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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.

This service was Nextel premerger and it worked pretty well. After the merger, I get horrible reception outdoors and indoors. Callers to my phone frequently get "cannot locate the Nextel subscriber" message. Avoid at all costs

After years of good reception, my phone no longer functions in Trinity Park on the Sprint network. The phone has two to four bars, but calls will not connect and none will come in either. All the Sprint reps I have called say their network is fine. My wife and I both have the same problem with different phones, so we know that it isn't our equipment. I have to set my phone on roam to make or receive a call anywhere around my house. When I drive over to 147, about 1 mile, it works perfectly.

I get terrible reception within my apartment. It gets a bit better outside. Overall its terrible. Looking to switch

I usually only have 2 or 3 bars inside but reception is usually good. Outside, I have 3 or 4 bars and reception is always good. However at work (in Hillsborough) I only have 1 or 2 bars and can't receive calls inside buildings.

Reception poor to below average at best, which is consistent with the fact that there are no towers near the intersection of NC-751 and I-40. My roommate's Cingular phone has similar reception, meaning spotty and subject to fading depending on who-knows-what conditions. You'd think that with all the residential and commercial development in the immediate area, the need for additional signal strength would be apparent.

Entirely usable indoors at my house, including Vision features.

My calls are dropped constantly in this area where I live. If I didn't have a land line, I couldn't complete calls. I won't get new service because I'm moving back to San Francisco in a few months where reception is mostly good.

Good reception inside our building. Rarely have a dropped call, occasional static / choppiness but for the most part the service is good. Sprint customer service has been awful in the past, but seems to be improving - slightly.

The entire neighborhood has very bad reception with Sprint.

No service or calls dropped constantly in this area.

Sprint's got to be kidding! No reception flat! One bar if I go outside and point in the right direction.