Cannot use the phone in our yard ~ front or back ~ have to go to the mailbox to talk. The newer more expensive phones seem to have poorer reception than the old Nokia.

I've been with Verizon for 2+ years and am very happy. I have always been able to make a call and never have any drop calls. I have traveled to Alaska and Hawaii and have used my phone.

I live in the middle of Crossgates subdivision in Brandon at the north end of Sunline Drive. I had fair coverage with older Nokia analog phone but none to occasional reception with Motorola V70 GSM phone. Plan to change carrier as soon as contract expires if other carriers have area reception.

Started off with Nokia phone. Signal poor in Shreveport area where I worked. Also poor at my home about 15 miles south of Brandon. Poor to none along most of northern FL and easter GA where I travel often. Sometimes I would be within sight of a tower but I had no signal. Frustrating. Cingular switched me to Motorola. Said Motorola was programmed to roam quicker. No improvement.

Not bad reception for this phone in the Brandon MS area. Go into the boonies, and it's all over. GSM with ATTW is strictly along the main interstate routes, and spotty coverage on HWY 80 to Starkville MS.

I'm a truck driver by trade, and drive from Birmingham, AL to Brandon, MS everyday, Monday through Friday. I get great reception right up to the west side of Tuscaloosa, AL, and a little beyond, but then my reception degrades to 1 bar... and I cannot receive or initiate a call. When I get into the Brandon, MS area, I have 4 bars of reception... but still can't use the phone! I have a national plan, and hadn't experienced that type of difficulty anywhere else with this plan and with this phone. It's my understanding that Verizon is expanding to Jackson, MS, and should have cells operational there soon, but what about on the interstate as I travel over? I only have a few months left on my contract, and will be switching to a provider that has a good phone and good coverage from Birmingham all the way to Jackson... as well as offering a phone with good quality reception. All that optional crap is nice, but in the end, I just want a phone that works.

Good reception. The calls are nornally very clear and are not dropped.