If you check the T-Mobile website, you can actually see that the Herricks School district is a COMPLETE DEADZONE for t-mobile. the best I've ever gotten was one bar. usually no service or zero bars.

only works well away from acorn ponds, and only well on second floor of house

Genrally good on the north shore.

Verizon is rated number one by Consumer Reports, yet all incoming and outgoing calls are almost immediately dropped. Verizon has replaced the phone, but their customer service is horrible. The reception is awful. Someone in my home has a different phone, and service, and they have no problem. If Verizon is the best, I'm scared to try the worst.

I just signed up with Verizon service in the Long Island N.Y. area through radio shack. I chose the V60S and it is the best cell phone I have ever used. The service is much better than AT&T digital which is what I had been using. The speaker phone is the best I have ever heard. Do not need a hands free for my car anymore. This phone does eveything it promises. "Sensational"

Vey Poor reception