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Very happy with Alltel service in ND. Was a CellularOne customer that went to Verizon a few years ago. Decided to give Alltel (former Cell1) a shot again. I would give Alltel a slightly higher mark than Verizon, but I don't think you can go bad with Verizon service either.

ATT customers having difficulty recieving incoming calls--getting recordings stating "All Circuits Busy"This has been going on all week. The switch over from Alltel to ATT has not been glitch-free!

For an area that doesn't have official coverage, I get acceptable service with my iPhone in Bismarck.

After doing some research I have found the reason for the drop in service. Sprint Addresses Native Coverage Loss Written by Humberto Saabedra on January 21, 2011 Alltel, Sprint In a new recently posted support page, Sprint has addressed the native coverage loss in areas of North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana as a result of the divested former Alltel markets being purchased by AT&T and subsequently converted. As a result of the change, what was once native voice and data coverage is now roaming coverage and subject to Sprint’s roaming rules limiting voice to 800 minutes and data to 300MB, with the change severly affecting those customers currently under contract and living in those areas.

Has anyone notices that since May 6th 2011 you can no longer get Sprint service west of Jamestown ND? I have had Sprint for 10 years and lived in Grand Forks and Fargo but married a girl who is from the western part of the state. During that time we used to lose our coverage west of Jamestown and then one day it worked all the way across the state. When I went to the Fargo Sprint store to ask them about it they indicated it had something to do with the merger with Nextel and that nothing was official. For 5 years we enjoyed service in Bismarck when visiting people and now all of the sudden our coverage is gone. They never printed a map with that coverage on it but we do miss it. I hope it is restored soon.

Fargo to Seattle Sprint rocks! All 3g coverage. VZW can you hear me now. Truckers know coverages!

Although Sprint only covers Fargo and Grand Forks (Eastern side of the state); I get excellent reception here bouncing off other towers. Sprint exceedingly impresses me as I get no roaming fees, no data roaming fees, and very competitive rates. I've been with Sprint for 10 years now and have lived in Bismarck for 4 years and still would not give up Sprint--even though I have a Fargo phone number.

Is this really a contest? Alltel left leaving Sprint with virtually no coverage with their roaming agreements and AT&T well your service is laughable at best just look at consumer reports and you could see that. But in Bismarck AT&T is even worse dropped calls are rampant and all circuits busy is all to often the case with att. Verizon simply no problems north or south they just work. Good luck with AT&T their service is horrendous and sprints is a lot worse since the merger. AT&T took over two years to finish the merger and still provided horrible coverage imagine if they would have finished the merger in 6 months like Verizon did in Minnesota, or a normal company. People would be using their AT&T phones for sandbags. The obvious decision is Verizon anyone that says otherwise is in denial or doesn't want to admit their bad decision.

Even in a concrete dorm building 8 miles south of bismarck, I get great service. Alltell (formerly cell one in this area) is absolutely worthless though, in fact I often get better service with Verizon on Alltel towers than Alltel customers.

Have great coverage anywhere I go in the Bismarck\Mandan area. Haven't found a dead spot yet. Most of ND is covered with digital Verizon service and they seem to provide the best coverage.