Terrible reception. I occasionally get a couple of bars in one spot of the house near the window for a few minutes and then can be dropped without moving.

AT&T reception at Lake Monticello is FRUSTRATING! One moment I can have one or two bars and in the next instant, without moving a foot, it drops to no bars. At times I can receive text messages and when I go to reply, the screen indicates "No service available." We switched my wife's cell phone to Sprint and (so far) everything is fine. I'll probably switch as soon as my AT&T contract is up. On a few rare occasions I can have four bars and still lose a call as I'm talking. It even happened when I was talking with AT&T customer service! And this is what they refer to as "GOOD coverage area"?

Awesome coverage! All over the Lake and up and down 53= GREAT coverage! There's a 'dead-spot' in downtown Palmyra- where 53 meets 15 and north about a mile (or less... .), but then it pops right back up to 5 bars! Love my iPhone and so happy to be done with Verizon!

Excellent service coverage

Works well most of the time, but there is a spotty area between Keswick and the Lake that can be problematic. Wish I had been able to stay with Nextel, but they did not carry Treo's

Never had any problems except in the southern most part of Fluvanna County

phone will not work around the house--maybe 1 out of 15 times outside. inside, never. cancelled service.

I Get Good Reception spotty at time though

Alltel's signal has really improved at Lake Monticello.

Can't use the phone at all inside the house - iffy outside - set to Roaming it picks up Verizon fine - Alltel and US Cellular work fine with digital reception (longer battery life)

No problem with reception all around lake area. Good reception on Route 53 from lake to Charlottesville, with one low signal point just south of Monticello. Good all around Charlottesville proper. Fair to poor in Ivy, Crozet, Earlysville. Good signal on 250 East of C'ville to Glenmore No signal on 64 in Ivy exit area. Also a dead area on Rt 29 between Interstate 64 and Rt 250 exits Lots of drop outs North and South of C'ville on Route 29 Overall generally content with signal and service. Rates are higher than competitors, probably due to "free" 2-way radio feature. Bills are indecipherable.

Best service for the Lake area. Great coverage for a rural area. Some spotty areas while driving to Charlottesville, low areas have weak signal.

Even with a cell tower in the general area, reception out here is really poor. Don't have reception at home, nor by the middle school. Driving in on 600 is a issue too. The northern part of C-ville is also a problem. The system things that I'm out of area when I'm by the walmart.

The only complaint I have with Nextel is phone selection. Coverage has never really been a problem for me.

Finally.... good coverage throughout the Lake Monticello area. AT&T / SunCom coverage very spotty. Several neighbors told me that Alltel coverage was very good - and they were correct. Alltel is the winner for Lake Monticello residents.