Reception is O.K. on US 1 south until you reach about 1.5 miles from the intersection of US 1 and US 52. Once you go over the hill past McMillen road on US 1 reception is zero. This is only about 3 miles from the Cheraw city limits.

I travel to Cheraw very frequently for work and can say that my phone usually has a very good signal on it, it's usually full at 5 bars but will drop down to 4 or even 3 indoors but calls can still be made clearly. Most people I talk to in the area tell me Alltel is the only way to go for the best signal there. I've never had a problem anywhere around Cheraw. I got my phone in Cheraw at the Wal-Mart and all the residential sections of city seem to have good coverage. No problems in or around Wal-Mart or Food Lion. In my experience, I would say Alltel provides very good coverage around this area.

there's a tower on the left leaving Cheraw, traveling market street ext. And from that tower to Teals Mill, there is no reception.