Anyone in or near Central, Illinois try...

[JWages]

Switching for the iPhone from Verizon? I'm debating whether or not to switch but I'm not sure. I get good reception with Verizon and AT&T says I'm in 'moderate' reception area, but what is moderate, really?

 

[abijnk]

Define "Central Illinois"... It means many things to many people. Where I am from (Johnston City, IL) it means north of the I-64 Corridor. If this is the case it can get spotty...

 

[JWages]

I'm about 40 minutes south-west of Peoria, IL.

 

[chinl]

Define "Central Illinois"... It means many things to many people.

Anything past Joliet

 

[abijnk]

I'm about 40 minutes south-west of Peoria, IL.

Ah, cool. I spent last Holidays in Pekin.

Anyways, you'd probably be fine. My experience has been that even in really rural areas they've got it pretty well covered.

 

[JWages]

Thats cool. Pekin is even closer, haha.

My sister's fiance says that when he comes over he gets 1-2 bars. He doesn't have an iPhone though (iPhone gets better reception, maybe? I dont know).

 

[schmoopy.design]

I'm in Champaign and I'll be making the switch from Verizon when my contract is up on August 7th. Several of my co-workers have AT&T and say that reception is good...although they do experience dropped calls. It sucks that we don't have 3G here though.

 

[branjosef]

I'm in Chicago....kind of near illinois

 

[JWages]

I'm in Champaign and I'll be making the switch from Verizon when my contract is up on August 7th. Several of my co-workers have AT&T and say that reception is good...although they do experience dropped calls. It sucks that we don't have 3G here though.

Yeah, but Champaign is a little bit bigger than where I live.

 

[Bossone]

Bloomington here and I made the switch, but we also have 3G available as well. Everything has worked out good thus far.

 

[billyripkin]

I am in Elgin, IL and 3G is great up here. Posting using iPhone tethering.

 

[JoeCo0611]

in St. Charles, and if I go out to route 47, it'll switch the Edge, but the majority of coverage within 50 miles of chicago is 3G.

central illinois looks mostly EDGE.

 

[JWages]

Bloomington here and I made the switch, but we also have 3G available as well. Everything has worked out good thus far.

Yeah, you're in a better reception area than me. What I don't get is why does Bloomington have 3G, but not Peoria?

I am in Elgin, IL and 3G is great up here. Posting using iPhone tethering.

in St. Charles, and if I go out to route 47, it'll switch the Edge, but the majority of coverage within 50 miles of chicago is 3G.

central illinois looks mostly EDGE.

You're both from the Chicago area, meaning Northern, IL.

 

[schmoopy.design]

Bloomington most likely has 3G because it is home to both State Farm and Country Companies Insurance...and Illinois State University.

 

[JWages]

Bloomington most likely has 3G because it is home to both State Farm and Country Companies Insurance...and Illinois State University.

Yeah, I thought about that after I posted, haha.

 

[Karl40]

I spend some time as a Verizon Customer in rural central Illinois. I have a friend in rural central Illinois with AT&T. On our 2G phones, just talking, AT&T always has better 2G service in the rural areas around LaSalle-Peru, Utica, Princeton, El Paso. (Generally, the rural areas north of Bloomngton.) If I lived in rural central Illinois, I would try switching to AT&T.

 

[JWages]

I spend some time as a Verizon Customer in rural central Illinois. I have a friend in rural central Illinois with AT&T. On our 2G phones, just talking, AT&T always has better 2G service in the rural areas around LaSalle-Peru, Utica, Princeton, El Paso. (Generally, the rural areas north of Bloomngton.) If I lived in rural central Illinois, I would try switching to AT&T.

I am going to try AT&T. I have to wait for my iPhone to come in, though.