Do not recommend Verizon for anyone in Elizabeth City area. Coverage is extremely poor.

Was standing at the Veriozon store in the mall and had absolutly no reception and they couldnt tell me why! Might be a good company on the west coast but sucks here on the east coast. Also, reception is at best 1, maybe 2 bars and thats on a shiny day with no clouds out, on base.

Little to no reception any time of day - thought it was my house, but even walking around the block there is no signal. All my friends with Verizon have the same problem - others with other carriers don't (at least not here :). Bought the phone with the best signal reception at the time - no help.

There is no GSM (AT&T) reception in almost all of the new Bartram's Walk subdivision between Town Mountain Rd.and Wolf Cove Rd.in Beaverdam Valley. I highly recommend that all contractors and new home owners in this subdivision use Verizon. Verizon has an antenna on a tower off Elk Mountain Scenic Highway. This tower provides great coverage in Beaverdam Valley. Even though AT&T has pretty good coverage throughout Asheville, this is one growing area where there is a huge dead spot.

You have to get close to an east-facing outer wall of our house to get 1 bar, otherwise no reception in the house. Cingular never bothered to tell us we had poor reception in our area before we signed their contract.

Once I pull into my development off High Rock Rd. I get no reception. Frustrating to not be able to use the cell phone I pay for at my own house!

Just cancelled Cingular contract after having a contract for 7 years. When AT&T went to 10 digit dialing well over a year ago, I lost the signal entirely at my home. Previously had no problems with a signal unless it was storming. Called Cingular only to find that I had never been on a Cingular tower and that Cingular had "lost" their reciprocal agreement with SunCom, the tower that my phone was previously using. Cingular was "very sorry" but I was out of a signal with 1.5 yrs left on a 2 yr contract (that ended today!) Cingular / AT&T coverage is very spotty or non-existent traveling along Jones Ferry Rd, Old Greensboro Hwy, and many of the other "country" roads in western Orange and northern Chatham counties. SunCom claims that I'll have 2-3 bars outside and at least 1-2 bars inside my home. I'll have 15 days to cancel the contract if I have signal issues. Alltel, Sprint, and Verizon do not get a signal in my area. SunCom gets my business, at least for 15 days :+}

Outside of home is OK. Inside of house is terrible!

Nextel service in the "Bermuda Triangle" area formed by the US-421 / I-40 / I-77 is terrible at best.As soon as my contract is up I will be switching to something make that anything else.

I see other people using cell phones in my area but I can not seem to get service with alltel. Why doesn't Alltel set up more towers or increase the output of the towers they have. It appears to be misleading to see the coverage area advertised only to find that you do not have coverage in your area.