Consistantly,handset only has 2 bars of sevice.However,service is great.very few dropped calls unless downtown Charleston. If on James Island or Beach. Sprint would definateley be a good choice. Also there is a store with great customer care right on Folly.

In the tri-county area, the reception is very good. Nextel gets as good as any of the other carriers. They have more rugged equipment also. Go Nextel!

I've had Alltel for a while and they do a good job in the area. There's nowhere in the area that I'm without signal and I would recommend them. No dropped calls or problem areas. Interstate is also covered fine because I travel home a lot being a student. Indoor coverage seems very good.

when we first moved here from virginia back in 2004 I had horrible reception. I had to go out on my porch to hear and then sometimes it still dropped my calls. for about a year now I have excellant reception inside and outside. Can even talk by my computer and people still hear me like I was on a land line phone

Constantly end up roaming on Suncom as I get dropped by Cingular and not just in the specified location but all over Charleston! Who is Suncom anyhow?

We chose Verizion when we first moved here because of the good overage 3 years ago. About a year ago we started to experience poor to no reception where we use to get good reception. Over the past 6-8 months we started to experience numerous dropped calls. Now I can not talk to my family longer than 5 minutes without the call being dropped. Many times the phone will beep telling me I have voice mail but the phone never rang. I work in Mt. Pleasant and I experience the same problems. I have also noticed a significant decrease in the quality of voice even with good signal strenght. I will have to ask people to repeat them self all the time.

Had good reception everywhere EXCEPT in our appartment and WalMart. Not recomended for this area.

I have had both Sun Com and Cingular and the reception is bad to say the least. There is a major hospital and a university two blocks from were I live and with all the business around US 78 and I-26 you would think the reception would be better?

Five bars.

Phone reception spotty. Real problem is that phone will leap outta my pocket, and usually hides under a tree or bush. I think the newer " smarter " phones will be even worse.