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Not bad reception inside of house. Sister has an iPhone (AT&T) and consistantly states "you get no service up here". Must be OK on Verizon

Cell service up Cathedral and Redwood Dr.just plain old sucks. Probably because of the mountains and high trees. I can get reception in one corner of the house if I am absolutely still. Sometimes I get a better signal outside on the deck but that's only if the planets are aligned. Am thinking about trying Cingular because I want a data plan that doesn't cost a fortune, but I don't think reception will be any better.

Reception is hit or miss depending upon what side of the road one is on, part of the house and the cellphone. Cingular doesn't work at all. Best bet is to get a good phone and a cell phone repeater for the house that costs about $250. I get 1 to 3 bars out of 5 depending upon where I'm at. Plus get dropped calls at least 3 times a week. Verizon works in most of Santa Cruz county. Cingular works well at UCSC and Cabrillo. Verizon at Cabrillo College, hit or miss at UCSC.

I had below average connection until Att / Cingular has put a repeater in at Sescape Village. (Seascape and Sumner) Now, my phone will ring sometimes, but I cannot keep a connection. If you have an all digital Verizon phone, you cannot access the Analog tower in La Selva Beach If you have a digital phone, you might have better service. If you have a digital phone with an extendable antennae, you will have even better service.

I cannot phone out. I will receive but cannot answer. Relatively no reception strength.

No relationship between numbers of bars that phone shows and the ability to make a call or complete a call. Voicemail alerts show up hours later. I have to leave my phone plugged into the recharger when I'm home otherwise it will be "Searching" all the time and my battery will drain within two or three hours.

works great every place in santa cruz, except the fish hook my the peachwoods, comes right back full bars. ONLY place I found.

Signal drops away on clubhouse on either side of pinehurst, shadow extends past RDM elem school and fully engulfs condos on Dolphin. Verizon says call *228 option 2 to udate roaming and "teach the towers where the phone is" but this only works if you can call *228, which you can't, because there is no signal. I call it 'Catch-228' So far, no neighbors have claimed to get any better coverage from any other company, so we are all suspecting it's either the shadow of Cow Hill or part of a large conspiracy.

"Call cannot be completed" is frequent problem, other times calls will lose every other word then drop. Verizon service quality in this year has gotten worse each year since 1988. If I am on the street near Alta Dr.I can get make a call, then if I walk towards Santa Marguarita Dr.the call will switch from analog to digital and I will actually hear conversations from other calls in-between my call just before I lose service. My phone will sometimes (optimistically) show 1 bar but callers will automatically switch to voice mail - my phone never rings, and the voice mail alert *might* come on in one or two hours.

Almost all calls switch to analog. Phone will display [D] digital then switch to analog. I have to power cycle phone to regain digital signal. Frequent problems with dropped calls. Sometimes my analog call conversations get mixed with different calls. Receiption near Rio Del Mar Blvd is dood.

I might get 1 bar in the corner of my room tucked away on a window sill and 1 or two out at the very end of my yard (if i'm lucky). Not a normal or reliant way to keep in contact.