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I recently switch my 2 lines from AT&T and my Wife from Sprint over to Verizon. The service with Verizon is so much better then it was with AT&T and Sprint. We have not had a dropped call yet and the service is strong. The 3G data is very fast. No problems with Verizon. We are very happy with the service and customer service.

Great reception in my apartment near the Folsom and Watt, and Folsom and Julliard intersections. Great reception going just about everywhere in Sacramento. Verizon has been amazing in reliability and reception everywhere, even in remote locals (anyone ever hear of Georgetown? I get reception out there!). In Sac, I've gotten reception all up and down Howe, Watt, and Arden. All along 50, I-5, and 80. I just wish Verizon had the iPhone 3GS, or at least a better selection of phones.

Frequent break-up and drops. I hear AT&T is slightly better in area. Will give it a try.

This is the average number of bars I'm getting. I get about 1-2 bars in a building (counting on that my phone has only 4 bars, not five.) I get about 2-3 bars outside.

Very good reception, though Verizon is expensive and have a poor selection of phones

Ok reception on campus, but at home upstairs, the reception is bad and I get dropped calls frequently.

Varies widely between great reception and poor. I'll be talking with no problems and fine reception and then I'll lose all bars. Frustrating!

Most of the time, reception is good-perfect. Occasionally, phone will drop calls with 1-2 bars.

I have had awful reception with my cell phone. I have calls that contantly drop off. I've called Verizon several times to no avail. I'm now trying to use a new T-Mobile Nokia cell phone during this next 30 day trial period. There is only 2 bars on the phone, just as with the Verizon phone. No drop off yet.. but too soon to tell. My sister's Metro PC cell phone is working pretty well in this same area around Marconi Ave. Fair Oaks Blve. Walnut Ave. It seems that one must do a word of mouth search for model and area involved with the various cell phones. There seems to be too many variables. Digital vs. analog.. and B.S!.

Inside Arden Park or Arden Manor Neighborhoods (E and W side, respectively of Watt South of Arden Way) had poor reception..Verizon drops calls inside my home in. Possible new cell tower at Arden Manor's Rushden Park for Surewest... and Verizon co-hosting here may fix this soon... I drove Arden area in 2004 with Sprint and Verizon phone in my lap, and while Sprint had few dead spots, it was consistently low-scoring, while Verizon had generally higher bars but had some holes...

Four bars in my house, and good reception (2-3 bars) just about everywhere I've ever been in Sacramento. Switched off of Cingular two years ago because two different phone models couldn't make or receive calls inside my house, but had to go outside to get 1 or 2 bars if I was lucky. My mother still has cingular, and the AT&T merger hasn't done anything for us.

We used to get a strong signal on both our phones, indoors and outdoors until one day in the fall of 2003. (locked in a contract until July 2005) Then began the very poor reception, 1 bar at best (if we got a bar at all), and floating between digital and analog constantly, and 95% of incoming and outgoing calls are dropped at least once. We called Verizon several times about the issue, and got a run around. I finally got to a level 2 tech (who was great!) and she set up a service ticket for the local tower, to see if there was something wrong with it, but a week later I got a call from a salesperson stating that the service was never performed, and the ticket was closed without review. The salesperson stated that I should buy a new phone, because it's obvious that my phone was broken. I explained to the salesperson that both phones had the issue, outdoors and in, when we used to get great reception and no dropped calls, but all she did was continue to try and sell me a phone instead of investigating the issue. Now that our contracts have expired, I wll not be staying with Verizon. Not only because of the poor service, but for the poor reception in this area. We have tried 4 different phones, and they all had the same poor reception here.

Over the years I have had service from most of the majaor carriers. Of those, Sprint (3-4 Bars) and Verizon (5 Bars) are the only ones that work within my house. The Verizon service is so good within my home that it is usually the phone of choice over the land carrier.

Great here on Florin on the hill at work. Two blocks into the neighborhood dips to one or two bars. Generally pleased with Verizon's reception here.

Turn off your phone when you drive southbound on Waterman Rd. going into Elk Grove from Calvine Rd. You'll lose all reception. Wait until you are well in Elk Grove and then maybe, just maybe you'll have some kind of reception to get a call. Verizon says that it is not their fault because most of the Elk Grove area is over saturated with AT&T towers. I have friends with AT&T service. They don't do any better than I do. "Can you hear me now?" This whole area is a Bermuda Triangle. Nobody does very well here yet there is a cell tower off of Sheldon at Hwy 99.