I'm curious... who told you about 10 towers to 2. In the area of SW WI from the Miss. river to Dane County, from Hillsboro to the Ill. border Alltel has over 20 towers with many new ones planned. I'm pretty sure Alltel actually has more in SW WI than USCC.

Also, remember, because of the topography in SW WI, reception is never going to be perfect, or anything like perfect.

The PRL's DO have a checklist, and will prefer Alltel towers. But with CDMA, 1 bar of signal is just as good as 4. I can talk CLEARLY on my Kyocera with one bar. Only negative is battery life is a little shorter the weaker the signal.

I do think Alltel has an edge in SW WI and that edge I believe will grow as time goes on.