Verizon
I use a straight talk phone, which is pre-paid. My particular phone uses Verizon towers, and I have been pleased with the service so far! In my area, as long as you stay away from Nextel, you are good to go!
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Used to have 5 bars and terrific data service (EV). Has degraded over the past year '10 - '11. Now I drop calls frequently, signal fades in and out continuously. Data icon goes from 1x to EV, back to ev, down to 1x again. Battery is use has grown due to all the signal searching.
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Verizon wireless works great in Amherst. There is a Verizon tower on a local mountain with 3G service now and going to 4G soon ( as of July 2011)
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I have had US cellular for 2yrs now and I love it. I have signal everywhere. But I do live in a basment so I don't have good reception but once I step out it's great rarely do I have dropped calls.
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US Cellular is the only carrier that provides full reception at my home in Forest. Always 5 bars
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03 / 23 / 2011 No internet connection via Verizon cell tower via the new 4G Thunderbolt cell phone. Voice communication strength is always 1 to 2 bars at best, where as past reception was always excellent. Called Verizon today and they are looking into it. Will update this blog ASAP.
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Horrible to non-existant AT&T reception in my house. If I'm lucky and I go outside and stand in my driveway, sometimes I get 1 bar, enough to make a quick call. Totally unacceptable! I work from home and am constantly missing calls. I also teach at Lynchburg College and the entire campus is a dead zone for AT&T - NO service at all. I'm getting out of this contract a.s.a.p.
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Very poor coverage. I moved to the area in July 2010 and recently saw articles about "3G popping up on people's phones downtown," but I still struggle with 1-0 bars. I don't known how long I can hold out before switching providers...
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Switched from Verizon in 2008... .to US Cellular. Great reception around SML Lake and around Lynchburg. Have reception on 99.5% of travel to / from Lynchburg via Rt. 626 / Rt 24 / Rt 43 and New London Road. (Lost signal in at least 3 places on that route with Verizon / Altell) US Cellular often has signal locally when my friends with ATT and Verizon have no reception. Great local coverage in foothills and around mountains.
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I used to have 5 bar Ev signal and would loose reception during thunderstorms. Now I barely have 1 bar reception and drop calls frequently. What has happened to Sprint signal strength.
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