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Never had a problem with reception whether I am in a large building make of steel or outside anywhere I always have good coverage. Since they have capped the 3G data I have had a big slow down with that though.

Always have reception, exception is in my basement, but hey... I just bought a new Motorola Droid, always 3 bars, and usually 3G data coverage everywhere I travel in frederick County. Never have issues in the 85 area, on Hwy. 75 between New Market and I-270... Verizon has been (past 10 years) the best for this area. Personally, I believe a lot has to do with phones, my Motorola Q was so-so, but my wife had a Motorola Razr that never lost signal.

I am on my phone all the time for work. Lose a few calls but overall I get pritty good coverage. Looking to change carriers mainly because of price of my phones. T-Mobile has a unlimited plan for 2 phones for 100.00 but need more info from T-Mobile customers first. I use about 3000 mins a month and it needs to work.

I drive back roads between Frederick and Rockville. There are several areas along the back roads (Route 85 and Route 28), where I would depend on reception the most in an emergency, but I lose connection with calls I'm on, or have no service at all in those areas. More aggrivating than that, is I told Verizon to take me off their email list for special offers because I was considering a new carrier for the next contract period -- all I got was "okay -- you are off our list". Nothing saying they will foward my concerns to customer service, just okay, you're off. I think that's terrible customer service and they obviously aren't concerned about losing long-standing clients.

Terrible coverage in my home off Pinecliff Dr.near Spring Ridge - usually I only get 1-2 bars (although I sometimes get 5 bars for a hour or two). MANY dropped calls. I have complained to Verizon, but they insist coverage in my area is excellent. Now that my contract has finally expired, I will be switching carriers. Also get poor coverage along RTE 85 in the shopping areas, such as Home Depot, Target and FSK Mall.

Frequent signal drops and regularly less than one bar in the "high tech" corridor off of Rt. 85. Can you hear me now? NO !

I had Sprint for six months after I moved up here, and it just wasn't acceptable. I've had Verizon fov over a year now. It has much better reception in rural areas, and I have had very few problems with dropped calls anywere (although there is a black hole on Rt. 340 between the Maryland/Virginia state line and Frederick). Verizon simply owns over everyone else in the area, even in DC and Baltimore (I spend quite a bit of time in each). I had an Audiovox flip-phone for a while, and usually had between three and five bars, although I often recieved no reception inside. I just got my Kyocera, and I almost always have four bars (the max on this phone), and many fewer problems indoors.