Alltel works great. I used to live in Trego... north of Spooner and this phone worked great between Trego and Hayward... also all the way down Hwy. 53 to Eau Claire. Works great in California, Florida, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, and Arizona. Now that I live in Eau Claire the only dead spots I find are near Melby Rd. / Hwy 53 and Birch St. / Hastings intersections. I was on vacation in July and my phone worked in the Mooquah Barrens area, north of Ino, WI. on a bicycle trip when my friends phones wouldn't! I am thinking about getting a new phone but am afraid to give this one up because it works so well. Any recommendations? Mark L. Eau Claire, WI p.s. I was told that this phone has more power than the new phones due to a FCC restriction on power.

I had CellularOne for a long time, but since I switched over to Alltel I can't believe that I didn't have it before. Even when I leave the area to travel I still get good service. Especially when I go up north.

Finally EVDO comes to eau claire, have had Alltel for 3 years now, been happy the whole time

Alltel has great service, would be hard to find a place in Wis. where it does not work well.

Alltel has the best reception of all the providers I have seen in the northwest and westcentral wisconsin area. Cell one has good spots but if you get outside the city you start to run into trouble. Alltel is much better outside the city as well as slightly better in the city.

My phone reception with AT&T has improved GREATLY over the last year. It seems they finally have it together.

eau claire up to superior, WI - AT&T took over cellular one so I guess I'm commenting on both. totally Dead spot on the north crossing by the bypass, it will drop your calls. also, I used to get good reception with cellular one but now I don't get reception hardly anywhere. they really went down hill fast. everyone I know is switching. thank god it only costs twenty dollars to get out of this contract. Its like paying for nothing. you can't even use your phone. horrible.

I HAD good reception. I found out that Cingular is getting rid of their coverage in Eau Claire in April, because the cell phone towers they were using costed too much for them. My cell phone will now be useless in April, and now I have to cancel my contract and find a different provider since I'm up here most of the year.

Dropped Calls - noise on line.

My reception used to be a bit patchy, but since I got this phone, the only calls that get dropped come from my friends' lines. There are only two rough spots in Eau Claire for me: My friend's basement off of Golf Rd. and by North High School. I have been very pleased with CellOne's service and expansion... but it didn't help me out while I was in college in the cities.

cellone has no GSM service form the eau claire side of the big hill to Eleva, Strum, Mondovi, Pleasentvill, Elk Creek, Independence, Whitehall. None. Before GSM we could get out. This service is junk. Altel you can get out at any of these areas. I will be switching as three of my friends did already. Why pay for service you cant get. I have called cell one to no avail. 14 months on the contract yet. BOO

cellone has no GSM service form the eau claire side of the big hill to Eleva, Strum, Mondovi, Pleasentvill, Elk Creek, Independence, Whitehall. None. Before GSM we could get out. This service is junk. Altel you can get out at any of these areas. I will be switching as three of my friends did already. Why pay for service you cant get. I have called cell one to no avail. 14 months on the contract yet. BOO

Celll one works ok in the city, just dont go south of town on 93. nothing all the way to Lacrosse and then spotty

Upgraded from digital to GSM. No signal from Little Red School all the way to Mondovi. Was told it was the phone. Had 2 phones and neither had reception.

This system is continually looking for towers. In our home on the edge of Eau Claire the phone will loose it's signal while using it. The phone has been updated, new battery and brought into the Sprint Store on Golf Near the Mall to get a computer update by plugging it in. Guess what it is worse. Sprint here locally will not let us out of our contract until it expired. If we had any updates or changes we had to sign a two year contract. I found out from Sprint offical offices in Cal. That this two year contract signing, is an individual franchise decision. If you need something done look for Sprint Offices in Cal. And look for CEO or the Official Sprint board of Commissioners. And email your complaints to them and things will change. Be specific in your information. Also this phone will loose any reception as soon as you get off of the Main Interstates. On an average There are only one to two bars. Look elsewhere.

I've just got a Samsung a900 with new activation. Bad reception and drop calls! The store suggested, I switch to a sanyo 8400 for better reception. No drop calls yet, but the reception still bothers me, because the bars drop down to 1 sometime. Also, the clarity on this phone was terrible, I could not understand the other person at all! The store suggest I switch to sanyo m1. I'm thinking about switching to a new carrier! My daughter was here visiting me the other day and her Alltel phone was loud and clear, no reception problem at all! What should I do, try the sanyo m1 or switch carrier? Friends and families have sprint.

I have terrible reception, 70% of my calls loose their signal. Am looking for different carrier.

In the Third Ward, my calls are almost always sent to voice mail when I'm in the house. I can get a little reception outside my house, but calls are dropped over and over.

With Sprint's new NO ROAMING I get great service wherever cellular service is provided, by any carrier! Phone must be enabled to choose non-pcs towers.

Great reception all over Eau Claire and most of WI (maybe 6 dead zones on Hwy 94 from MN to Milwaukee).