For all you Cingular customers. The Motorola models v180, and v220. The Motorola V5?? models do a littel better. Most if not all samsungs, all are the worst phones for reception. if you live in a poor coverage area, your best bet is Nokia, and Sony. Blackberry's of course, get the best reception, with any provider. hope this helps?

After having no service from Cingular for years, I made the switch to Nextel. Had average signal strength for two weeks, then it went to poor, After several calls to CS, and network tickets, I get the best reception yet. I new there was a problem with the network, or the tower in my area. Now it's great. The signal does fluctuate, that is the only reason I don't give them 5 bars. People living in Purlear, switch to Nextel! You will be better off.

Not good signal. But I can make and receive calls. Unlike Cingular which I could not do either. Still need more signal from Nextel, for stable calls.

Not very good signal. At least I can make and receive most calls. Unlike Cingular, who in 5 years has never provided any usable signal. However, Nextel does need to improve their signal as well. In this heavily populated area.

Not very good signal. Can make and receive calls, unlike Cingular.

Not very good reception. Better than Cingular, however. At least I can make a call with Nextel. But, Nextel needs a cell site or two in this zipcode.

Not that great reception. But, it's better than Cingular. At least you can make a call. Nextel still needs a cellsite in this zipcode.

0 to 2 bars. Not that great signal. Better than Cingular ever provided in 5 years.

Switched to Nextel from Cingular. Not the best signal, but, a lot better than Cingular. At least I can make a call.

After 5 years of suffering with no service from Cingular, switched to Nextel. They just have started adding cell sites in this county. Complained to Cingular for years, to no avail. With Nextel, I get an average of 3 bars. Sometimes less, sometimes more. So far, no fading in and out, or totally dropping calls, like Cingular.

Came through with my threat, and dumped Cingular for Nextel. Much better signal. Internet much faster. PTT is great. And, the free incoming calls, rock!

Had Cingular for years now. Still no coverage at home, inside or out. The Nextel rep for the company I work for, says they have good covergar here. Sent me a map with my address in the middle. Contract with Cingular runs out in April. If still no decent service, will be switching to Nextel.

Had Cingular for years now. Still no coverage at home, inside or out. The Nextel rep for the company I work for, says they have good covergar here. Sent me a map with my address in the middle. Contract with Cingular runs out in April. If still no decent service, will be switching to Nextel.

Pretty much no usable signal in the whole Purlear community.

No coverage in majority of this large county. No bars on Hwy. Old 60. No signal on Purlear Rd. Intermittent, or none on Old 421. No coverage on Hwy. 16 NW of Millers Creek on Hwy. 16. No coverage Hwy. 18 N of Mulberry. No signal Hwy. 115 S, between Wilkesboro, and Statesville. No signal Hwy. 268 S in Ferguson. I could go on forever. If you don't live on an interstate, or in town, your out of luck with Cingular.

Forget making a call here. Calls drop out completely. No signal.

With all the homes, and new ones built constantly, you'd think Cingular would stick up a cell site. they are the only major carrier in the area. No Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, T-Mobile, Nextel, within Wilkes county. Cingular is the only one. And you'd think they'd cover more than Hwy. 421, to get the jump on the others, before they start covering the county.

Perfect reception all around Purlear. HAHA Cingular users!!

Whoops picked the wrong carrier on the earlier post

It appears that NW North Carolina can expect little or no coverage from Cingular. With two little podunk local carrriers in the area, you would think Cingular would like to cover the area to take away their customers. Nextel is starting to move in Wilkes county. Let's see if Cingular thinks we're important enough for decemnt coverage, once Nextel starts coming through.