I would recommend sprint because it seems as if their phones work every where and the customer service reps are real nice and helpful. Yes there are spots where you would drop calls but they all do sometimes.

I would also tell people too get t mobile because it also seems like it works just about everywhere and most of the time your phone will shut of if your bill gets pass $150 which is good so you do not end up with a huge bill.

The company I would not recommend is defiantly verizon, just because I know people that had problems with their bills and when they called up to fix it, the reps would say one thing than it would be another thing. Now the person owes them over $600 and his credit is messed up. He would drop calls and than get charged for the calls dropped and the reps said they would credit his account and the account was never credited. That was years ago so maybe these companies improved or they might not have. One thing is for sure, you do need a cell phone for emergency purposes.