That Verizon guy who goes around saying "can you hear me now"? He doesnt come around where I live.
I am damned lucky to get a signal half the time at home and many times I have to go outside and stand in the cold. When I am in the boat crabbing or fishing it never works.
I might mention my dial up isnt much better, Always noise in the lines and I cant get DSL because I am too far away from the switching station. The phone company hasnt been worth a bucket of pee around here since they broke up Ma Bell.
I have a verizon cellphone.
I also have a 20X20 foot sqaure area in my backyard, called "The Talking Place". It is the only place on my property where the Verizon cellphone will work for more than a couple of minutes without dropping the signal.
It sucks, this time of year.
Last Fall, a Verizon Salesman was going through the neighborhood. I cannot recall the reason or service he was selling, but it was not SUPPOSED to have been about their cellphones. I offered him my phone and challenged him to make a call. I think he would rather walk into a brush shredder than come back here.
"I am damned lucky to get a signal half the time at home and many times I have to go outside and stand in the cold."
When at&t was my carrier, the must have had a tower fairly close to my home because reception inside was excellent, even in the basement. After the cingular buyout, the tower was switched and I can rarely even use my phone in my den. If the call is important, I either need to recall on a land line or go outside. I'm investigating a new carrier, but if I have the same problem, all I've done is change problem centers.