Most of us on the Lower Mississippi River have Cingular cell phones. While the coverage/recpetion on the Lower Miss is not what it is on other rivers, it is still the best coverage we can get. Those that have come out there with other carriers always end up switching to Cingular. What amazes me is the ones that can walk around INSIDE the boat talking on their cell phones... I can only do that when the boat is in Baton Rouge and I still might loose the call if I go in the wrong direction. I have only had Cingular cell phones and have never had a problem except for the one time my bill didn't show up and the next thing I knew, they called me and was fixing to discontinue my service.. I fixed that glitch REAL quick!! Out there, cell phones are a MUST have, especially on crew change days. They help us have faster and more efficient crew changes to be able to talk to the boat from the middle of nowhere on the bank.