Alltell and PRL ? pore signal!

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Hey everyone I am having very pore signal consistency and overall strength on my ppc-6800.

I am on WM6 with device unlocked running the HTC Cube software with touch flow and s2u2 and using the WM6 Internet sharing to tether. I have a hard time connecting and staying connected when tethering dialed into *777 but I think it is due to the signal dropping.

So I used the *228 to activate the phone again and then again to update the roaming so it re downloaded the PRL. But my signal is the same if not a tad bit worse. Should I still try and re update the PRL from http://www.the-answerman.com/sidlist/prl/index.asp
or should everything be fine since the phone re downland a PRL from the *228

according to alltell I am in dark blue EXCELLENT signal zone but I just cant get signal! The phone is brand new 5 days old maybe. I am very close to a small GOOD signal zone but no where near a no signal zone and I don't pick up full bars till im like 7mi further into town towards the tower location.