I never have a problem with reception anywhere I have traveled around the Tri-City area. It does get weak past the airport and the call will drop as I near the airport. I never have problems while traveling on interstates. The signal is also good inside, as well as outside, my home. I haven't had any real problems since I switched from Verizon to Sprint.

I travel from Johnson City to Kingsport daily. Dropped calls while traveling on I-26 frequently. I was using this phone for business purposes. I cancelled the contract early. It was worth paying the charges to get better coverage. I am now with Verizon and rarely drop a call. I had no coverage with Nextel at my home. Now it is excellent.

Alltel has very good coverage all over the campus and area. My phone is always on full signal. There's not that many places I even drop below 4 bars except maybe back in Wal-Mart and Food City down to 2-3 bars at times but signal doesn't drop much inside and I can still make calls. No dropped calls or problem areas at all that I can think of. Very good coverage, even indoors, all over campus and in local Food City, Wal-Mart, Freedom Hall, and just all over. Entire Tri-Cities has pretty much blanketed coverage with Alltel. Also love the fact that I can include landlines in My Circle to keep in touch with my family in Rogersville. I have friends with about every provider here and I really believe Alltel's coverage is as good as it gets here.

Cingular has excellent signal coverage for the whole ETSU campus, I never have dropped calls out of the usual, Johnson city has very good network coverage and so reception is never problem.

Used to be with Alltel which had good service in my area. Now with Cingular since Nov. 2004. Very good service. I get full bar service everywhere in Johnson City and Greeneville (where I work). However, there is only one store I never get a signal in and that's any "Food City" grocery store. I have tried in several different "Food City" stores, and its the same. Overall, Cingular has made a very good impression on me.

Virgin Mobile is a great service for us who choose to live without a plan! Not for you if you depend on your phone for everything 24 / 7. If you want a phone for occassional daily use, go for this.

Reception seems to be great all over Unicoi except Limestone Cove, Dry Creek Rd. (past the Laurels Park), the River Road in Erwin past Nolichucky Adventures, and past Temple Hill. But, other than those places, plan on have a great to decent signal strength in Unicoi, especially on the north end. Basically if you live in Unicoi I would strongly suggest you have only Alltel or Verizon, the other providers are very spotty.

Acceptable reception while traveling Hwy. 36, Kingsport and North Johnson City. As soon as you leave Roan St. & turn onto Carroll Creek Rd., the reception drops off. Lots of dropped calls. Contacting Sprint PCS customer service is a complete waste of time.

Verizon is the best in East Tn

While in dormatories at ETSU, there is no reception and Verizon is showing almost full strength. You have dead zones all over the campus. ADVISE! do not get SunCom (AT&T) TDMA or GSM