Once you get outside of Henryville a couple miles, there is no reception whatsoever until you get close to Salem.

Our reception in town is spotty at best with service going in and out while standing still. When you go out by Walmart and Pizza Hut, there is absolutely no service what so ever.

Sprint is horrible in this area. I am lucky to get two bars. My friend has Verizon and it seems to be okay. Sprint is horrible but they handcuff you with their contracts.

had no reception on the corner of old porter road and willowcreek. always drops my call.

Spring Mill State Park - No Reception at all! Pay phones hard to find in an emergency.

Might get 2 or 3 bars on the highway, but loose all reception only 1.5 miles north of the the highway.

Mostly get "searching system", no signal. Sometimes 1 bar. Go a couple of miles any direction and signal is better. I don't think Verizon likes us much (no DSL, and no plans for it either).

If I hold the phone at a certain angle I may get 1 bar. Otherwise, I get zero reception. I eould like to disconnect my home phone and use my cell only but that is impossible.

How can I improve reception

Every year we stay at the Inn at McCormicks Creek State Park, in the fall. We we keep thinking Verizon will do something to provide cell phone coverage at the park. No such luck. Even on the third floor of the Inn, next to the window, there is no coverage. My personal viewpoint: Competition only exists, in the cell phone business, in urban areas (they all "cherry pick"). The result is duplication of efforts / money (coverage) in urban areas, and no coverage in rural areas. This is an industry that should be closely regulated by the government, to avoid duplication (and cell towers everywhere) and mandated that rural areas be covered too.