Coverage Reviews for Omaha, NE

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AT&T

I had a Tracfone for years (which wasn't fancy but reliable)and all of a sudden it could not get any signal from my home. So switched to AT&T. Bad move... Just to clarify... the sales rep was great and offered an affordable family plan. Very helpful and nice, don't get me wrong. But reception is an absolute nightmare. You are better off sending smoke signals. And I regret I don't exaggerate. I had my new phone for only 7 days before I had to bite the bullet. I understand there are dead zones, and also dead "phones". This is what the main issue was: I work in what some would call the middle of town (or kinda close, 120th and Center). I have to keep in touch with about 50 people a week..roughly. (With no secretary) I didn't get signal anywhere near that location. The other employees even laughed at me for being the only one who had no cellphone signal! I didn't get any signal until after each workday until I got to 96th and L. And even then it would fade in and out rapidly. I am not a "griper" I hardly ever write any bad reviews. I just want to warn others of the costly mistake that (happened to me, may not to you... ) But what I can say is I paid the "early termination" fee (after only 7 days)in the contract but... it was money well worth the change to Verizon. My wife couldn't even get signal on her phone on 72nd through AT&T. I understand everyone has some issues with every carrier. The AT&T store was very supportive and friendly, but Verizon has had the best coverage I've had to date. And I don't need anything fancy... just to be able to send and receive texts in the greater metro! Go with Verizon... everyone else I know does and has no signal problems as of yet! Hope this saves someone some $$$!

Sprint

Reception is excellent, phone calls are great. Data service is utterly UNUSABLE. I frequently see sub-dialup speeds and multi-thousand ms ping rates, and even the best speeds I've gotten in the past 6 months are 40-50 times slower than Verizon!

AT&T

Service is lost from 7 to 9 AM and 3 to 5 PM daily. Due to sparcity of cell towers and communiction overload on existing towers.

Verizon

Frequent dropped calls. Sometimes good reception, others none at all.

T-Mobile

Utube freezes every other word. can't send pics.very bad reception at Ames Ave and 52nd St. have to leave home to send pics near downtown Omaha or westomaha bad bad bad

Verizon

I get a poor signal where I live and I often drop calls. It is very annoying.

T-Mobile

T-Mobile has basically no coverage in Omaha. They borrow AT&T's towers and put their own antennas on it. How many towers in the Omaha / Council Bluffs area you ask? 5 or 6. Yep. Verizon / AT&T each have nearly 100. You read that right. Stay away from T-Mobile.

Verizon

I never have problems with dropped calls in my neighborhood or anywhere in the city. I've been an Alltel / Verizon customer over 10 years. This may be due to me frequently updating my programming, [*228, option 2] or just always being covered well wherever I am. Even out of town I don't have problems. If a call does drop, it's always during a call with my Sprint friend's and it's their phones because they have low coverage where they are located. Only thing I have a problem with is not finding a cheaper plan. :)

AT&T

I've had AT&T for the past 2+ years and have had some problems in the beginning with dropped calls, poor service, etc., but things are better and I haven't had these problems since except for the occasional instance where they were probably working on their network. My only real complaint about AT&T and some of the other carriers, such as Verizon, are they expense attached with them (my current bill is about $99 / month). I came to this site looking for alternate, less expensive providers and think I will give their GoPhone plan a try.

T-Mobile

Can't get utube to stay on. Can't send message picture unless in downtown Omaha or west Omaha. My touch

Sprint

Sprint 3G service is rarely available inside or outside my home off S 52nd St. and Howard St. There is no Sprint service when I drive to: a) HyVee on Center St. b) Post Office on Saddle Creek c) J.CoCo restaurant on Leavenworth d) UNO campus on Dodge e) AKSARBEN Cinema f) Mark's restaurant on Underwood There is no 4G service available in Omaha via Sprint. Today I drove around the perimeter of Westwood Mall for 15 minutes trying to find a Sprint signal so I could make a phone call. Buyers Beware: I strongly regret having a 2 year contract with Sprint for a service that provides so poorly. I have no complaint with the phone I purchased other than its like having a race car with no fuel.

Sprint

I switched to Sprint a year ago. I dont get any reception in my house. Sprint is not a good choice for anyone living in my area of Omaha.

T-Mobile

The ONLY place in Omaha that a receive great reception is at my mom's house downtown on 22nd and Jones st. Otherwise it is CRAP. I have a Motorola Cliq 2 that has wifi calling... so that is the only lifesaver do me.

AT&T

Had AT&T for iPhone and 15% Union discount. But if husband leaves city he has to use a friend's phone to call. That's ridiculousl. Plus if you add anything they charge a fortune. Luckily we are still on a family plan that doesn't exist anymore, but has more minutes (same cost) for what 150 minutes less plan goes for now! 2 year expiration is coming up so I am looking at Family plans for 4 people, where I can use an iPhone, while the rest just call and one does text.

T-Mobile

I am here in Omaha for business and I dont have T Mobile signal.. I didnt expect this at all...

Sprint

I got Sprint because of the unlimited data and friend reviews. That was a terrible mistake. I barely have data coverage anywhere in the city. especially downtown anywhere. Ive been talking to them since may and nothing. Also their customer service sucks eggs. Maybe because its based in india, hillarious. When streaming pandora its so horrible. I dont drive so when I'm on the bus I would like to be able to hear my music. My monthly bill is 100+, and for what? My phone freezes, sends duplicate msgs I sent days before man all kind of crap. Bottom line their service and handsets are garbage. Sprint is NO better than Crickett, and OMG they certainly suck.

AT&T

Poor call quality in my home, I can hear caller but I break up on their end. Tried multiple services calls with AT&T locally and they are unable to fix the problem. Even suggestion I try a different carrier.

Verizon

I have had Verizon for years and have never had any issues with their service until now. I moved away two years ago and returned to the same address a month ago. Now I get widely fluctuating reception with constant dropped calls. Often the calls are one way, I can hear them but they cannot hear me. I go from a maximum of three bars to zero bars constantly. When I leave the neighborhood my phone works great again. Verizon's response to the issue, reception is just fine in the area. We would be happy to sell you a new phone and plan.

Sprint

I got my iphone 4s when it came up. And I been having a "cricket" speed network alike, its fuc**** retard that Sprint provides such a cheap shi** signal to custumers that have contract with them and pay a good amount of money. Ive notice that in all omaha zip codes Sprint is careless about their custumers, if you are reading this to choose which provider to get, DO NOT go with sprint, its like if u were with cricket, very slow video streaming,droped calls, and lost txts. I am done with Sprint and so are three more people that I know!

AT&T

I have only 1 bar in my house. Many calls are not received or dropped. There needs to be a tower out here!

AT&T

This area has been a poor service area forever. AT&T told me they had a tower being put up that would be activated December 1st, 2011. I checked tower records, and it is true that they were going to. But it got delayed. Tower is still not up. However, they are bringing LTE to Omaha by Thanksgiving! Woooot! :) They are going to do a much better job than Verizon. Verizon only put LTE on half their towers in Omaha. AT&T is putting it on most if not all of them (93 towers)!

T-Mobile

Phone shows one or zero bars. Texts usually are delayed in going out, up to an hour or more sometimes. Calls being dropped.

US Cellular

US Cellular tower at 156 / Giles. Also shared by Sprint PCS.

Sprint

Sprint tower at 156 / Giles. Also shared by US Cellular.

Verizon

Only 2-3 bars of 3G and 1-2 bars of 4G LTE. LTE service in omaha is very spotty! But it's fast when you can get it. They need to fix this.

AT&T

Very low quality service outside buildings, slim to none inside buildings. They told me they were putting towers up at 168 / center and 168 / pacific with an activation date of december 1st, 2011. Lies lies lies.

T-Mobile

5 bars? yeah right. Service is terrible almost everywhere in Omaha. Yes, I drove around. What a joke.

Virgin Mobile

I have had nothing but problems with Virgin mobile. Since they run off of the Sprint towers.. they are to blame also! I had a cricket phone and it worked better the Sprint on PIKES PEAK 14,000 feet up. How sad is that, Cricket outstands Sprint (Virgin Mobile)

Verizon

Building reception for this area is poor, outdoor reception is below average, throughout the 99th St.and Q through 99th and Harrison (Thomasville). Had to install a Mobile Network Extender to increase signal strength to maintain phone calls and send messages effectively. If no network extender possible, I'd invest in using Google Voice through Gmail or Skype.

Sprint

So far no problems, no dropped calls, the worst calls experience some randomness in the volume, most calls are clear, calling other iphones or high end smartphones usually sounds like there is a studio linked between you and them. 3g is a little slower than my friends on expensive carriers, but usually 80% as fast. Reasonable 3g coverage in anything that resembles a small town.

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