I have no problem with the Florida Panhandle for signal unless I am around the Esto area or the Sand Hills (Quail Hallow). No matter where I go I always get around 3-4 bars, with 4 bars being max signal. To the people who have poor signal around SR2 / US231, it is because that Alltel tower wasn't converted to Verizon, it was shutdown and was supposed to be decommisioned, but the wireless internet people took it over with their old failed technology they sold your counties for wireless internet which is more expensive than they tell you. Another part of cell signal is the cheaper the phone the crappier antenna you will have. Also, this area is getting upgrades soon, an engineer friend of mine told me that the Verizon towers are being upgraded for 4G rollout in the Panama City market, and will go live with the new stuff within a few months. Another signal factor is the southern pines absorb the signal badly, the more there is around you the worse signal will be, and the more people are using a specific tower the less range and power it has to push signal to you. I used to work as a CSRII for Verizon Wireless.
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