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Only a couple of places in house where calls are doable. Thinking of getting a repeater.

Never able to complete a call from inside, sometimes can from outside.

I just "upgraded" from my old combo analog / digital. Now I've lost what service I used to have on the old phone. I can't even make a call at this hot spot and Verizon wouldn't let me reactivate the old phone that got signal. Pissed!

Absolutely no coverage after entering Hwy46 / Golden Gate Canyon Rd. Service comes back to life at the end of 46 where it intersects with 119 but service ONLY works if you stop off of the pulloff at the top. Service is spotty at best. I have had success pulling 1 bar of analog roam service in the Dory Lakes area; running a check on the SID (carrier ID#) shows a very peculiarly named provider that I've never heard of. Does anyone know if there is service besides satphone that works up here, or a way to make it work?

Reception dies on the 2nd mile up Golden Gate Canyon Rd. and continues to 119 and past the Dory Lakes housing areas. Sprint / Nextel, Cingular, and TMobile all produce similar results.

Verizon has not worked up there, ever. Funny thing though... . when I turn on the phone it registers with the network, gives 2 or 3 bars, displays the time. But can't make or receive a call to save it's life. Dead. My phone gets all that fancy video stuff with good quality. (in town) If it can do that why does it have the suckiest phone audio quality on the market???! Phone conversations are muddy, broken, distorted, and gurgly most of the time. Been that way with 2 different phones on Verizon service now. An expert in the field told me that Verizon turns the data rate way down to they can crowd more conversations in to a given bandwidth. Low data rate equals awful phone quality. I'll probably not renew. I'll go with the first company that gets service up the canyon.

In most areas of west Genesee there is no reception.

Even using Yagi directional ant / amp at 7265ft, and having near-LOS out of canyon, I can still only get two bars. Am now working on "ridge-line signal bouncing" to try and pull in EVDO constantly... .naturally, Verizon's Manager keeps knocking me down from broadband to Nat Access, but hopefully in 2007, they'll resolve that little issue with their next PC card series.

Well up until this late summer, my reception at my house sucked. Then Verizon put up a new tower in my area. Now I get 5 bars all the time at my house. Also before the tower I got no reception were I ride BMX, not I get decent reception there. Ive noticed that through the rest of the denver area, the average reception is 3-5 bars. I see alot of negative reviews for verizon, but I havent experienced good service in the Denver area. Alot of these are around my area, and must have been before the new tower. I have had two different phones, my other being a Samsung, and both get the same reception.

I moved into this area recently and signed up for Verizon service because their coverage map clearly showed coverage in this area. In actuality, there is absolutely no coverage at all with this phone and this service in this area, not even roaming even though it is a tri-mode phone. Was caught in a hail storm and a vehicle flipped over in front of us, we were unable to call for help, no coverage at all. Some other people drove up and were able to call for help. They said that to get reception in the peak to peak area you HAVE to have AT&T service. We talked to other cell phone users in the area and they confirmed this. It seems like I should have been able to connect with my tri-mode phone, but it does not work at all anywhere within 10 miles of my home. I feel I have been cheated into a 2 year agreement and now must seek a way to cancel the agreement and get my money back on the phone.

When will they spend some of their millions and put up antennas to improve service?