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Great service with Verizon about 95% of the time. Usually have all bars and calls and text messages go through quickly. Occasionally at back of house may have to resend a text or have a delay in a call going through. Mostly think this happens during really peak times so suspect it is a network issue. Always have great sound quality and calls are clear and never drop. My only complaint about Verizon is they charge too much and don't really have plans to meet my calling patterns, I have to overbuy minutes to qualify for my unlimited data usage which is important to me. Silly to pay for minutes I never use just so I won't get killed on text charges.

Barely any reception, if I stand just right then maybe my voice will get through. I thinkk its a combination phone / service- but mainly Verizon's service is non existent- fringe at best...

On average, I get 1 - 2 bars. Even when I have 0 bars, I have never dropped any calls but maybe once in 2 years. I even had service during Hurricanes Charley and Wilma. I also use broadband internet with my phone (EVDO). My broadband signal for some reason is always about -10db stronger than the celular 1X. Not sure why. Regardless, I wish Verizon would increase their broadband coverage. Over the last year, For some unknown reason I have lost about 15% of my broadband signal. I used to average about -71db most of the day. This was 1 year ago. These days I average around -84db EVDO, and -95db for 1X celular. I also do a PRL update once a month. This is a roaming list update that can be done on Verizon by dialing *228 then option 2. I don't know how this is done on other carriers though. It may help with dropped calls and poor reception. Overall, I have no real complaints about Verizon except for the cost. Another note on VZW coverage here in Lehigh. Coverage east of Joel blvd starts getting very spotty. Alltel is a better option in that area. A friend of mine lives several blocks E-NE of Country Club lane (off Joel). His Alltel service on average is around 2 bars on an LG Voyager phone. On my Verizon Q9M, I'll have mostly 0 bars. Making a phone call from this location is possible but it takes longer to connect and the audio quality is a little choppy, but still works. Txt messages will at often times lag before they will completely send out. I have not been over there in about a month or so. Service may or may not be improved, that is if Verizon has merged their towers in with Alltel's... from the recent merger.