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No reception at all in the house. The phone rarely rings when a call is coming in. I get one bar in my back yard but the call drops if I move to my front yard. Verizon claims it has a tower 2 miles away from my house. However, I'm on a hill and still get awful reception.

Up until late last fall the phone always connected to the "Extended Network" and service was consistently very good. However since late last fall the phone nearly always connects to the "Verizon Network" tower. While connected to the Verizon tower, service is basically non-existant. Getting one bar signal inside or out is the exception!! If you can complete a call the signal seldom lasts more than 20 seconds before the connection to the tower is lost. When I want to make a call I or pick up messages left because my phone is "Out of Service" I wait until the phone connects to the "Extended Network" and the service is very reliable. However, the phone only connects to the "Extended Network" tower late at night and sometimes early and late on the weekend. Otherwise "Verizon Network" Run don't walk as fast as you can from Verizon service is this area!!!111

A few dead spots on I-69 between Marshall and Charlotte, but normally works OK. Reception inside my home is spotty at best, ranges from "No Service" to 2 or 3 bars depending on time of day, weather, which ear you're using, and possibly the Chinese zodiac. Seems to work fine sitting in the car in my garage, but not in front of a window inside the house. A friend's Nextel seems to work much better. Voice mail service is AWFUL--sometimes don't get them for several days after they're left.