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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.

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.

I took the short ride just past Waupaca and turned south on 49 finished my phone set-up. I now get 4-5 bars, even inside and I have 3g service. Well worth the little extra effort. Now I will have great service everywhere. I rule the air with Verizon.

I find it amazing that with 2 bars I get great reception on my phone. It is basically contraban according to Element Mobile. I started on US Cellular on a group plan and service was great. Then moved on to AT&T, worst service int the world, at least I thought Nest step Alltel, completely happy waiting for the merge with Verizon, jokes on me in comes Element. Dead tie with AT&T. Both lack service and customer service. Don't get me wrong AT&T internet is great, cellular is the worst with Element. I tried Sprint, great prices on service but I had 0 bars in my home so every call incoming or outgoing dropped. The 3g was good but I am an at home student and still use my cell phone as a phone. I had to go a slight round about way but have Verizon in my area code, prefix is different no biggie and my cell is clear and works great on 2 bars, better than Element on 4 or 5. I actually get my e-mails and multi media messages on a Smart phone, I have the Motorola Droid 2 Global. I do not care that I have to make a quick ride to just outside of Waupaca to start my data service.