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.

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?

Inside, there is no reception- the house is almost 300 years old so maybe that has something to do with it. Outside there is approximately 1 bar which holds if you stay completely idle. However, riding in the car or directly walking in the city has almost full reception. It's just strange the two places I am the most, my phone won't work (home and parents' house in West Ashley).

For some reason, since the hurricanes of 2004, my service with Verizon has really really gone downhill. I used to be Verizon's biggest fan, because I travel for a living and found that I had service almost anywhere. Well, now that I am finally "settling down", and don't lan to travel as much, my Verizon phone is starting to make my life more complicated. I have to leave my bedroom, which is directly connected to the front porch, to talk on the phone, and even then the service is spotty. Calls will drop randomly. I can watch the bars move up and down, in and out of service. This causes my battery to run down, and recently I've had to keep my phone plugged into its charger when I'm home. I have loved Verizon, but am thinking that the new Cingular, with lots of phones that have working Bluetooth might be a better deal, even if the service isn't as great all over the country.

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.

No signal inside the shopping center.

Calls are dropped and break up... terrible... .

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?

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

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?

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

Alternates between one bar and none.. constant dropped calls, has been this way for almost a year now - complaints are useless they say "buy a new phone". Got a new phone, top of the line.. SAME crappy signal. Don't bother.

AT&T sucks here. I hate them and I can't wait until my contract is up.

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

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.

Poor Reception on campus. Verizon seems to be a better one though. I get 1 bar in the barracks maybe a few more outside.

Reception on The Citadel's campus is very poor. There are a few patches where low reception might be available, but otherwise you cannot make or receive calls from most areas on campus.

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...

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