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Just recently started getting excellent reception from Alltel inside buildings. They must've put up a new tower as I previously got awful (if any reception) even outside in certain areas. I'm happy!

Alltel has horrrrible service throughout the majority of the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Most students who come with Alltel have to change... and the company is not doing anything about it soon. I have complained numerous times and they keep telling me they are putting up a tower--which the date gets farther and farther away every time I ask. Not sure about other service providers but I've been through two phones at UNC with Alltel and both have been horrible, inside and outside.

Overall I am happy with the new Alltel service I got about 6 weeks ago and would give them a positive review. Outside it does great and is usually on full signal. It does drop off somewhat indoors like all providers, but the signal is better than it use to be with at&t / cingular, which I just switched from, in a number of places by a bar or 2. Indoors, where it seems like everybody drops off, I usually have 1-2 bars in places where my AT&T phone said no service so it's nice to actually be able to use the phone in those places. The calls even sound pretty clear even if it does get down to a low signal inside somewhere.

I get no reception from Alltel on the UNC campus, at least I got mediocre service from Verizon tomake a call

Outdoors the service has been really good. In my dorm room, librarys, basically any building there is no service.

I hadn't really considered Alltel until I really looked into the details of the My Circle thing they're advertising. It turned out to sound like a really good deal, unlimited minutes to any 10 numbers, even landlines. I didn't know anybody else with Alltel but they do have a 15 day trial where they accept returns so I though I'd try it. After trying it for several weeks now, I can honestly say that it's the best service around here. I just switched over from Cingular and kept my number and I have other friends on Verizon and SunCom. And my Alltel phone consistently has a better signal, more bars and clearer sounding calls all over the Chapel Hill and Carrboro area here. It's on a full signal all through the downtown area and even all the residential areas I've been too. The UNC campus was full bars so are all the local shopping centers. More people around here, at least that I know should consider Alltel and that way I wouldn't hear the complaints from everybody I know with SunCom and Verizon. But the plans are good comparably and the service around here is unbeatable. I'd recommend it to all my friends.

Alltel has excellent reception here. I just got on a family plan with them for Christmas about a month ago and I get great reception where I live, all over campus, and through the hospital where I work. I checked this site before I went with Alltel and it seemed like others have problems but there's nowhere I've been anywhere in Chapel Hill where the signal drops to even 1 or 2 bars. All over the university it's covered in 5 bars and 5 bars throughout the city. It drops to 3 at one point heading into Chatham county and that's as low as I've seen it. The My Circle family plan I'm on has free texting and is saving me about $30 / month compared to my older Cingular plan. Reception is even better too and calls are clear, especially indoors it doesn't drop off near as much. I've discovered Alltel is the way to go here.

Alltel service provided by employer for on call status. Cellular reception inside home was poor.

When I visit UNC campus have had no reception at all on 3 different models of phone with Alltel. Same applied to Franklin St.area.

I get 0 to 1 bar of service inside and outside of my home. I'm in the process of switching providers.