Alltel is now Element Mobile. It is BY FAR the worst service, customer service and cell company I have ever dealt with! If this was maybe my first or second cell, I couldn't back this up, but I have had a mobile phone since 1992 and actually had a GTE radio phone before that! Stay AWAY from Element Mobile!

I had U.S. Cellular for many years and also tried AT&T because I liked the iPhone. Within a month I found AT&T was just not the way to go living in Central WI. Went back to U.S. Cellular before trying Alltel. So far I've found I have much better reception in places where I didn't with U.S. Cellular. Also found the phone plans to be much more reasonable as well as more options with Alltel. The people at the 29 Park Ridge Dr.location are not only knowledgeable, but also very helpful when dealing with any of the issues I've had and seem willing to go that extra mile to help me out. Two very enthusiastic thumbs up!

Reception is okay (2-4 bars) outdoors, but miserable in my apartment complex (0-2 bars). Calls are frequently dropped and sound (both incoming and outgoing) is frequently lost or distorted. I have yet to find a carrier that provides adequate reception at this location.

Most of the time I have 4 out of 5 bars.

I have never had any problems talking in any of the stores here, including WalMart and Lowes. I have been very happy with my service with Alltel and would reccomend it to anyone.

Fluctuates between 4 and 5 bars. Never had any problems making a call.

overall, if you travel around the state of Wisconsin Alltel has the best most consistant service.

I've had full reception and crystal clear calling all over Stevens Point and even inside buildings. Good customer service, cheap minutes, and a good phone selection makes them a good carrier in the 54481 area.

Reception has been very good. Pleased with the service. I am also using the Data Cable connection kit to hook my laptop to the web. Works great. Have used it camping from New York to Wisconsin with great results.

If you have a smartphone with 3G or 4G speeds, it will do you NO Good here in Stevens Point because they do not have that yet. I found this out too late.

AT&T has great reception in the city, way better than Sprint ever did (spent 4 years with them). But when it comes to this area, my reception sucks. If you're looking for good reception out on Torun road, near Jordan park, look else where. Either that, or get used to having your phone on a window sill all the time.

Horrible company. 0 bars in most places. When I have 5 bars, all I get is network busy. Over 20 tries to call out at night. Bad Cust. Service too. They say they did something, a week later there's no record of anything. Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad experiences all around with AT&T and Cingular.

Don't expect to take your Cingular GSM phone north of Madison, and have it work. Cingular has no native coverage north of Madison, but whatever carrier it is, sucks, I get moderate reception, until about the Dells, then after that, NO service whatsover, until I get to about Eagle Rive / Rhinelander, then Dobson picks up, and get great service with them.

Whiting business park area has weak reception, don't expect your CellOne to work inside houses, or wal-mart, best buy etc. in that area. It will flux between no signal and one bar.

I can get some reception when I go outside, but I can not use my phone inside any buildings.

I am getting 5 bars and everything works great. You can't go wrong with Sprint in Stevens Point.

I have T-Mobile and came up to Steven's Point for a weekend. I was getting an AT&T signal (t-mobile roaming coverage) so there does not appear to be any actual T-Mobile signal or non-roaming coverage available anywhere in Steven's Point. The AT&T signal worked alright at the University and on the main Business strip (Business 51 / Division st). However, there was Virtually no signal at the apartment complexes I was spending the weekend looking at including those in southern Plover, on Doolittle Dr.in Steven's Point, or on Medil Pond in Whiting. Based on this, I would say AT&T coverage (and consequently T-Mobile coverage) are quite poor in this area.

When signing up with US Cellular in Nov. 2010 had no issues and service was usually 2-3 bars. Since March our service has just gotten worse, dropped calls all the time, no service in the house unless you stand very still by a north window. Pretty much have to go out onto the deck to get any bars at all. Not sure who to go to anymore as other companies we have tried are worthless in this area as well.

Most of the time I will have 3 - 4 bars of signal.

I have had good reception in Stevens Point, for the most part. The phone is sometimes roaming in certain areas on the outskirts of town but I am never charged extra. If my bill is ever more than it should be, I take it in and the great sales reps at the Precision location help to remove these charges... ..provided it wasn't a fault on my end. They have been super understanding and I have never felt like the company has tried to take advantage of me. US Cellular is a great wireless provider in the area.