As you are heading into South Carolina, the call will drop completely. Turn around if you want signal again!

Ilive in White House Community between Marion and Rutherfordton, below Sugarhill and north east of Lake Lure and north west of Rutherfordton we can't get out on Cingular from Sugar Hill School down to Bills Creek almost to Fairfield Mountains. Just in one or two spots. There is a cell phone tower on Pinacle mountain directly to the east of my house. I am almost level with the tower. I would like to know whose tower it is and if I can get good service with that carrier. Verizon is better but nobody gets great service. I would like to know which is the best and if all these developements going up in McDowell county will help us to get better coverage. It hurts to pay for something you can only use when you are not at home and I mean almost in town. Don't we country folk count. We are the ones needing cell service most because we are so isolated.

Reception in one word "Sucks".

Count on no signal, bought thid prepaid when I go on trips to the Craven, Pamlico and Beaufort County area as a backup to my Suncom whth whom I have had several phones with no luck. No Go here.

I have used several cell phone carriers (US Cellular, Sprint / Nextel and Verizon) About 200 yards before my house it drops out and about 200 yards after my house it picks up again on to drop out when you get to the incline of the mountain. Sometimes if I cross the street I can get enough signal to dial out but no where in my yard or house has any of these worked even though I can see the cell phone tower from my house. Very frustrating.

There is no Cingular reception from Beaverdam Valley (near Spooks Branch) all the way up the mountain to Town Mountain Rd. This is the area of a new proposed residential development (Bartram's Walk). For anyone planning to work or live in this area, you will need to use Verizon. They have a tower on Elk Mountain Scenic Hwy. that provides a strong signal in this whole area.

Just moved to Boone. Cingular coverage seems to be fine in town but when I drive off the main road and up into the mountains and my neigbhorhood it quickly goes to nonexistant coverage. I'm going to have to switch to a local provider that everyone says has great coverage if Cingular doesn't do something soon. Does anyone know if some phones are better than others or is this a network problem?

Constantly drop calls in both areas. Horrible Nextel service in almost all of North Raleigh. Radio service is better than phone service but still hit or miss. I have 4 or 5 dropped calls a DAY! If I didn't need radio service, wouldn't have a Nextel and live in N. Raleigh.

Great reception until about 100 Yards from intersection, then signal drops to about nothing. Subdivision of Forest Creek (Hollow River) has little or no signal. To keep a call once you get it you need to remain stationary and even then only if you are lucky will call stay connected.

i said Cingular because suncom is not an option... well dont get suncom yeah they have unlimited minutes because when do you ever get to use your minutes umm never because you never have any reception at all mostly downeast and beaufort and sometimes in newport and down town morehead... this cell phone service company has bad reception and even worst costumer service ever...