ALLTEL Wireless user review

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Where is the signal??

By: J.M. Bauer on Saturday, February 10, 2007
From Abdn SD (United States)
Experience: 9 Years
Pros: Their phones are lower priced, and they have good rate plans.

Cons: No signal/service, dropped call.

Summary: The problem is that you can't get service and you get dropped constantly. We have an alltel service center across the street from our local Supercenter, but can I call anyone when i'm there? No. When I try to dial out, I get a message from a different cell carrier telling me to please hang up and try again. Meanwhile, people are walking by me talking successfully on cell phones! I live less than 10 miles from a tower and can't get a signal in my home. The land around here is as flat as a pancake, so there are no mountains or hills/valleys to deal with either. I am so disgusted, I've been looking into different providers when my contract ends in March. I wouldn't have stayed with them, but was told there were more towers going up, but no dice. I started with Cellular One and hoped it would improve as Alltel, but after 9 years of hoping, I'm done with them. There has to be something better!

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