Nextel has the very worst reception of any company I have ever had. The customer support is very very bad. I just came back from Yellowstone went through 5 states in 18 hours and I had reception for 2 of 18 hours. Please learn from my mistake and do not go with Nextel / sprint. My wife has a different model phone and we both had 2 hours of reception in 18 hours of driving so you can't blame the model of phone. Most of my Family has nextel / sprint a total of 13 of us and we are all changing plans for the same reason.

Nextel has the very worst reception of any company I have ever had. The customer support is very very bad. I just came back from Yellowstone went through 5 states in 18 hours and I had reception for 2 of 18 hours. Please learn from my mistake and do not go with Nextel / sprint. My wife has a different model phone and we both had 2 hours of reception in 18 hours of driving so you can't blame the model of phone. Most of my Family has nextel / sprint a total of 13 of us and we are all changing plans for the same reason.

For the past many years we've gotten 4 bars and good connection up on Hull Mtn. north of Lake Pillsbury with our old, old, Kyocera 6035 phones. And people with newer phones were barely able to connect if at all standing near us. This year, we get 4 bars for ten seconds then 30 seconds of no contact, repeat forever (well, four days). I hear Verizon disconnected their analog system completely. Anyone getting anything in the area now?

It has been verified with Nextel (an older model phone or Blackberry) - there's reception from Walker, Ca thru Gardnerville, Nv and beyond. My carrier is Verizon; I'm in a 2 yr contract - but live in Gardnerville, Nv. It is very frustration to have a hour drive to and from work - and not have the reception in case something happens to myself or spouse while we're on the road. Understandable we're in the mountains - with the elevation being above 6000 ft... it would be an ideal situation (especially for customer satisfaction) if a tower was put up as soon as possible. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

I can get no signal whatsoever from inside the building, and signal is spotty even walking down the street. 2 bars is the best I can do in the immediate neighborhood.

Verizon Sucks in this area.. I have had 4 kinds of phones and none work. I have to drive half way across town to get any bars!

same as the comment before me, I live in the Newer Part of Adelanto, bordering Victorville and My cell reception has been steadily declining since Cingular came into play, and even worse now with the new AT&T. Throughout my house I have 0 bars unless I on my roof, there I can get 1 bar. I'll have to drive 4 blocks away, taking me into Victorville and i'll get 3 bars. Victorville so far is the only place I get decent reception in the high desert. All surrounding areas the signal fades causing dropped calls, or unable to connect at all along with no internet connections as well. Extremely frustrating. Also Just would like to add that Cingular did the same with my family in regards to "you need to buy newer phones because your current ones are outdated" situation. More bars in more places... how insulting.

ATT is useless. I just went into their store as I am soooo frustrated with no cell phone coverage. I used to get poor reception and it has gotten worse. The store employee instructed me to call them and they would waive the cancellation fees. After 20 minutes on the phone with a technician he said I was in a moderate coverage area and that he would check my options. My only options were that he was going to "notify" the technicians and when they met once a month they would discuss it. I asked if they were going to call me back and he said that they weren't and that it probably wouldn't do any good. My only other option was to cancel which would be a $400 cancellation charge. I have a few choice words in my head when I think of ATT right now. They are horrendous.

The Sacramento City Council will not allow new towers and I have to walk outside my house to use my phone. The calls are constantly being dropped but from now on when my calls get dropped I will scream 'I hate Heather Fargo (the mayor)!'. Everyone should scream that when they are outside their homes and trying to get cell phone reception. If the Pocket / Greenhaven area does not get an antenna by November then the residents should vote her out.

ATT bad all around this area and when it is momentarily good, wait a second and it'll drop you. Not good at all until you get off the Hill