I have had Nextel for 4 years now, 1.5 years in Athens area. Absolutely GREAT signal and service. I even have bars all the way to Florence in the west, Bankhead and Sipsey Wilderness, and all the way to Chattanooga out 72 and 54. I rarely have a drop call. I'm not crazy about my phone model. It's clunky and little pieces keep coming off. Nextel customer service has been great, too. I travel to Pensacola to see my parents often and even have coverage miles off the interstate on 231 and 21. My only complaint is the weak-ass car charger for my model phone. I think they make them so the'll break in about 3 weeks and you have to buy a new one! I put duct tape around the last one I got immediately after purchase and managed to keep it going a year.

I live in Decatur and travel to other states frequently-Verizon is the best carrier overall that I have had. I previously had Cingular and had many problems with service (none) and customer service (poor).

We just switched to Verizon from AT&T. I have service all over the place. Some of these comments are old, and it seems Verizon has improved service a lot. I had service all the way down 64. Had 3G service too. Minor Hill, all over Lexington, Pulaski, etc. Very happy with Verizon.

Very good reception. Never a problem.

no problem with my service unless I enter a walmart or the px on post.

Switched today and love Verizons service. I posted on Nextel and how bad they are. I didn't mean to put Verizons name on there tho for the first one.

I had AT&T and service was horrible. I would always drop my call or get the Call Failed or Network Busy thing. Verizon has amazing service and I always seem to keep 4-5 bars everywhere I am. 3G is speeds are fast too! I highly recommend Verizon.

Excellent signal at this particular location and most of HSV. I know each cell carrier has it's advantages and disadvantages. If you want to get excellent customer service and superb signal through T-mobile, then having that cell provider is Highly recommened!

i have no problems throughout the entire decatur area

I have no problem with my T Mobile reception. I have had T Mobile for almost 10 years now (before they were T Mobile). They have great customer service also.

Verizon is the only carrier I have found to give me reliable reception all over.

Good reception on Sprint in the Harvest area on most of the Sprint phones I've had. Much better than on my Cingular phone for work. There are a few weaker spots, but I haven't dropped a call yet.

Reception is good. It's a little weak in certain areas. But near the city of Huntsville, reception is a full 4 sticks. Cingular is great for those little cities because it's the only provider that works.

I get excellent reception. I even get great reception in Elkmont.

Phone reflects good reception, but after 2-3 months, begins dropping lines and has so much static you can't talk even if the line doesn't drop. T-Mobile will not stand behind it, will offer add'l minutes but no assistance with phone. Can't use additional minutes if the calls don't go through or can't be heard. Understand that it is a software problem from Motorola, but I either have to pay for a new phone or wait for them to identify and fix the problem. Not happy! Phone has not been dropped or abused, and all usage guidelines have been met. T-Mobile response: "sorry"

Reception is 4 bars out of 5 inside my house, but only if I connect my phone to a Wilson cellular mobile antenna I purchased to improve the signal strength.

Good: good reception almost anywhere I go. Bad: If you have a billing problem with them you will get no satisfaction.

Inside the store, iPhone got no signal on AT&T. Switched SIM to T-Mobile in the same iPhone, and get 4 bars. Overall better coverage and data speeds using the same device.

sprint has really beefed up their network in the huntsville area over the past few years, coverage has gotten very good in most places, and with mostly all of their plans including free roaming, your phone will switch to a network (in huntsville it switches to Verizon) that can make a call. I have no problems in Huntsville / Madison any more!

Over the past 3 Years Nextel reception has gotten considerably better. As of now Verizon and Nextel probably have the best coverage, followed by T-Mobile, then Cingular, then Sprint.