Absolutely no reception in Marshfield. I called the cell phone company and they told me they don't currently have service here. Not sure why they sell the phones there, then. He told me I could go out to Palmetto to maybe get service. That obviously doesn't help when I'm running errands, etc. Poor service and reception.

great have no problems in marshfield at all.

All of Marshfield sucks with Alltel except for the south east side.

I go into analog service here and cannot place and recieve calls. I know people with Sprint and US Cellular that have no problem making calls here. I wish Alltel would build a new tower so service was available here. If you live in this area don't go with Alltel. I would suggest US Cellular.

Don't get reception with Alltel around the Lindsey, WI area or anywhere just Southwest of Marshfield, WI. I hear a rumor that US Cellular is getting a new tower in this area. I hope so.

Cellular One is the best I've tried for cellular phones in the majority of Wisconsin. True, there is not one single "best" cell phone plan for our good-ol' state of WI, but now having the National Plan for Cell One covers most of the state. There are blackouts, especially between Marshfield and Wisconsin Rapids, but not nearly as many as other companies. On an average, I get at least 3-4 bars, even in my basement. I travel quite a bit and this is practically the only phone company that will get reception in NW Wisconsin. My vote goes to the Cell One National plan.

Alltel recently put up a new tower in the southeastern part of town which greatly improved reception in the area. Before, calling was almost impossible as your call would be dropped or would not go through. Now I'm getting a solid four bars in my basement where I used to go into analog service. Great network improvement, Alltel, now the only place I might get a little trouble with service is just north of Marshfield on Hwy. 97.

I started on Sprint with new fair and flexible with roaming included. Reception is fair in most places around town. I love not having to worry about roaming charges anywhere in the nation. Coverage seems compable to my Alltel Motorola that I replaced.

I tried a 14-day trial with Cellular One nationwide coverage. I wanted this because of their coverage map showing WI up through Upper Mi. Terrible, in the Marshfield area with no service unless you go North to Wal-mart. I travel to Upper Mi. and the service is good from Wal-mart in Marshfield north to the WI / MI border the Watersmeet, Mi area. Then the service steadily drops off to no service at all for almost two hrs. of driving in Upper Mi, and their map shows coverage for the whole area up there. I sent the phone back and will try Alltel.

If you have a Cellular One phone GSM technology, It will not work at all in Marshfield, WI. If you have the old digital TDMA it will work sporadically in town, not at all on the South Side intermittently on the North side.