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Nextel is completely useless here. I usually get great service anywhere in the triangle, other than my home. Rarely do I have any service here. Any inbound calls I have to call them back on my land line. But I don't know any mobile provider that covers this area with good service.

Verizon service is really lousy at my home in Clayton and at my office in Cary. Strangely it is pretty good anywhere outside NC. Before that I used Alltell, and dropped about the same amount of calls as Verizon. I also tried Cingular I dropped more calls in 2 days then in 2 years with Alltell / Verizon. Verizon offers to many Motorola phones which have to be the worst in the industry for features and just plain being a phone. I currently have a V265 and in a few days will decide on a new phone will get a real pleasure in taking a sledgehammer to the Motorala as I proud say "Good Bye Motto"! Not sure any carrier provides any better service in Clayton and Cary. I am going to do a lot more research before switching carriers again. Get people with different plan to come over and work their phones to see who seems to have the best signal and fewest dropped calls.

1999 with Alltel to 2006 no reception in my home area. I was told the engineers at Alltel know there are no towers and need more towers but no one seems to be doing what their customes really need. So NO cell phone will work in the area I live in and Alltell knows this and I think it is FRAUDUELENT that this and other companies keep selling their phones knowing this area has no towers. SEVEN YEARS without service at my home and all the companies are aware of NO TOWERS

Have good service with Alltel almost anywhere in the country except (of course) my house. Unable to make a call. Trying to figure out if there is another company that has better service in this area or is there simply no towers in the area. I wish companies made phones for people who actually used phones to place phone calls and not concentrate on cameras, i-tunes, and all of the other mess that likely takes away from engineering needed to allow the phone to receive a good signal.

When I signed up with Nextel in August 2004, my coverage was good, and I rarely experienced a dropped call. For well over six months now I am lucky to ever get a call through without being dropped. I frequently hear echoes, and I'd say only about 40% of my calls are a success (and I don't talk for very long at the time). It's almost impossible to make or receive a call indoors either at home or at work, and the direct connect (walkie-talkie) will not work without repeated tries to get through to my party. My son is on our family plan, and he lives 20-25 miles away and has the same problems. I've contacted Tech. Support, Engineering, and even emailed the Board of Directors at Nextel. No one has been able to resolve the issue. The merge with Sprint was supposed to enhance our service; however, I don't see those enhancements. I don't care for all the 'bells and whistles' that the wireless companies use to lure prospective customers. All I want is service that is consistently good.

Terrible reception--multiple dropped calls. Sprint has really terrible customer service to boot. I travel hwy 701 to Whiteville, frequently and only have a signal 5% of the way.

just moved from DE to NC..bars fade from 3 to 0 Verizon readily admitted they are not a power in the area (unlike comments of other reviewers) recommended I drop coverage (no fee with proof of address change) and get another carrier. to me that is first class customer service, checking out Nextel and alltell. As soon as Verizon has area tower I will return to them.

Making a cell phone call from my house is such a miserable, frustrating experience! I have to sit in front of a window and lean and it's just HORRIBLE.

Verizon is terrible! My calls are dropped everywhere I go, in and out of Clayton. Can't get a signal anywhere near Wal-Mart. All carriers love to advertise about how much they care about their customers, but I have yet to find one that follows thru after the sale.

I have switched from Verizon to Alltel because of frequent dropped calls. Alltel has been great. Anyone with Verizon service in the area of Clayton has the option of getting out of their contract without the termination fees because Verizon does not have the proper licences to service the area, so they cannot hold you to the terms of the contract, (good for those that had Verizon and moved into the area only to experience the lack of coverage) but your billing address must be from the 27520 area it may extend further but I don't know one way to find out is to plug in your zipcode on the Verizon website to see if services are offered for the area and if not then you can terminate as long as you reside within the non serviceable area (but Verizon won't tell you this).