I previously had Cingular and was really happy with their svc, but I got no service whatsoever at Dumont. I needed an additional line added to my plan and decided to switch to w/ Verizon due to the good deal on minutes and mostly because of their service at Dumont. I personally like Cingular better in town. There were way less (almost none) dropped calls. Verizon works good at the dunes, but I do get occasional dead zones and dropped calls here in town. They aren't too bad- I doubt I'll switch back to Cingular, mostly cause the svc at Dumont Verizon gets. On the other hand, Cingular might work at Dumont soon too. When we were driving to Dumont on Sunday AM, we saw them putting up a new cel phone tower along HWY127. I started a thread a while back simiar to this, let me see if I can find it.