Alltel

I Live in an area called Dove Canyon, I get great reception at my home from my Alltel service. My wife and daughter get little or no service at my home with their providers, Sprint and Cingular. T-Mobile does not come in at my home either.
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Good reception most of the time. Drops calls inside of buildings. My complaint is the billing cycle and the billing practices.You change anything with this company it is extra$$$$$. If you try to change something about the phone like the plan or the number on any day but the end of your cycle date, they charge you for each call previous to your change. They also change the end of your contract date if you change your plan. They add more months. So ask about this before you change your plan. They also add on a $10.00 Verizon surcharge for whatever fees each month. They charge for some toll free calls. I am looking for a new carrier. I am sick of paying so many extra charges when they advertised a certain price for a certain number of minutes. This is the only real complaint I have about this company, but it has lost my business today.
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T

Fluctuates between 0-3 bars - mostly 0 to 1... Very disappointed with service level - too many dropped calls. Neighbors also constantly complaining... ...
Was this review helpful to you?T-Mobile

Called tmobile. they opened a service request. but no results. called and found out they found that the service is fine. I called them again, and same results. after a few days, got a mail from T-Mobile and it said that they imporved the service in my area. but, not on my street. we have very poor reception, if any. too bad I cannot cancel and change my carrier. if found this web site, I be more informed
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T

General reception in Ahwatukee is terrible. Cannot use in my home and service is really sketchy in my neighborhood. I'm emabarrassed to use my phone in these areas. Service has not improved in 5 years. Don't expect it to anytime soon. My contracts have expired and I'm switching to Verizon. Even though their plans are not as good as T-Mobile's I can use their service from my basement and hear much less that is negative about Verizon's service. Oh yeah, Cingular's Customer Service is even worse thn AT&T Wireless' ever was! - And AWS customer care was pretty bad...
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T

Cingular claims to have more bars in more places Bwah hah hah hah. What really sucks is I have a 2 year contract. I lived in CO and Cingular worked best there, but since moving to Phoenix, well lets just say I am going to have to have 2 cell phone carriers. Thanks so much, Cingular.
Was this review helpful to you?Sprint

I've lived in the same area of Ahwatukee for the past 10 years and I just recently moved down the street to an apartment complex and as odd as this may sound... I get okay reception while standing in my living room that's if I press the phone against the window, but if I walk to my bedroom, the signal fades and the call is dropped. Sometimes I need to stand on my balcony to get a signal. The brilliant customer service reps at Sprint tell me that this type of occurrence is common and that I should think about upgrading my phone. I've only had this one for about 6 months. Oh, and I just recently received a $1000 dollar invoice for calls that I did not make. 2 weeks and 10 hours of phone calls later, they made the necessary adjustments to my bill. My contract is up in March and I plan on porting my number over to another carrier. Good riddance Sprint.
Was this review helpful to you?Sprint

I have used Sprint for many years and have suffered dropped calls frequently when calling from my home behind S. Mountain. Finally changed phones from the Sanyo SCP-4000 to the Sanyo SCP-4900 and made all the difference in the world. Rarely a dropped call and very good reception. The speakerphone works great as well on this model Sanyo. Signed for 2 more years but it's been well worth it so far.
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T Wireless (GSM)

Phone shows SOS only. No rings on calls and no voice mail notification. This is at my house or outside. The service on AT&T for GSM in the 4 mile radius is awful.
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