Verizon says its the area being rural. Alltel had NO PROBLEMS at all so I guess Verizon buying them out screwed everyone up! Now we have to deal with Crappy companies coverage or lack there of like, Sprint, Boost, Virgin, Verizon and AT&T! Alltel,whats left of it is in Barnwell SC and they are very happy! WE AREN'T! 20 miles east of us. Straight Talk has crappy customer servive if you can even understand them! Net 10, Straight Talk, Tracfone are one in the same!

Calls out here are dropped all of the time. Everyone's phones keep switching from one tower to another. 3g is rare and never more than 2 bars. There is plenty of land near the school to put a much appreciated tower.

Cannot get a consistent reception, had to walk around the area to get a signal, had dropped calls, calls went directly to voice mail.

Reception was GREAT under Alltel. Verizon bought Alltel last month. Now there's little to no reception.

great reception 5 bars evdo

Very poor reception here. Inside the buildings, phones rarely work.

Reception is poor throughout the Woodside Plantation development. Call drop frequently while driving. AT&T even admits the coverage is marginal. Too bad they can't put up a site on the Town Creek / Silver Bluff tower. They need a tower inside Woodside.

I have had Alltel for years and have had excellent service. My reception is just as great when we vacation at the beach (Myrtle Beach) and the NC mountains. There are many times when I have service and other friends (who have different providers) have NO service. Occasionally I experience a dropped call but it's when I'm in a low area or when I'm in a location that is heavily wooded. I wouldn't change my Alltel service for anything.

Reception is spotty to nonexistent inside our house, poor in our yard, OK in the middle of the street.

Can get almost no reception in my home with Verizon.

You have more miss than hit in this area with signals fading in and out according to whether you stand on one foot with your arm raised or not.

You will lose your signal on I-20 in this area because of the hills.

Reception is fair to good on major roads but drops when you stray off the beaten path. I drive from the southside of Aiken to Downtown Augusta to work and cannot maintain a connection on most of StormBranch Rd. I also have a dropout between the state line and North Augusta on Hwy. 78. Probably about to change to Verizon, I have a poor signal at my house and a friend with a Verizon phone has a strong signal even in the basement.

I've had Alltel for years and have had nothing but great coverage with them. The Phone itself is a peace of crap tho.

The reception is generally great before and after you get near JD Level Elementary School, but right before you get there, your call will be dropped.