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

have had Alltel for over two years, never had any problems. always have reception no matter where I go. they're great!

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!

Always very good reception with the exception of all the way out to Edisto.

Reception indoors varies from 2 to 3 bars, even next to computer. Outside the building, reception is at 4 bars. I find no place in the greater Charleston area where there is a problem. Be sure to "upgrade" the codes in your phone every so often, and certainly BEFORE leaving your local area. This can be the source of unnecessary connection problems when travelling. Your cell phone company can tell you how to do this automatically by dialing a "*" number.

I still have the 864 area code and get good reception. We moved to this area from the upstate and didn't see the need to change area code.

Dropped calls all the time until I changed cell phone to Sanyo (2004); hardly any dropped calls since. Looking to upgrade to Blackberry or Treo and wondering if differnt brand will again cause me to have dropped calls.

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.

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.

Poor reception on 1st floor of my house and a dropped call now and again. Reception is better on the front porch or upstairs. Clear reception outdoors and never had a dropped call while talking outside. Good reception where I work downtown but no signal in the building. Averages out to a two bar rating...

Very poor Sprint reception with only one-two bars in the house and calls dropped on a regular basis.

I got decent reception until about 2 months ago. Same problem happened in the past with both Verizon and now with Alltel - it was a bad cell in the tower. There are 3 towers in my area. I actually got to speak to an intelligent rep in the Home Office last week and he sent me a map showing he coverage in my area. Seems I am now on the FRINGE of Alltel's service. I can use my phone with 5 bars in almost any place except my home. I have to go outside and it still has me moving like an animated antenna to keep the call from disconnecting. I have a friend also on the Alltel service and their phone has no signal at my home. I guess I'm lucky to have 1 or 2 bars most of the time when sitting on my porch, compared to 0-1 depending where I am when inside the home. The only answer seems to be: purchase Alltel's new wireless booster for $299.99 It seems to me that since I was getting decent service and now they have me on Fringe Service that they should provide the booster FREE of CHARGE. It's kind of amazing too that the map says there's no EVDO service in my area, but the icon is lite-up on my phone. It took Alltel 4 months last time to find the bad cell in the tower. Maybe they decided not to replace it and to cut back the area of service - thereby putting me into their Fringe Area. Cost vs Customer?

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.

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?

AT&T sucks, one bar most of the time

Att is terrible pretty much everywhere except out in the open.

Worst reception ever, have to go upstairs to window for it to work. My aunt comes over with Verizon and gets full bars and very fast, I wouldn't recomend Sprint at all.

Verizon coverage on Daniel Island has gotten worse over the past 2 weeks. What is going on?????

dropped calls, fading in and out, phone doesn't ring for incoming calls and no show in missed calls either.