana, but if you're just at the U of M, Verizon is better (10-15dB better). Alltel dies places like the library basement where Verizon is still strong.

Alltel, what used to be used to be cellularone ultil it was bought out by alltel, has aweful customer service, isn't very reliable, always getting dropped calls both here and in kalispell. I just switched to Verizon wireless about 2 weeks ago thanks to all of this and boy am I glad. I get great reception, Verizon has better, more reliable and feature rich phones, and their network is more reliable. Plus, verizon's customer service is A+ compared to Alltels

No reception on the eastside of missoula with Cingular or t-mobile

No Verizon service on US-93 from just off of I-90 (a mile, tops) until you're almost in Arlee. Verizon definitely needs to fix this, for public safety reasons if nothing else.