poor to bad reception rarely get more than one bar but calls fail. I dont get any incoming calls horrible.

I'm on the corner of Ohio and Veteran Ave in Westwood. I have a basic voice / text plan with Verizon for the last few years. I've had a good overall experience with Verizon. My apt (on one of the higher levels of the building) gets decent reception (at least 4 bars with a fully charged battery). In addition, my Verizon phone has worked all over Westwood. I'm going to go with AT&T soon due to the selection of phones, rollover minutes, and international calling, but am worried that reception may not be as good as Verizon's. If not, I'll be switching back to Verizon despite the benefits of AT&T

After 5 years of perfect reception at my house as of three days ago I get zero bars and no cell service. I have a phone that is less than a year old. It works everywhere else in the city, except where I live. This is something that just started. What can one do to regain the cell service that was there for so long?

Only 2 bars, but have never had a dropped call or bad reception. I think the phone only goes up to 4 bars.

I hope I never have an emergency. Even with all the bars up on mine or my other family members' phones, we are constantly getting dropped calls, not being able to make calls, or missing calls or voicemails. I was once told by an AT&T employee that whenever he drives through our area and is on the phone, his calls are always dropped.

Thought about switching to ATT iPhone. Had someone come here with the new iphone to check reception before doing so. iphone showed 1 bar, no 3g and incoming call issues. My Verizon palm treo shows 3 bars,rarely drops a call, sms and email no problem. Not switching until ATT improves their network. As badly as I want an iPhone being able to reliably make and receive calls here is more important than great product design. Is network coverage one reason why Apple wanted to first partner with Verizon to sell the iphone?

I am about to take the plunge and get AT&T and the iPhone. Before I do so, I must pay my respects to Verizon which never let me down coverage-wise. I will use my first two weeks to evaluate and I will be back if AT&T does not deliver (and I'll repost).

From Vine to Fairfax, and from Willoughby to at least 3rd, I get only one or two bars. Inside, outside, doesn't matter. I drop calls all the time. If you're moving to the Larchmont or Hancock Park areas, Verizon is a bad bet.

I can get no signal whatsoever from inside the building, and signal is spotty even walking down the street. 2 bars is the best I can do in the immediate neighborhood.

No coverage whatsoever inside the Millennium Biltmore, especially in the main galleria. Coverage improves only slightly when you move towards the outside walls / doors, but even then calls drop regularly.