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Astonishing decline in signal over past year. Missed calls, delayed messages.

The stoplight at intersection Page Mill Rd and Deer Creek Rd is a dead zone. No bars and no searching for service here.

Never had a dropped call in my life with Verizon (5-year customer). I laugh at the people who complain about it on their AT&T phones.

I can usually make / receive calls from my home, but if I'm on the phone for any length of time, the call eventually gets dropped. Not sure if it's Verizon or the phone (it was the cheapest thing they had at the time). The quality of the calls I can make / receive is not great. But I chose average because it seems like they all suck in Palo Alto. Also, sometimes I don't get voice mails for days after they are left. I had this problem when I lived in the Chicago suburbs, too, though. I think that is Verizon.

Unable to hold conversation in my house. 1-2 bars at best and drops signal usually within 30 seconds.

I get good reception where I live in downtown Palo Alto area. Reception on Stanford campus is terrible, however. Slightly better reception on med school campus, but still pretty darn bad.

Incoming and outgoing calls break-up, many dropped calls.

4 years with Verizon and I've never had a dropped or missed call except in two places. (1) Stanford campus, which is well-known to be terrible for every carrier but Cingular (rumor has it that Cingular has some sort of exclusive deal). (2) Inside the all-metal IKEA store off 101. My phones have been Motorola phones with extendable antennas (V265 and V120). The reviews of those phones say that they have some of the best radios available, so that may be the source of my good luck.

I travel often and enjoy the nationwide coverage Verizon is known for. However, it is hopelessly bad at my house. Most calls I receive are dropped. Verizon has let me know that I could be released from my contract because it is a known bad area. (Yes, in the heart of Silicon Valley!) The really bad news is that our previous Verizon phones worked reliably at the same house. Is it possible that as the number of cells increases the sensitivity of the new phones is decreasing to save cost? Verizon has replaced my latest phone once but it did not help.

no problems yet... medical center prefect except on ground floor...

Reception is often very poor in the office building here: dropped calls, choppy sound, frequent switches to analog, etc. I usually have to go outside to make or receive calls. Verizon is much better in neighboring towns, or even in other parts of Palo Alto. I have heard that in this particular area, it is crippled by Cingular's monopoly on cell towers on the Stanford campus, a block away.

Weak signal. OK outside or directly next to windows facing toward 101.

Signal always drops when travelling from Junipero Serra to 280.

I can get ~30 seconds of call time before my call is dropped if I lean out on my balcony. Otherwise, No Signal anywhere.

Poor or no reception almost always. Practically useless.

I have had great reception with my Verizon phone in all of East Palo Alto (and all of bay area for that matter).

Reception is not very good around my house but very good a few blocks off my house. Don't know why!