I recently tried Alltel because of that Circle deal they have to keep in touch with family back home and have been very pleased with the service. I am living in Midlothian but am going to school at VCU and work part-time near the hospital so I do some traveling throughout the city pretty much every day. So far, Alltel service has been great. I've had great coverage and I've never seen my phone register below 3-4 bars in the area and the calls are always clear. Typically I do stay on a full signal with 5 bars so I have no complaints about coverage. I really like the phone too. Indoors, the signal doesn't drop off like it did with Cingular so I'm no longer having to go outside in any of the school buildings or anywhere else I've been to keep a strong signal. I'm very happy with the change so far. The prices are better and I've not had any reception or coverage problems.

Poor reception and sometimes none at all! I work near the Stony Point shopping center and my phone will go into Roaming or the call will be lost

We moved from Northern VA and Verizon works great up there. I also had ATT and they worked great there too (years ago). Since I have been here I get no reception in my apartment... if there is one bar my calls are constantly dropped. I can count on it! Walking outside doesn't help either. I don't know if it is just Verizon or if other carriers are this horrible here. We won't be renewing with Verizon though.

I rarely have less than 4 bars on my phone with the exceptiong of being in MCV or other large concrete structures. Once I get outside I've got full service. And not a single dropped call from my network.

I have never had a dropped call from anywhere in or around my house, as opposed to Sprint which had dead spots all over the house. I can walk from my office downtown on Broad to my parking deck, get in my car and drive home along the Downtown Expressway to the Powhite to Forest Hill Ave. to Riverside Dr.and on into my house without a call ever being dropped. I can get a signal and talk virtually anywhere along I-64 East toward Tidewater and I-95 / 85 South to NC. Verizon beats Sprint hands down! Just wish they had better deals on their phones; it's time to renew. The Samsung phone was great except that one of the two we owned (family plan) broke a hinge after 7 months regular use...

The signal fluctuates terribly. It will go from full bars to none in the same spot. Sprint customers service is bad. All they want to do is sell you another phone or up sell you on your plan. They are sales people not technical assistance folks.

My phone is typically in constant Analog mode. I can never make or recieve calls in my dorm room, or on many places around campus. I usually do not have service anywhere in Richmond, only sometimes, and usually it is static. Alltel is terrible.

I bought my 6600 Nokia in Portugal and have used in roaming in England, Holand and France and let me tell you that I never had such a good reception as I have here in Richmond in the place I live. All the bars are permanently up and I believe I have six bars to inform me about the streght of the signal. I am very happy with my reception and my T.mobile carrier. KG

I have been happy with Sprint in the past. Now the coverage and the service is going downhill. Often I can't call my spouse and she can't call me. We go straight to voice mail even if we have signal(which is weird). And Sprint support really talked about 'holes' in the coverage area.

Verizon is the only company that gets usable service in this wooded, low-lying area. Usually get 2-3 bars with few drops. Also, Verizon has good reception all over Johnston-Willis Hospital.