We live in a black hole, at least for Verizon, however my son just bought a Tracphone which gets 1-3 bars in our same location! Why oh why can't a major carrier give this kind of performance? And why oh why, if the towers are there, isn't there a regulation demanding that customers be provided proper service?

poor to no reception west of intersection with merrill road

Had poor to no signal until about three years ago, then new tower came on and I have had full bars since.

Always loose calls... .should have never kept Verizon. Often calls ring but when I answer it cuts the call off.

Even with analog available on this phone, reception is nil in and around the harbor in South Freeport, and nearly as bad on lower Flying Point all the way to Brunswick along the shore. This is not the "new" GSM they have been pushing.

I usually get 1-2 bars at home which isn't great, but better than the Sprint service I had. It does cut out on my road and certain parts of 295 heading to Portland which isn't great, but other places I get full coverage.

Cingular reception on flying point and lower flying point is crap. Avoid this carrier.