[mac9]

I am hearing the complaints about Sprint, but I live in Sabal Chase and have had Sprint for the past 3 years that I have lived here. I have never had a dropped call from anywhere in the Villages. Perhaps it is a hardware (phone) problem. Mr. Mac9 also has Sprint and tells me that he has had no problems either.

[GatorFan]

I also have Sprint and have never had a problem anywhere in The Villages. Even picks up great indoors.

[Carla B]

Don't know what the problem is but we had Sprint when we moved to Hemingway. The only place you could talk, kind of, was leaning up against the screen in the lanai. However, when we would walk over to Havana, we got great reception. We switched to Verizon and again, the only place it talks now is on the lanai. The mediocre service seem to start after the trial period expired. Does anyone know where the nearest cell towers are? Maybe our little house is in a dead zone?

[Hawkwind]

Originally Posted by Carla B

Don't know what the problem is but we had Sprint when we moved to Hemingway. The only place you could talk, kind of, was leaning up against the screen in the lanai. However, when we would walk over to Havana, we got great reception. We switched to Verizon and again, the only place it talks now is on the lanai. The mediocre service seem to start after the trial period expired. Does anyone know where the nearest cell towers are? Maybe our little house is in a dead zone?

Carla B try this site
http://www.antennasearch.com/sitesta...st=pagehandler

You may have to cut and paste it into the URL address line of your browser. It shows a map of the antenna sites in the 32162 zip code. Interesting to note is that this search page shows 95 antennas, 13 towers and no new tower applications. Many of the water towers have cell phone antennas located on them.

Just Google cell phone tower locations and there are a ton of sites that will give you the information. Only problem is that I have not found one the will give the carriers name,

[The Great Fumar]

Originally Posted by parks61

Getting ready to witch cell carrier at the end of Nov and coming down the last 3 weeks in Dec. Is there a cell service that does not work there or works poorly? I would hate to change only to have one that does not at TV..

Both of my neighbor's have VERIZON and they get great reception ....
I have Sprint and its lousy..........

can you hear me now ???? Fumar

[jojo]

T-mobile works for me both in the house and throughout TV. T-mobile service is excellent. I use my Blackberry as a modem when I'm travelling and do not have wireless access.

[j22jay]

I have used Verizon successfully for many years. After a year of waiting for a new tower, and more hours spent with customer service than I can count, I decided to switch to AT&T. With Verizon, I live in a "known Trouble area", but with AT&T, it may still be an "unknown trouble area". Poor, spotty reception in my home, but so far, no dropped calls. ( I am a lanai or back bedroom talker too.) As I travel to the North, reception is 100% on both services. There are 3 towers within one mile of my home, but not all providers have access to all towers. I love my new phone! I just want it to work!

[gemorc]

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I have yet to be dissapointed by the signal of Tracfone. No matter where in the USA we go, it never lets me down.Handie

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I also am VERY satisfied with Tracfone. The rates are also very good for the the amount of time I use it.