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I find it humorous that Verizon gets glowing ratings in Charlottesville. I have been with them 2 years and have frequent dropped calls. I understand the lack of coverage in the country, but not on the downtown mall or major shopping areas. My best friend has Sprint and she gets coverage on even the back roads. I give Verizon a C- rating.

Spotty reception at best, and none with previous Sprint phone. The coverage map shows a triangular-shaped area with the point towards the southeast - it is fairly accurate. If I walk down my driveway, I exit the triangle, and lose reception. If I walk into the woods behind my house, reception improves. Sprint told me reception would be better with better phones, best with their Blackberry. Reception is passable when driving between home and Charlottesville on Carter's Mountain Rd.and 53 by Monticello - it goes into and out of roaming a couple of times. It does not get that dependable until the Michie Tavern side of Carter's Mountain.

We have a lot of trouble with Verizon, undelivered voice messages, not being able to place a call! they suck!

I have drop calls almost every day and calls that do not ring in but the voice message does. I went to the Sprint store today and told the clerk about my drop calls she said it was the first time anyone every told her about drop calls! I realized after I had left the store I didn't ask her how long she had worked at the store and yes maybe today was her first day. I'm just not happy with Sprint service and if by chance this was not the clerks first day at work I'm not happy with the honesty of the employee of Sprint.

My girlfriend has Verizon and it frequently kicks my T-Mobile butt. In many areas she only has 2 or 1 bar, but she can still maintain a clear call without dropage. IN the same areas I either get 3 bars with frequent drops or no bars at all. It's too bad Verizon is unavailable from a local store. Also, many of the phone's features (such as downloading ringtones) are turned off while she's in Charlottesville because it's on a extended network. But the voice quality is good!

Call reception quality generally poor so that person on other end has difficulties understanding. Calls rarely dropped however.

The construction of the new shopping center (Target, Harris Teeter, PetsMart, and the rest), and a lightning strike to the tower have left the reception poor. You might get a good call or two, but half my calls seem to go choppy. I am getting two bars right now, so maybe my phone has stopped teasing me with three bars. Complaints to Sprint have gone unfixed. They have blaimed the phone (Samsung A660 / VI660), but refuse to let me have a promotional price on a new phone. They have told me that "I shouldn't have to call them this often", but haven't fixed the problems that lead to me having to call them 3-5 times a month. They won't let me out of my contract, so I'll have to pay them $200 to go somewhere that will provide better service... but wait, Sprint is about the only game in town, no Verizon here. Our only other choices here for CDMA providers are Alltel, Ntelos, and US Cellular.

I barely have service anywhere in Charlottesville. Tmobile's coverage maps say I have excellent service in my apartment on 14th street, however I hardly have one bar and my calls are dropped all the time. I cant talk inside and have to go on the porch to talk on the phone. I still get dropped calls there too. Sometimes it takes me 20 minutes to send one text when I am inside. Having dropped calls is a daily occurrence for me. It will say I have 4 bars when I am walking down the street and it will drop my call. If you go anywhere outside of Charlottesville, ie Crozet or Mineral, your coverage is 0. As for the rest of uva, it is rare when I do have service inside a building. T-Mobile is the worst. First year, I had to talk outside in the rain with an umbrella since I had no reception in my dorm.

Very poor reception throughout the area where I live. I can basically only call from my room near the window, and that's spotty at best. In other parts of Charlottesville reception is slightly better, but not good, so I will definitely be making a switch when I can.

Could not get any reception indoors. I rarely even got one bar. The only way I could make a call and not have it dropped was to stand outside away from any trees.