My entire family uses US Cellular with the exception of my son in law who uses Nextel for the walkie talkie feature. No complaints with US Cellular thus far, except for a stretch of 106 where we don't get service for about 1/2 mile. All of us are previous Verizon customers who abruptly ended our contracts due to a variety of complaints. (Lousy customer service, over-charges on our bills, lousy service). YMMV
Here is an interesting web site I found while doing some research
www.verizonpathetic.com