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I get good service allover Jacksonville. The Jacksonville Mall is a little iffy but, overall great service even when I travel to VA, PA, MD.

I switched from US Cellular to Cingular. Not a good move. Calls drop while traveling on 17 south of Jacksonville and no bars in Rock Creek where we live. I was told it is the only plan to have while traveling... the person that told me must not travel. I will be changing again even though it will be costly.

I typically get 3-5 bars inside the house with my v551, and my husband's v220 gets typically either the same or one bar less than mine does. I get great reception all over Jacksonville, even on the bases. I get no reception inside the Comissary on New River, but I didn't get any reception there with US Cellular, either. Reception in the Jacksonville Mall is touch-and-go with both Cingular and US Cellular, in my experience with these carriers. I had a LG VX4400 with US Cellular.

no reception at the house gotta go a mile down the road to use the phone. Alltel is best for this place. Cingular sais they are putting in new towers here but they say that everytime

I usually always get atleast 2-4 Bars Inside Or On The Porch... As For The Woods A From The andd In The Garage (50 Ft From The House) I Get 0-2 Bars

Always have reception on base. Even inside theBarracks! Was told that Alltel has the most towers on base and was the reason I got it, since alot of carriers have hardly any signal out here. In jacksonville its great to. Glad I picked Alltel!

Great coverage all over the county. I am an EMT and do local transports from the hospital to all over the county. Have only been to one spot that I havent had reception (Road off of Old 30, back in the sticks and our Nextel we use for work and my partners Verizon phone didnt work either). Also go to Wilmington, Greenville, Kinston, New Burn and Chapel Hill and have never had a problem placing a call. Also, the EV network is everywhere around Jacksonville and is great for fast internet use... downloads are a lot faster than with my old phone that didnt have the EV network.

I have never dropped a call. I have a smart phone and I actually have broadband internet on it. Alltel is the only carrier in my part of Eastern NC that has broadband on cell phones. I get coverage everywhere I have been on base (Alltel has 8 towers on Camp Lejeune). I have tried Cingular, Verizon, and Sprint and had major problems with them.

almost out of a 2 year contract. Reception has never been good with this company. Tower is withing 5 miles and was told by field reps that for my area it would be iffy. Service is not good unless you walk around outsideto find a connection, then it may be dropped. They need do more towers or whatever when this is your only means of connecting with outside world. Very dissapointed customer.

I have found Alltel to be much more reliable than just about anybody else in this area. I carry a Verizon phone through work thanks to a big company discount but there's not really anywhere I can think of where the Verizon signal is better. The Alltel signal hangs seems to be stronger all over the area here. I get a full 5 of 5 bars signal sitting inside my apartment where I get 1 of 5 bars with Verizon. Inside, especially in buldings like Wal-Mart or the Mall, Alltel is by far has the strongest signal with clearer calls. Same is true for a number of other places I could list out. Overall, I've just been happy with Alltel here. I've also heard some good things, some bad about US Cellular. They're a smaller company and they use gimmicks. Read all the small print with them, some plans don't have free mobile-to-mobile, some do. Some family plans are very different from individual plans. My mom uses them but has had a time with billing errors and just understanding it is a task. I've never noticed an area where US Cellular was better than Alltel or Verizon. Verizon is a little more expensive and Alltel is more generous with minutes and My Circle if you compare the plans. But I would recommend sticking to Alltel first, Verizon second, then everybody else. just the experience I've had in the area with all the local providers.