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when first got had down load speed of 50 kbs then 6 mos later was no better then 30 kbs has stayed at less then 30 kbs at all times from 3-1-'10 to 5-1-'11 from 5-13-11 to 5-25-11 has gotten as high as 600 kbs but most times is between 100 to 150 kbs some times lower back down to ~ 40 kbs no explnation as to why change is not any other inter net avabile here

There is a tower just east of Hwy. 41 and the corner of Hwy. 328 (Marion County, FL - Dunnellon zip code) and our farm is 1.5 miles west of this corner. Coverage is typically 1 bar or no reception - but if you stand just right you can actually go from 5 bars to NO SERVICE by moving your feet slightly. Truly amazing. And these clowns have the nerve to bombard us with those disingenuous full of crap commercials. From my own experiences and visitores to the farm + what I have read about coverage in this part of Marion county we are all out of luck. And broadband wireless is a dream.

Verizon claimed that they now are sharing a tower with Cingular near the Walmart on Hwy. 41as of January, 2006. I live less than 3 miles away from this tower and have no Verizon service. I've updated my phone per their suggestion and still cannot receive Verizon but still pull in the extended network of Alltel when I'm lucky to get any service. 99% of the time I cannot use the phone in my house because of no connection to a tower and if I leave my phone on, the battery drains at an incredible rate because the phone is always trying to find Verizon to connect to and cannot. Calls that do get through are constantly lost and Ihave to try to reconnect over and over again.