Went to Yellowstone and had no service till we go back to Livingston, but yet my husband phone in which he has Verizon had GREAT service in the park and all the way back to Livingston. I was so happy with my service until then.

I can watch the bars go from 3 to 0 and back to 3 within 2 or 3 minutes. If I try to connect I may get a connection and then am cut off. Verizon in Montana is spotty at best unless you are in one of the few cities and then it can be spotty as well.

Alltel is dead or unusable from about 1-2 miles north of Arlee until Ravalli.

Despite repeated promises by Cingular Last year when I got to Montana there was little to no coverage. Specifically Hwy. 191 is a complete dead zone, I had spotty coverage at best when in Lewistown and as sooon as we left town it was dead. This included all the area between Winifred and Hwy. 191 as far as the Missouri river. I had no problems 2 years ago with a Panasonic Duramax, all I needed was to be on a higher spot. CDMA SUCKS! Everyone I talked to is still using bag phones or Boosters to get the output power but I can't activate a bag phone one on Cingular in my home area. This is only one example of a long line of misrepresentation of their services / capabilities and more. Which they hide behind the confusion of the Merger with ATT wireless. To make it worse I'm dealing with the Premier service dept (Corporate plan)

with a booster I get 5 bars but am still unable to make digital calls! without a booster I get less than one bar.

Almost all calls will drop, bars go from 3 - 0 just standing still. Phone is usless in most of MT, Cingular does not cover this area. Also - Don't believe them that they have a partner that works up here, after I called back to get the info they told me they infact did not have a partner. Phone does work a bit in Bozeman if you are outside, but once you walk into a building it drops.

Verizon had a tower that covered area however they removed it.

while traveling to Montana from New Mexico I had little to no reception. When returning from Montana to New Mexico I had no reception whatsoever until I arrived back in New Mexico. I traveled through Idaho; Washington State; California and Nevada with no reception. This is very poor service.

Just Roaming the whole time. Very Expensive calls. Was watching a Nextel phone as well and the comments about reception coming and going while the phone sat on the table are true for this area too.

No reception on the eastside of missoula with Cingular or t-mobile