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The intersection of Queens and Selwyn and Radcliffe, near Queens University, has become a "dead" zone in the last two months. I get reception inside my house with a "network extender" but no reception outside or within a 1-2 block area. What is the problem? This is new and we never had reception problems before. Anything to do with the construction at Queens University?

Dead Spot on the main floor of Charlotte Convention Center from Verizon Wireless. You would think they would put in some sort of signal booster for a venue such as this! Especially with the Democratic National Convention coming to town. Come on Verizon, you can do it!

At home and in the city I get enough reception to make and receive phone calls (there are some signal shadows around the big buildings in the city), but staying connected to Google Talk and IRC networks hasn't wored very well the past few weeks. Luckily my phone (HTC Merge) has good battery life even when on wifi so I just connect to my home network when I'm there. I've never had any dropped calls in the city or the surrounding area though.

The signal used to be full 3g. Since January 2011 it has been 1bar 3g or 1bar 1x signal only. This problem has now extended to uptown charlotte also. My coworkers and I get very poor 3g signal since June 2011.

In my apt. there is dropped calls,the buffering sucks&can't watch videos,tv on my cell,etc... can't play any games or do anything involving downloading including the internet. I currently have a 3g phone and want to upgrade to a 4g but I feel it'll be a waste of money unless I move away. I'm very disappointed because I chose Verizon based on the dead zone commercial I saw being that I knew my area wasn't the best.

Phone is unusable in Mint Hill area near 485. Will try another carrier when I find a good one.

I have extremely poor reception in this area. I drop calls and can not send text messages. I went to the store and they told me it was the phone. We switched phones and I'm still dropping calls.

i cannot get phone service inside my house... I must go out to the street to talk. my calls drop constantly. Verizon in 5 mins from uptown.. it doesn't work for me or my neighbors.

I live in the Stowe Creek area off Shopton Rd West and Verizon service sucks. Sprint did too about 5 years ago, that's why we switched to Verizon. Verizon is poor too. I've called and complained in the past but nothing could be done. I can get text messages to go thru but struggle with picture messages. I have to walk to the end of my driveway to talk on the phone and even then, it's horrible. Doesn't make any sense... there was a new awful tree looking tower just placed behind my neighborhood that I can see from my street. Not sure who it belongs too though... not Verizon that's for sure or the tower is'nt working yet!

my roommates and I have crappy reception on the same network with 3 different types of phones. when will Verizon fix this problem. my contract is up in oct, they have till then to help me change my mind.

Email and browser service seems fine, but call reception is terrible. Lots of static, and then calls drop. We're renting until we decide where to buy and had hoped not to need a landline in the interim.

Reception in Mint Hill, NC area is barely adequate. Signal has improved slightly is past three months, but does not perform as noted on Verizon's coverage map for the area.

In the house I have 1 bar, and that's only if I stand near a back window. Outside, maybe 2. If I drive to Concord Mills Mall, I get the max. bars. Highland Creek must not have a cell tower. C'mon Verizon, we need better service here!

Reception isn't great but decent. I can make calls from my basement which is all I really care about. Never really dropped any calls. Only thing bad about Verizon is the amount they charge for their data plans.

I have perfect service but Vzw cost so much $$$ I think I need to switch... ugh! T-mobiles lookin kinda good right now

Lousy reception, quite often phone does not even ring. 1-3 bars, but phone is barely useable for personal use, not useable for conducting business.

Can't hold a conversation, calls breaking up or not going through, texting won't go through either. I can't even update my phone because that call won't go through.

I either get 1 bar or "no service". I have reported this several times to Verizon and have had no help. This is my only phone so I am really worried that I will have an emergency and won't be able to get help. I have until July on my contract (I've been with Verizon for 10 years) and will find a new carrier at that time. Calls are constantly dropped, conversations must be repeated, I am past frustration. I had to increase my minutes due to the amount of dropped and bad calls, increasing my monthly bill.

Poor reception for Verizon in Myers Park - Dilworth areas

Reception totally sucks. Where's the network? Verizon could care less. Anyone for a class action suit, the service doesn't live up to the ads. No good at all inside house, very marginal outside.

THE WORST! Tin cans with a string would probably be a better choice. Tried different phones, always getting the same miserable reception, if at all. Voice mails arrive 2-3 days late. My contract with Verizon ends August 7th, 2008. It will be a day of celebration!

Just moved to this neighborhood and I can't get more than 2 bars on my phone. Reception is horrible if I get any at all... very patchy. I've never had such problems with reception and I've been using Verizon for 6 years. Definitely going to have to get a land line which sucks. Haven't had a land line in probably 5 years.

Reception is usually always at one bar. Sometimes I will receive voice mails without the phone ever ringing, and drop calls are about 1 in 5. I've heard Alltel is the best in this area, but I've still got about 10-months left on my 2-year contract with Verizon so I can't switch. Lame!

We have had Verizon service for about six years and have encountered only occasionally dropped or broken calls or poor reception areas. Overall we are happy with the service except for Verizon's pricing structure which are generally higher compared to other services especially for talk and broadband data plans and also the fact that they don't allow unused talk time rollovers from month to month.

My boyfriend and I both have Verizon, he with a Motorola Razr and me with a Nokia phone. We both have very poor reception and have had lots of dropped calls in the neighborhood.

Verizon service is terrible at this location. Verizon has performed field testing and concluded that this address is a "dead" area (The Pointe Apt Complex) and have offered to cancel my contract.

I have to go outside of my house to get any reception and even then, I often have my calls dropped.

New tower nearby solved all reception problems in Wiltshire Manor neighborhood.

Verizon Cell Reception in Ballantyne corporate park is pitifull. While in my office, the phone will not ven receive calls, and spends all day roaming and ultimately my battery will be dead by the end of the day.

There is a lost of reception with in the Reedy Creek Park area on Rocky River Rd. 28215 zip. I am continously receiving dropped call in this area.

sometimes have to go outside of my home to receive service. Verizon knows about problem and told me they would release me from my contract because they have no intention of fixing problem.

The combination of Verizon and Mororola has given me the best reception. I can make / receive calls from in the house and outside. Verizon also works well traveling to / from Pittsburgh even in W. Virginia.

Couldn't be happier - Verizon service and reception is great (and I swear, I do not work there!) Never lost a call in Charlotte / and love their online features where I can examine my monthly cell phone bill a bunch of different ways (sort by longest call / most expensive call / etc). It will even suggest another plan if it could save me money based on my usage patterns... Excellent all around.

I have to move to the south side of my home and by a large window to get any usable service.

Reception has gone from bad (1 bar) to virtually zero in recent months. I and all of my neighbors who have Verizon have to go stand outside on the lawn to get a marginal call through. I spoke to the tech people a few weeks ago and they created a ticket to resolve the problem 10 days ago and would get back to me in a few days, haven't heard a thing. I would be more than happy to appear in another company's ad illustrating how the network service is a joke. I don't live in a rural or out of the way area, I live in Charlotte NC.

Usually don't have any reception issues here. Sometimes I get voice mails and txt messages after a long delay, but that's probably due to my phone or their network as opposed to signal strength.

Not at all good. OK in the street. But who wants to stand in the street to hold a cell phone conversation?

We normally get zero to three bars of reception. There are times when we cannot get reception and must go outside to complete a call. As I write this now I am getting two bars. I would like to see an additional tower placed in the HIghland Creek community.

service out here is cool all thought it is kinda hard to send pics sometimes but over all Verizon wireless is good

I can use mine in the elevator... never had a dropped call in this area!

ALLWAYS get perfect reception in this area, BUT my building and parking deck gets Poor reception (D'oh) and I get dropped calls and fluxuating on / off service... wish I could work outside... lol

Verizon reception in Western part of Mecklenburg County near Gaston County line is horrible. Dropped calls and poor reception. I have called Verizon several times, each time they have promised to look into my concerns and that they will call me back. They have NEVER called back.

We just moved here from Durham where we had perfect reception and coverage. Here, our phones work spottily. Sometimes they don't ring, sometimes they do. More often then not, I guess they do, but it isn't dependable. Walking around the house talking on the phone yields spotty service often correctable by moving 3 inches in one direction or another. Talking near a window doesn't help much. Nor does talking outside. FWIW, my parents have Alltel and their phones work perfectly in every corner of my house, including the basement.

I live in Coulwood and use Verizon Wireless. I get spotty reception, and rarely can complete a conversation on the phone. Calls drop occasionally. Worse are the calls that don't drop but you can only hear every third or fourth word of the conversation. Verizon has shown no interest in resolving the issue.

My phone is useless at home, and within 5 miles of the new Wal Mart is pretty bad. Many spots are completely dead, others are just terrible. Down by Mountain Island lake I have a weak signal, but it's too weak to carry on a conversation. I had Sprint until 3 / 2005 and it wasn't great, but it had far fewer dead spots. Sprint's pricing is much better these days, so I could pay $100 more for a phone plus pay Verizon $175 for early termination and still save almost $700 over a 2 year contract.

With two different phones in my house, plus broadband card very poor service if at all. Shopton + Tryon The good manager at the ParkTowne Village store offered a newer broadband card, and I purchased the external window mounted antennae and still am not able to connect. Cell phones drop calls, unable to use pix messaging, or other services. Family visiting from different areas and phones with Verizon also have bad service or no service. Phone service around town varies from excellent at Verizon stores to below average around town. Broadband card is nearly useless around town. If you are able connect, once you move about you are able to roam to other carriers towers but if you are dropped and try to reconnect, the card will show extended network with full strength but unable to authenticate. I've run *228 very many times and no improvement. We also took one of the two VX8100 for updated firmware and no improvement over the other phone with the older code. We are building a house just outside the Mt. Holly-Huntersville + Hwy. 16 area and again same poor coverage there. Coming from S. Fla I've never had a problem down there, I wish they would fix this. I don't want to reinvest in new equipment or the hassle of changing carriers, seems like all the providers have coverage problems in Charlotte area.

Day to day the signal varies wildly. Consistancy is much needed...

Seems like my Verizon Wireless coverage has been getting worse and worse at home. Almost like they are cheaping out on the signal

Reasonably good coverage. No dropped calls in this area, even inside a large apartment building.

great service 0% dropped calls never have problems wit the service

Have never had good reeception. Calls dropped nonstop. Maybe one bar in the house 2-3 outside but still poor reception when talking outside. Went to the Arboretum store and was told new tower would be up in January fully working by February... just got off the phone with Verizon and learned that the new tower is going up "sometime in 2006". Tired of paying 75 dollars a month for horrible service

When I am in my Apartment I have no signal when I go to the parking lot I have zero to two bars. the calls break up and I usually lose the calls.

Cannot maintain even a short call from this location.

Just got the phone and the plan yesterday as both it and the Verizon network were recommended by numerous sources. However, I've already missed 3 calls due to timeouts and lack of signal in my home. Not a happy customer thus far. One more thing to add: the Verizon manual(s) (the phone actually comes with two) for the Razr is very short on information and poorly organized.

During the 4th quarter of 2005, my reception has declined significantly. When I first got the phone a year ago, I had super reception, no problems. Suddenly, my phone has become very unreliable. Sometimes 4 bars, sometimes one or two. I was considering dropping my landline, but now I'm increasingly using it more than my cell phone.

Cannot get a signal out of my neighborhood at all. Literally have to drive about a 1 / 2 mile out to Park Rd.to get any reception at all.

I have had Verizon for about 2 years. I have always had good reception with them even while traveling back and forth to Cleveland, OH. I had Sprint once and they are WAY OVER PRICED.

I have horrible reception here. Everywhere else -- Independence Blvd.for example I have full bars. I even had full bars in Williamsburg, VA! But right here in this area (close to Eastland Mall), the reception SUCKS.

Perfect reception in my home and surrounding neighborhood.

For the past 2 weeks my reception here and throughout Charlotte has deteriorated to the point that 1 in 4 calls are dropped. Spoke with others who have the same issue with Verizon.

Reception improves going outside. At work, Southpark area it's great.

Dead spot in the entire neighborhood. Dosen't seem to matter who the carrier is and the company (Verizon) states the dead spot, while in South Charlotte, is related to several parks surrounding the subdivision. Even tried an external antenna with no success.