For most of the last 2 years with AT&T 3G service has been great. Then suddenly about 2-3 months ago I noticed bars going down to nada. I have to switch to Edge now to get calls... if I leave it on 3G I miss calls. I know it is not the phone because it works fine when I am away from home in 3G... was just down in CT over the weekend and worked fine in 3G... same for Boston for extended periods of time. Did the T-Mobile merger screw up the towers in the Derry / Londonderry area? Looks like I am not the only one having problems.

We deperately need a Cell Tower to cover this substantially populated area. When our landline phone is out, we're screwed, not even 911!

Lucky if you can hear anyone. Intermittent reception at best inside or outside of home. Forget the downstairs. Also, I agree that service drops altogether by John Deere but then again it has been doing so for the past 4 years no matter WHAT phone or service I have. Does the same near exit 3 so must be interference of some kind that forces poor service and dropped calls.

recepion just dies out when you get close to where the new john deere store is on rt28. but then again, Nextel doesn't get any reception any where I go. I can call someone in Rio on the 2 way talk, but I can't talk to my neighbor.

Reception used to be great. It seems that when Sprint took over they have removed some towers during the system conversion. Now service is very bad. My business is suffering from it and it seems that Nextel isn't interested in any complaints.

No reception on Rd.leading to my street or my street and home. Cancelling service.

At my house near shaws in Derry, I get perfect reception. When I go to my friends house near Londonderry or east East Derry, the bars just drop.

I get 2 bars on my deck (where we usually make our calls) and 0-1 in the house (it's pretty much unusable). I really like T-Mobile - great reception in cities and when travelling; I guess my home Derry is on the fringe of reception.

Reception goes from 5 bars to none in less than 1 / 2 mile. T-Mobile says these should be 2 bars but there is no reception.

No reception most of the time at my house inside or outside. Every once in a while 1 bar will pop up and I can check my voicemail which I can barely hear.

Lucky if you see 1 bar in this area. Usually have none. VZ ownedTower about 1 / 2 mile away but VZ wireless must not be on it.

Dead zone at that location. Near the rotary, no problem. But closer to Beaver lake and signal strength drops off fast. This is in the winter. In summer (with leaves on trees), get no service. Upgraded to newer LG VX-5400, and only slightly better, but still dropped calls. Can't carry on conversation. Called Verizon several times. They insist that coverage on that street is fine according to technician who tested. Challenged them to call me on my phone. Cannot. They suggested upgrading my phone (but pay full retail on phone). No Thanks Demo'd the LG CU515 from AT&T at same location. Clear as a bell. Will spend $ to break Verizon contract, need cell coverage for work.

I usually had no bars of signal to occassionally 1 bar inside my woodframed house with cedar siding. I could not make or receive calls from inside and only rarely could I make them out in the yard. I put in numerous complaints to Customer and tech support at Verizon and they said they would make a check of the towers and come check signal in my area and they would call back with their findings. This went on and on and they never followed up with the calls they promised. The problem kept getting assigned a new case number so this dragged on for 5 months. They finally gave me a story that they could not by law check the signal in my neighborhood because that was against federal privacy laws. I just terminated my plan with Verizon after using their service for nearly 10 years. I went with AT&T and when I checked my new AT&T Tilt inside my house I had 2 bars and could finally make and receive calls!

i have had Verizon for like 6 years and I have never had a problem, I love verizon. My boyrfriend has Nextel and he never has reception

About 3 years ago, cell signal strength in East Derry went from a perfect continuous 5 bars to a very sporadic 0 bars to 2 bars service. Oftentimes conversations are useless due to dropped syllables. Extremely frustrating and Verizon Wireless can't give an explanation. I'd venture a guess that, prior to the cell signal deteriorating ~3 years ago, the East Derry area was service by the antenna located atop Warner Hill Road. Looks like this is no longer the case as the last time I spoke with Verizon Wirless tech support, they said the nearest antenna was near Rt 28 somewhere, which is about 2-3 miles west of East Derry.

Sometimes no bars. Calls get dropped due to bad reception.

1 to 2 bars most of the time. If I stand near a window or door, I can usually make and continue a call. As long as I don't move even an inch - or the call will drop. This is the only place in So. NH I have problems making calls. Even in the steel encased office building I work in in Nashua, I get 5 bars all the time. And I am certainly not in an elevation hole - I'm at 450 feet ASL.

Phone was a piece of crap. Verizon in Manchester Mall played games with me. I returned to Rasio shack where I purchased it and they gave me a new one. Reception is perfect. Thanks to Radio Shack bailing Verizon out I will renew my contract

Verizon Wireless has been great for me in Derry, NH. There is always a constant 5 bars no matter where you are. The only part of the town that does not get reception is in Walmart towards Londonderry. Other than that I have gone around New England and the only place that I loose the signal is when I am in the Mountains of New Hampshire and Vermont along with Northern Maine, and right at the immidiate coast. Even in downtown Portsmouth and Hampton you have coverage of at least 2 - 3 bars. At the immidiate coast (Excluding major cities like Portland, Boston, Hyannis, Providence, New Haven, New London ect.) You get just about 1 bar but still you get a bar and if you need coverage if you keep trying you do get it eventually. The only time that I completely lost coverage was in Walmart in Derry and even then I had 1 bar most of the time (and once I left the store I had 5 bars again) I have had Verizon, AT&T, Cingular, Nextel, Sprint and T- Mobile and I am telling you I have never been happier with a cellular phone than I am now with Verizon (and I have had Verizon for 3 and a half years now). I strongly suggest that you get Verizon if you are south of about The White Mountains in New Hampshire and you don't live at the immidiate coast (right by the sea wall in Portsmouth, Hampton, Seabrook ect.)

No reception. Piggybacks Sprint network. ! / 4 mile north or south 2 to 3 bars.