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I've had T-Mobile all the way back to their Voicestream days (10 years!) and I've never had a single issue. Good or great reception everywhere and never had a dropped call from South Bend, Niles, Chicago or Indy or anywhere.
I just got service with Verizon yesterday. I got home and to my disbelief... .can you hear me now... ha! hell no. 1 bar / choppy reception etc. I have lived up here for 4 years and have never once had a problem with Centennial Wireless's reception in this area. But because the in-laws and my family in texas are all on Verizon, I thought I'd switch! Hmmm, maybe it would be nice as long as I'd be able to actually talk to them. We'll see.
Don't get the Niles / northern SB, IN area! Area just N. of IN / MI state line, about 4-5 miles N, dead zone, even on 331 and the 31 Bypass--no reception, N. all the way to Berrien Springs (maybe further). No reception extends to at least bypass to west, and past Barron Lake Rd to east
I have usually 1 bar inside and outside near home. I can get 2-3 [bars] (but still very poor and choppy) if I stand near a window (but only the one window, not any window). I get dropped calls usually everytime or most of the time if I can call. I sometimes don't hear my phone ring, when it has no bars or one. I notice my phone turns off very sporatically from time to time. I'll check it for the time-of-day and notice that it has turned off. It's very frustrating to pay so much for service and get so little reception. I should note that my sister and mother both have different Verizon phones and have varying degrees of low reception. My sister thinks there is a correlation between better and / or newer phones and greater reception.
