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Little to no signal on old TDMA handset from Cingular. Not much better elsewhere either.

Cingular sucks in East Durham. Trying right now to figure out who to switch to..

I have had a Nextel cell for the last 4 to 5 years because I was unsatisfied with the numerous other service providers and Nextel proved to be the best in several ways... BUT, the service has actually gotten worse over the past few months and friends with other providers receive much more coverage. Needless to say, I am beginning to look for other providers. My advice to anyone looking for a new wireless carrier is, DO NOT try Nextel.

Good on Gleen rd (intersection of Glenn School rd / ) but can be spotty as I head toward Hamlin rd area. Good in my home. No problems there. On old Oxford Hwy. my reception cuts out and drops calls as I turn onto Snow Hill Rd. Then picks back up on Latta Rd. )Northern Durham

Most places I get reasonable reception. Poor at home but perfect after they sent me a free Air-rave after complaining.

I use the Sprint network and I haven't had any reception in my home in 2 days.

Sprint put up a brand new tower very close to my house (I live about 3 miles from Southpoint Mall). The reception has been great on our phones. Scott King Rd traditionally has very poor reception because of the trees and the curves, but I have no problem now. We used to have Cingular / AT&T and had horrible reception in the area, and even in the house. Sprint so far has been MUCH improved! I would be careful looking at old reviews for Sprint in this area since the new tower seems to have improved reception greatly!

Good coverage, much better than any other provider I've tried here (including AT&T, Virgin, and Verizon). Works inside my house fairly consistently. Not perfect, but certainly adequate.

Inside my house, no coverage, phone usually does not even ring; if I go outside, I can make and receive calls, but have never heard a full, uninterrupted sentence... coverage fades in and out, and about half the calls get droppoed. I'm close to Southpoint Mall, but neither my wife nor I have had any luck with the Sprint coverage.

We moved to Durham with one year to go on a Sprint cell phone contract. The Sprint service does not work in our home or in my wife's office in DOWNTOWN DURHAM. We have asked Sprint to cancel the contract and waive the $250 early cancellation fee, and they refuse. Customer service via phone is terrible. They say go to a retail outlet. The phone recording says the retail store is open until 9pm. But the store closed at 8pm. Once I went back to the retail store, they say call customer service. I called customer service from the Sprint store. And they say only a 'service manager' can waive the early cancellation fee. And they only work M-F, 8-5. I was so fed up, I caused a huge scene inside the Sprint store, telling about 20 customers in a loud voice that Sprint customer service is terrible. I will next complain to the North Carolina Utilities Commission.