I am from Canada. Verizon used to be the carrier for Rogers BC. Now they use Cingular and NO ONE has been able to receive any calls on their Canadian cell phones on Maui. It is impossible to raise Cingular in person.

Start conversations in Makiki going on Awaiolimu to Lusitania and into Booth - the phone service is sketchy. then goes dead. Sometimes you think you're carrying on then echo-o-o-oh...

I heard that Verizon is putting in a cell tower somewhere down the coast, south of Kalapana, somewhere near Volcano Nat'l Park, to provide service to lower Puna coast... with service scheduled to begin in January 2006. Is this true?

The only way to get a cellphone signal is to walk to the end of the jetty at the public beach access and point towards Maui. Sometimes we can get a signal there.

I was on the Big Island this weekend visiting family and most of the time, there was no signal. Then when I did get a signal and make a call, I get disconnected. Then I had to stand outside of the house and point the phone in different directions to see where I can get the best signal. I gave up! I ended up turning off the phone and turned it back on when I got to Keaau.

Just when you drive under the Papakolea Bridge, the cell signal cuts out.

The stretch of road from the lighthouse to the lookouts, you'll have no service.

Right in the intersection you'll lose service and drop your calls most of the time.

It never fails. Everytime I drive through Punchbowl I always lose reception. I have numerously complained about the poor reception in the area, yet nothing has been done about it. Whenever I enter the area now and am on the phone I pull my car over in fear Ill lose the call.

No reception at all! When ever I'm on the H1 freeway while on the phone, I have to warm my callers that I'm in a low reception area. This also goes for Nextel, T-Mobile and AT&T. I'm not sure what else carriers have this problem there.