Local newspapers provided spotty coverage of the team.

Bulky, expensive handsets, plus weak batteries and spotty coverage took the shine off 3G.

Wadena is located in a valley and other cellular phone providers have spotty coverage in town.

Others have spotty or unreliable coverage.

The phones have better sound quality than cellphones, but they also have a reputation for spotty coverage.

But it was also signal challenged due to spotty coverage.

"Compare this to the spotty coverage of the Israeli massacres of Palestinians," it said.

There's been spotty coverage of these tournaments.

Increased Visibility After a month of spotty coverage, this was the week to flip the dial and find the candidates everywhere, talking back-to-back if never face-to-face.

Callers have found the phones clunky and coverage spotty, a bad sign in this country of finicky consumers.