Reception poor to nonexistent.

that info must be right! i've seen a bobcat front-end loader on the church property next to a pile of new gravel. looks like they are starting to clear trees for a small driveway to the left of the church buildings. is this for the access road to the new cell site that Verizon is putting up there? I dunno, maybe? hope so! this is the small korean church wooded lot in the 8600 block of pohick, made up of a small brick church and lots of temporary trailer classrooms.

Good News Update, Late May 2007: Yes, Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus! The Fairfax County DPWES staff has *finally* approved almost ALL required permits for the NEW Verizon Wireless-named "CHAPEL ACRES" cell site. Construction is expected to begin soon, per the Miss Utility Of Virginia web site ticket listings. Locals should start seeing actual construction equipment on the Calvary KBC property soon, to make way for the camo "tree pole" (120'), base station hut, and service road. If all goes as planned, this long-overdue cell site may be in service and on-the-air by the early Autumn months(??) So, if you see a freakishly-tall fake tree rising above the treeline behind the new St. Raymond of Penafort RC Church, you'll know that a good signal is not far behind. To all of those far-too-patient-than-I-am folks in Newington Forest, Creekside, Lakes Mercer and Huntsman, Middle Creek, Glenwood Manor, Lakewood Hills, etc., your wait is almost over. We have many friends who live in this large Middle Valley dead spot and our phones never work when we visit them. Some of these people have waiting almost 2 decades to get Verizon Wireless to place a tower here. Lots of letters written to politicians, HOA's, regulators, utility company execs, etc. Hope you long-suffering Springfield residents can finally get a signal down that way. Good luck! Guess if you lived in Great Falls, you would have had micro-cells placed in 1996. LOL!

My Verizon cell phone is useless in my house. I'm lucky to get 1 bar. Most cell phones used in my house also get poor signals.

VzW's proposed CHAPEL ACRES cell site at rr8616 Pohick Rd (Calvary Korean Baptist Church) is still being held-up by Fairfax County DPWES officials, with latest bond payments made 1 / 24 / 07 per county's LDSnet web tool. The site is now supposed to be fully in-service by the first half of 2007, assuming the County staff doesn't stall it any longer. Until that time, there is very little usable signal for VzW users, especially those living near the low-lying streambeds and lake districts nearby. Closest legacy VzW sites are over 3-5 miles away near Newington, Lorton, Butts Corner, Five Points-Burke VFD, West Springfield, etc., none being close enough to provide adequate signal strength for more than a few seconds -- hardly enough to place / receive calls.

Almost no reception. I occassionally get 0-1 bars in my house. Sometimes my phone will ring and I would pick up, but then the call would fade in and out. I almost always have to call the person back using my home land line. I've been looking to switch to Verizon but from talking to a Verizon Fios installation guy, he said they've been trying to put a tower in our area but the proposal has always been shot down by either the county or residents.

Poor reception in Middle Valley neighborhood. No reception on Roundabout Way.

According to Fairfax County Govt website (posted public info), Verizon Wireless applied for NEW cell site several years ago at 8616 POHICK RD (aka: Calvary Korean Baptist Church property) for a new 120' stealth tree-pole for their proposed "Chapel Acres" cell site. Unfortunately, application has been tied up by county staffers, DPWES, etc. Letters have been written to County Board supervisors, etc., to no avail. County wants proffers (freebies like street lights, shrubs, paved trails, etc.) before it will let them put up the site. Some county staffers estimate approval may occur soon. Site *may* be in-service by late 2006. But, we've heard that before! This area has been a dead spot for almost 2 decades. What gives??!

Located in Daventry Community Association. On Hunter Village. Between Old Keene Mill and Rolling Road. Near the Fairfax County Parkway. In Fairfax County. Consistent 1 bar of coverage, fluctuates between 0 and 2 bars. Somebody please get the Board of Directors to act on this! We need cell phone coverage!

Phone reception in Daventry Park is very bad. I have to leave my cell phone in the car because the battery dies trying to find a signal when I take it in the house.

I think it's insane that in such a dense populated area, that we can't get cell phone service. I have 0 bars inside my house. If I go about 100 yards up the street, I can usually get 1 bar. Just driving in this area results in dropped calls. There are numerous places for a new tower, and I don't understand why they have never been placed.

I have tried Cingular, Nextel, Sprint, Tmobile, AT&T, and Verizon. Currently have Verizon. In Daventry, phone shows 0 to 2 bars. All calls made within Daventry result in dropped calls. Daventry Board had an opportunity for one large carrier to install a disguised cell tower, and the carrier would have paid rent to Daventry, resulting in lower HOA dues! But, the Daventry Board unilaterally chose to NOT pursue this in secret, and did not inform the homeowners. This needs to change -- Daventry needs cell reception.

I have tried both Verizon and Cingular in this area with little to no use. I get very little reception, especially at my house, and have to really hold still to make a call. The only way to make a clear call is to buy an external antenna for the phone, kind of seems silly to have a wire on a "wireless" phone.

This entire area is a deadzone. When at home, my phone usually stays on top of a speaker right next to the glass sliding door that leads to our backyard. I'll get one or two bars at the most. I need to stay there or else calls will get dropped. To get decent signal, you need to drive up the parkway a bit.. away from all the soundwalls.

As soon as I pull into my driveway, I can not make a call.

Upgraded from AT&T / Cingular to Cingular around 12 / 20 / 05. Reception from my home was great (4 to 5 bars) until 1 / 3 / 06. All of a sudden signal strength dropped to 1 bar or no bars, and remains that way today (1 / 5 / 06). Contacted Cingular to see if a tower was out or was in repair. They had no record of any tower issues. Drove around local area to try to test signal strengths. My conclusion is that there is some problem with the new Cingular tower located off I-95 just north of the Lorton exit. Is it too much to ask Cingular to figure this out on their own?

Reception used to be only a bar or two until about a year ago. Now I am routinely gettine 4.

I've tried Sprint, Verizon and Cingular. None of them get a decent signal in Middle Valley or along the Ffx County Parkway. I've complained directly to all three service providers and they all insist that I am right in the middle of their best coverage area. They all suggest that the problem might be my phone, but I've tried so many different phones that it's just not plausible. As dense as the population is in this area I can't believe they don't do something about it.

Verizon reception - spotty at best along the Fairfax Coujty Pkwy. from the Springfield Metro Station to points west - vanishes completely here.

I live right off of Rolling and the Fairfax County Pkwy. and I have no service inside my house. Outside, I can occassionally get enough service for the phone to ring, but not enough to answer. In such a heavily populated area, I would expect better service and for a company to do something about this.