Oops. I thought the topic box was a subject line. Sorry about that. I'm currently a Walmart family mobile subscriber using a very crappy ZTE Zinger and t mobile has shafted my area on upgrades. They're expanding LTE but not adding any 3g/HSPA+ "4G" coverage past a 20 mile radius of downtown. I live 26 miles from downtown Cincy and I've been on EDGE 2G for far too long. I'm fed up with tmo and sprint looks like my best option since the at&t death star bought my former carrier (Cricket). I prefer a CDMA carrier as my old Cricket phone could place calls and text on zero bars while t mobile GSM drops a call with 3 bars. I refuse to support at&t or Verizon. Their prices and policies are too restrictive. But I will stop rambling and get to my main point. I want to know from Sprint customers in clermont county about how service is in our outlaying area. I live just north of Owensville in an area that the sprint map shows as fair signal right next door to off network roaming. My neighbors house all the way past Owensville is roaming (a good 1.5 mile hole) according to the map. Here's the thing. I purchased a virgin mobile USB adapter a few months ago and I had 5 bars of 3g with 1-2mbps download speeds. I actually had 1 bar of 1x RTT in the middle of Owensville where there's supposed to be nothing. My question is do the maps grossly underestimate coverage and is coverage in areas like Owensville, Williamsburg, Mt. Orab, Bethel, Amelia, Batavia, and basically anywhere between Eastgate and Sardinia actually usable? And by usable I mean I can place a call, send a text, and use the web at greater than 96kbps (my average speed on t mobile EDGE 2G). I want to get a Moto Photon Q on Kroger I Wireless but it needs to work fairly well for me to switch. If you ever used Cricket before the At&t buyout you know what I'm expecting. I don't care if I'm using one bar or 5. As long as I can use the service I will be happy. I also have some questions about 1x 800. What is it and is it different than 1x RTT? Also will any of the upcoming upgrades in the Cincinnati area affect the Motorola photon q. I know it can't do spark, but can it access any other improvements like 1x 800? I apologize if I've been long winded. I'm just trying to find a good alternative to old cricket that isn't VZW, AT&T, or TMO