I have Alltel. When I was looking for a cell phone a few years ago, they had better national coverage than the other companies. "All digital all the time" often meant no coverage in the wide open spaces of the west. I haven't bothered to change out of pure laziness. My phone works when I need it. I have discovered that I don't get coverage in the marshes of the coast, but I really don't care either. I don't know about the other companies, but after Hurricanes Katrina/Rita and Gustav/Ike, Alltel did forgive going over my minutes.

As for reaching me... that's what my home phone is for, and it has an answering machine. My cell is my secondary phone, not my primary phone. I'm one of those people that really really doesn't like being forced to listen to other people's one sided conversations, like in restaurants (yesterday). I think too many people have taken multi-tasking to a new extreme.

Just because the phone rings, doesn't mean you have to answer it. We have the power over the phone, not the other way around.