Better than most- havent had major prblems with Verizon although I have noticed that this area does not get great reception from ANY carrier..I would Verion is the least of the evils. I just wish there were lower cost plans. My Droid's 3G coverage, however is spotty dependent on where I am in the house. Some spots better than others... download speeds much better in mid Raleigh. Sprint's map is awful... which is why I refuse to move to the brand new $19 / month unlimited plan for that new carrier out of Cary. If they used another carrier's network, I would have jumped in a heartbeat. I know Sprint's is AWFUL around here. You can't justify a CHEAP plan when you can not make or receive a critical call. Thats the bottom line.

Sprint cant you do better for your customers unbeliveable this is to be reported to the BBB

Verizon is very bad in this area always has been despite claiming they increased the signal coverage recently. Basically our Verizon phones ar euseless at our home. Wish I knew how good ATT was here.

It's interesting that I ran across this site when I was looking for info on the Verizon store here at Exit 312. I used to live over off 42E in Flowers and now over in the Cleveland School area. Coverage has always been good and not really that many dropped calls. I'm curious about those of you that post that you have crappy service.. Do you have one of the el cheapo phones that they give you when you get the service? I used to have those and yep they suck. Once I got a BlackBerry and now a Droid the coverage is no problem. Instead of blaming the Cell coverage why don't you blame your poor choice in phones?

I have had Verizon for 2 years in the Clayton area(Archers lodge) And is horrible coverage here However, if you buy a network extender and hook it up you will never ever have a dropped call again :)

I am going to have to buy a Sprint airave signal booster The signal is horrible here and with Sprint, you are actually roaming which is free but you can only roam for so much or they may terminate your contract.

Reception at my home, approximately 1 mile from this intersection, is VERY POOR or often there is no reception.

Outside the Buildings I get 2-3 bars but when inside I get 1 bar and roaming. My coworker has Alltel and he gets 2-3 bars inside. Both Carriers are CDMA so I don't get it. He can sit in our office and talk on his phone without any issue but if I try i'd either drop the call or it would be choppy.

I have had Nextel for more than 4 years now and I only have them for the Direct Connect / Walkie Talkie feature because many friends have one. I am thinking of switching to another service provider however, since the reception in the area and surrounding areas (Rock Pillar, Mal Weathers (off of Sauls / Pagan Rd. Garner), many locations around Clayton on back road areas.) is really terrible or non-existant. I am really amazed that everyone who has posted here has service issues, and the fact that it is occurring from all cell phone providers is also shocking. I thought someone else may have had better service from their provider than myself, and was I looking to change providers. I guess no need to change since I might not get any better reception than I am now with another company. Bottom line is Why do we not have better service with all the towers around Clayton? The providers should not have to put up a new tower, just pay to use the tower already built. I guess we shall see what happens, but until then waiting on better cell phone coverage here in Clayton, NC.

I have to stand in my driveway to get 2 bars. Not every call will go thru with 2 bars. Ironically, Verzon is building a brand new cell phone store on 70 in Clayton. I'm hoping they're building a tower too. There are enough towers in the area to piggy back.

Nextel is completely useless here. I usually get great service anywhere in the triangle, other than my home. Rarely do I have any service here. Any inbound calls I have to call them back on my land line. But I don't know any mobile provider that covers this area with good service.

Verizon service is really lousy at my home in Clayton and at my office in Cary. Strangely it is pretty good anywhere outside NC. Before that I used Alltell, and dropped about the same amount of calls as Verizon. I also tried Cingular I dropped more calls in 2 days then in 2 years with Alltell / Verizon. Verizon offers to many Motorola phones which have to be the worst in the industry for features and just plain being a phone. I currently have a V265 and in a few days will decide on a new phone will get a real pleasure in taking a sledgehammer to the Motorala as I proud say "Good Bye Motto"! Not sure any carrier provides any better service in Clayton and Cary. I am going to do a lot more research before switching carriers again. Get people with different plan to come over and work their phones to see who seems to have the best signal and fewest dropped calls.

1999 with Alltel to 2006 no reception in my home area. I was told the engineers at Alltel know there are no towers and need more towers but no one seems to be doing what their customes really need. So NO cell phone will work in the area I live in and Alltell knows this and I think it is FRAUDUELENT that this and other companies keep selling their phones knowing this area has no towers. SEVEN YEARS without service at my home and all the companies are aware of NO TOWERS

Have good service with Alltel almost anywhere in the country except (of course) my house. Unable to make a call. Trying to figure out if there is another company that has better service in this area or is there simply no towers in the area. I wish companies made phones for people who actually used phones to place phone calls and not concentrate on cameras, i-tunes, and all of the other mess that likely takes away from engineering needed to allow the phone to receive a good signal.

When I signed up with Nextel in August 2004, my coverage was good, and I rarely experienced a dropped call. For well over six months now I am lucky to ever get a call through without being dropped. I frequently hear echoes, and I'd say only about 40% of my calls are a success (and I don't talk for very long at the time). It's almost impossible to make or receive a call indoors either at home or at work, and the direct connect (walkie-talkie) will not work without repeated tries to get through to my party. My son is on our family plan, and he lives 20-25 miles away and has the same problems. I've contacted Tech. Support, Engineering, and even emailed the Board of Directors at Nextel. No one has been able to resolve the issue. The merge with Sprint was supposed to enhance our service; however, I don't see those enhancements. I don't care for all the 'bells and whistles' that the wireless companies use to lure prospective customers. All I want is service that is consistently good.

Terrible reception--multiple dropped calls. Sprint has really terrible customer service to boot. I travel hwy 701 to Whiteville, frequently and only have a signal 5% of the way.

just moved from DE to NC..bars fade from 3 to 0 Verizon readily admitted they are not a power in the area (unlike comments of other reviewers) recommended I drop coverage (no fee with proof of address change) and get another carrier. to me that is first class customer service, checking out Nextel and alltell. As soon as Verizon has area tower I will return to them.

About 3 years ago, I had service with Cingular, unable to use it where I now live. They only had ditigal. but I was told that I had analog service also. That was far from the truth. At the end of my service contract. I switched to Verison Wireless. This seeemed to be the best service I had so far.Motorola was the phone I received from Verizen. It was a pretty good phone, execpt, I had to go outside to use it, I live in a trailer with a metal roof, AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM, with a phone signal in a frenged area. A signal will not go through the medal roof. In December of last year, I upgraded my phone to LG VX 7000. The best phone I ever had. I still was having probems, but not as bad, for dropped calls. Instead of calling up Verizen and giving them hell, I decided to do something about this situation myself. I build a Yag Antenna, which is a directional antenna. point it at you cell cite and leave it there. I constally get 3 bars. No droped call whatsoever. It appears the cut off point for Verizen Ditigal is the Wake and Johnston County line. My service then goes into extended service. If you check out Verizen Wireless site, You will see that THEY DO NOT HAVE SERVICE in area code 27520. I have driven from Clayton to Myrtlebeach severltimes. Never lost any signal, from either verizen wireless or extended service.

Making a cell phone call from my house is such a miserable, frustrating experience! I have to sit in front of a window and lean and it's just HORRIBLE.

Verizon is terrible! My calls are dropped everywhere I go, in and out of Clayton. Can't get a signal anywhere near Wal-Mart. All carriers love to advertise about how much they care about their customers, but I have yet to find one that follows thru after the sale.