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Over the last 6-8 months reception at my home has progressively gotten worse! At this moment my phone antenna icon shows the Blue "3G" symbol only... the incoming / outgoing signal arrows are gray, as well as the signal icon for the antenna...

Just switched to Verizon last week. It's perfect so far. I can get calls in my bedroom where I've never (with Sprint or AT&T over the last eight years) gotten reception. I can drive up and down Marlborough without dropping calls for the first time. If you live in Kensington, I recommend Verizon.

i miss calls most of the time. today I am getting no internet service on my blackberry. this has been a constant issue for the past few years in this area, regardless of which phone model I am using.

I get great reception throughout San Diego. One dead zone on 94 and occasionally a weak signal. Otherwise excellent coverage.

Poor reception with Verizon---worse with ATT Cingualr

Reception varies from no bars to 3 with the majority of the time it is 0 to 1 bar.

In my home I regularly drop calls. I will talk outside if its important. But even outside my home reception needs improvment. AT&T is better in my area. I left AT&T and Apple but see that no network is perfect.

Switched from Sprint to Verizon, reception is much worse so far. Rarely dropped calls before, now it is regular occurrence. Problem is wide fluctuating signal - sometimes -82dB sometimes -110dB. (0 to 4 bars) Hope it improves soon!

Why I have to pay money to buy a repeater to increase the service but not switch to other carrier.

I have always been satisfied with Verizon in San Diego. The network has been solid wherever I have lived in SD or where I travel around the country. My Blackberry is over 2 years old and I can't get a replacement battery from Verizon. I have been looking lately at AT&T for the iPhone, but the reviews of their network are alarming. I hear the earliest Verizon may carry the iPhone is 2011. May have to call Blackberry for a battery and wait another year; to bad.

I travel a lot on State Route 94 from Rancho San Diego to Campo, California. There are a few dead spots along the trip, but Verizon gets better reception then my AT&T or Sprint phones.

I got one bar of service until I installed a cell repeater and now I get 4, if you are going to get coverage here (from any carrier although Verizon was still a bar or two better than AT&T) you need to buy a cell repeater

I live in clairemont behind the square and for the last 3 months I have been getting horrible reception, dropped called left and right, and takes me about 2-3 times to send a text.

I have no problems with reception or dropped calls throughout Metro San Diego.

I get lots of dropped calls on the north side of the RB Inn. The nearest tower from there is I15 and something blocks it right there.

Poor reception around Farmingdale and Scripps Ranch Blvd. The signal will pick back up at the bottom of the hill close to the 15 fwy. Overall, Verizon has been great... much better than Sprint. Works great in La Jolla and Rancho Santa Fe. I have gotten dropped calls around Miramar base.

Excellent cell phone reception on our small hand held cell phone. Average to fair reception on the Treo PDA Smart Phone. I was told the PDA are trying to do too much and for that reason the cell reception on some of the models is not so great. Simpler phone better reception. Excellent customer service from Verizon. Decent reception when traveling to Imperial, Orange, Riverside and LA County.

My cell service continues to deteriorate to the point where now I can not make a call in my house. I use to be able to send text messages, which I can no longer do either. Not sure what to do. Unfortunately, this isn't limited to Verizon. Friends have different providers and none of them work well if at all. SO frustrating!

I have been with Verizon for almost two years now, and the only complaint I have is when I'm at home in Mira Mesa (along Kelowna Road), I get 0 to 1 bar of reception on my phone and it's horrible. Calls drop constantly. I'll receive calls and there's the cutting in and out of reception and then the call is lost. When I'm away from my home (on the road or just anywhere else in SD) it's fine. But the fact I can't make or receive calls when I'm at HOME is really making me think of switching to another carrier. My Verizon contract is up in Sept. 7, 2008 and I'm leaning towards AT&T and the iPhone. I'd love to read through all the pages for AT&T comments in the Mira Mesa area, but it's a bit time consuming. Any AT&T customers in the Mira Mesa area satisfied with their service? Any dead zones you experience in the area or similar difficulties?

I live in Mission Valley, I am work in La Jolla, I go Downtown often, and visit family and friends in La Mesa, El Cajon, P.B., SDSU area, Rancho Bernardo, Escondido, Torrey Highlands, Chula Vista, North Park, etc. and I don't have any issues. I was considering switching to AT&T just for the iPhone, but I notice than anytime I have a friend with bad service, they usually have AT&T. So I am staying put. Been with them since Airtouch, any drop zones, and there were very few, have been resolved, as far as I can tell. Yeah AT&T and T-Mobile have Sim Cards, but Verizon has Backup Assistant, which over the air, automatically backs up your contacts daily to their webserver, so no matter what, you always have it. Even if you lose your phone, which, if you had a Sim Card in it, you would also lose. Very happy with Verizon. 5 / 5

No reception in my own room! I always get dropped calls everywhere in my home and I have to use the house phone often. Plus... Verizon service is not it's cut out to be. I get dropped calls everywhere! Their new TM should be "Verizon, It's not the Network" "we're nowhere"!

I would rather have no reception than poor reception, because the amount of dropped calls I suffer is insane. I ALWAYS have trouble with Verizon, and so does my wife, all over San Diego, but especially the South Bay area. I don't know if it is the Motorola (we both have that) or Verizon, or a combo of the two, but I cannot wait to dump Verizon.

I very rarely have a dropped call. There is one place on the 5 near La Jolla where calls sometimes drop but even that is pretty rare.

I can get no more than 2 bars here. Usually 1 bar unless I go outside on the patio and EVERY single one of my calls get dropped at some point. Horrible reception.

i have had Verizon for about 5 years and always had great signal. no dropped calls at UTC or near the airport, I work in Little Italy.

Signal highly variable. Many dropped calls. When I called Verizon customer service, they tried to blame it on my phone, even though I told them that reception was perfect a few blocks away. After doing some checking, they finally admitted that there were "reception problems" in my area and that Verizon was "working on" installing a new cell tower nearby. This' was over three months ago and nothing has happened. m not sure why we are paying for this!

I have never had a call last more than 2 minutes without it dropping in my neighborhood. You can tell who has Verizon in our apartment complex because they all go walking around outside looking for better reception. Not sure why this area sucks so bad. I've had to purchase a land line just for phone calls at home.

Verison customer service is working hard to resolve this problem. A+ A+ for their customer service, hopefully problem will be resolved.

For the past 3 years I have had perfect reception at home until about 3 weeks ago when my phone kept dropping call. I since have got a new phone (treo 700p) and the calls continue to be dropped. Verison says this has always been a trouble area which makes no sense because of the past 3 years of perfect reception. I have no idea what's happening.

Verizon's coverage is very good in San Diego. I RARELY drop calls. I live in Linda Vista and work in Point Loma, party downtown and in OB, PB, LaJolla, and Solana Beach. No problems at all.

Zero to 2 bars. Updated roaming online and software in the store with no change. Calls break up and drop ALL THE TIME! We have 4 phones. Tested on all of them, some brand new. Verizon claims cell tower signal is good for my location and recommends standing outside my house (doesn't make a differnece) or spending $400.00 for an amplifier solution! My days of 2 year contracts are over.

3 out of 3 bars on my model. Was on Cingular / AT&T and their predecessors. Coverage deteriorated during one of the sell-offs (people in the industry advised me that towers were sold off to sweeten the deal) - whenever I asked someone what carrier they had noting that they were talking easily in a building while I had to step outside, the answer was always Verizon. I switched and have been satisfied ever since, in all parts of the West Coast and Hawaii when travelling..

I either can't use the phone at all or the call drops every time. It's in the middle of the city, so I am not sure why it won't work on this particular street.

Pretty good reception and rarely a lost call. However, recently, there is a "dead" spot at Ralphs Ranch and Camino San Thomas.

Bars jump from 1 to 5, depending on where you stand. Makes no sense. Agravating when trying to have a conversation.

I have to constantly move around in my apartment to get reception. If I go outside reception improves but I still get a lot of dropped calls.

I have to wander around my house to get any bars. I live in the middle of the friggin city and cannot get good reception at home. That is the only thing that keeps me from getting rid of my landline phone.

Very unreliable reception here, around La Jolla Colony, Valencia subdivision, Barcelona subdivision. Dropped calls frequent.

Poor reception through the neighborhood all along Ft. Stockton Dr.all the way through Presidio Park. There are some bends in the road on Presidio Dr.where I can keep signal enough for a five minute phone call, but otherwise I get no signal. Same goes for my roommate's Razr also on Verizon.

Great coverage almost everywhere. Sprint has been good too, but Cingular was crap. Verizon is more expensive, of course, but it's been worth it for the clear calls.

Bad in Scripps Ranch and at NASNI where I work. Many dropped calls and the service is expensive. Funny Cingular works in both places

Not a big fan of Verizon as a company or for pricing. Reception has not been a problem at all though.

Very rare to NOT have a call dropped, if it ever initiates with success at all. I get from 'no service' to 1 bar depending on which way the wind is blowing.

Service cuts in a out 24 / 7. Also, very poor coverage on Chatsworth from Catalina all the way down to Rosecrans, usually dropping the call around Pt Loma High School. Coverage near Point Loma Nazerine University is really bad, usually zero to 2 bars if your lucky.

Very spotty reception in Tierrasanta. Calls frequently dropped. Going toward Clairemont Mesa (North) seems to improve signal somewhat

Very bad reception at my house in the canyon. Bummer I can't often use my own cell phone at home.

Only 1 bar (sometimes 0 bars) of reception in my building. When I am fortunate enough to have a call go through, it is almost always guaranteed to be dropped. Verizon claims there is a tower less than 50 yards away and can't explain the lack of reception (they say it is probably a 'line of sight' issue but can't be certain). All of my friends with Verizon have the same problem in the building (which leads me to believe its not my handset). Interestingly Cingular customers get great service in this area... .go figure!

Im the only one who gets reception (and good too) at my apartment. My friends with Cingular, ATT, Sprint and TMobile get nothing when they come over! haha.

I never have problems with poor reception or dropped calls anywhere in the San Diego area, including inside my apartmentn by UTC and all around the UCSD campus.

I don't know what it is with verizon, but even if I don't get reception in my apartment, I won't get voicemails left until 3-4 days later from someone. Very unreliable service.

Great Phone, Great reception. 5 Bars all the time, and I'm really picky on not getting a dropped call. Verizon has the service, I've used others and they are not really into client - customer service like Verizon is.

Heading North on SR163, and taking off ramp to I-805 north, drop calls. Problem used to be with Cingular, now Cingular is solid, Verizon drops.

If coming fm Miramesa driving on SR Blvd, drop calls at Weatherhill. However, if call is originated in the area and then driving to Spring Canyon, no drop calls.

Reception goes from average to nonexistent on a regular basis. Many dropped calls. Verizon not universally bad, just bad in Miramar / Mira Mesa area.

Verizon sucks. Verizon just replaced my old t720 with a 730 since the old one was blacking out, but the new phone doesn't do any better. 95% of calls dropped. almost no reception. Verizon customer service is the worst. I don't know where the heck Verizon found these people because they are the most unhelpful, rude, and unintelligent bunch. So, if you have a problem, don't ask them. Chances are they don't know how to fix it and / or don't want to help you.

I've had this service since the Airtouch days, before Verizon, it has always been great no matter where i.ve been. In Anzo Boreago, Yosemite Valley, Mission Beach, Vegas it doesn't matter. this 6255i Nokia is just the latest of many powerful Nokia phones I've had. Always works even in low signal strength areas. Maybe ten dropped calls over the past year. The Nokia phones and the Verizon service work great together.

Really good service from Verizon in southpark. I never miss calls.

I normally have from 4-5 bars in this location. From time to time the signal drops to 1-2 bars; my half-baked theory relates it to the endless overhead planes taking off from Lindburgh. When load goes up on busy summer weekends though, all bets are off.

great reception. never had a drop called. best provider thus far.

If I do get any reception, it is 1 (one) bar. Verizon says thay can't do anything about it. Calls get dropped while I sit in my office

Contrary to a previous user's review, Verizon in my home in Tierrasanta is perfect. I don't get full bars, but I never get dropped calls and always have service. The voice quality is excellent. Don't blame the service... blame the phone.

Tierrasanta has sketchy service with Verizon in most areas of Tierrasanta... so much so that it is a running joke... when I am talking to people... call lost... the first words when we are finally reconnected is "You must be in Tierrasanta". I have traveled extensively in the US and get service everywhere but my home in Tierrasanta... what's with that?

At 0.6 miles west of Pomerado on Mirasol on Via Gracia and Alta Mirasol, very poor reception. Usually have to go outside to get a signal.

Poor reception inside 5 story building. Have to hover near window to get any signal.

After trying Cingular and Nextel in the past (unsuccessfully), Verizon is the only service that actually works in my house and in the surrounding neighborhood (Normal Heights) without dropping calls.

For a couple of years now I've suffered with dropping calls, constantly checking for voice mail, and delayed voice mail delivery (2-3 day delays!). Finally, after all the support calls over the past couple years and Verizon blaming me, my hardware, and my software and telling me to update my roaming cabability - I finally got a Verizon rep to come out and test this location. The reason I demanded this was because after all these inquiries they went and put a "Can you hear me now" billboard right next to my place - in a dead area with no signal! What a kick in the teeth I thought. Anyway, the area of Crown Point in PB has now been determined to be a dead spot that they anticipate putting equipment for a better signal in. However, they could not give an estimate as to when this would happen. I'll be surprised if it's in my lifetime. My advice - although Verizon boasts the best network, they can be the worst at spots within otherwise strong signal areas. Be sure to test the signal at your home location or work location before being clamped into a contract with them - since they won't tell you what they are going to do about improvements.

This phone works perfectly, until you drop it alot. The battery connection on the phone gets loose. I have not found any "dead zones".

It goes from full to no signal; without moving the phone. Also switches to roam and back in the same area. I could understand 2 years ago, when there were no homes, but now the whole area is full of new homes. Plenty of Cingular users, but no Verizon or AT&T users... no signal...

Verizon is the only company that gets reception in my home. Friends have spotty reception with Sprint. No bars with Nextel. No bars with Cingular.

Seems to cycle between no signal and full signal. No digital coverage in or around my house. Lots of dropped calls.

I have been with Verizon since they were called Airtouch and instead of improving reception it has been on a steady decline. Reception in Sierra Mesa is absolutly terrible!

I hate my phone, I hate Verizon and I just want to tell everyone, don't believe the hype about all new phones. Make sure your phone is tri-mode!

My phone is like a big belt buckle on my hip when it's inside the first floor of my work place.

Bounces between analog / digital. Many dropped calls. Put a repeater on Fortuna Mtn.!

I get quite a few dropped calls, system busy signals, call failure when trying to dial and answer. Overall I would say Verizon is a very poor provider no matter how they rate with consumer reports and JD powers. I had ATT GSM before and will most certainly go back when my contract expires. They offered MUCH better service.

Dead Zone in house, confirmed by Verizon. Occassional Poor reception, but not long enough to complete calls. Verizon should fix this!

It's an area that gets poor reception and Verizon seems to be the best here. I had AT&T and got poor to no coverage in Ocean Beach.