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I would say that you have even odds on problems with the towers you're connecting to, and the phones themsevles. Phones today are really badly made. They aren't designed to last; hinges wear out, flimsy plastic is used for screens, battery and sim holders aren't well made, etc etc etc. I use T-Mobile (Tenuous Mobile!) and of the 5 or so phones we've had, there has been a tremendous variance in the way they operate. One had a very weak transmitter, such that I always knew if I wandered too far away from a tower that I'd get hung up on, and a couple were noticeably better in terms of sensitivity, such that I know my phone will work better in weak places than the same model phone which my wife has. I know that T-Mobile has had problems in the past with the tower which most of campus used in 2007. As soon as I got out of the area the weird noises I got would just stop. All the T-Mobile "help" disk would do was want to test my phone. Feh. Good luck, and try using another phone, and try to keep a log of where these problems are. You might notice a trend somewhere. --STeve Andre' On Wednesday 21 October 2009 15:05:34 Robert Kriegel wrote: > Hi, > > My wife and I switched our cell phone service from Sprint to Verizon > this summer. I never thought much about coverage before because I > got a great signal almost everywhere. I had a trimode phone and > could even pick up calls in many places in the UP where others > traveling with me got nothing. > > Our new phone service is very spotty. Lots of problems with dropped > calls both here on campus and elsewhere in the Lansing area. I have > regular problems with voicemail not being delivered for days. The > phones are LG Dares. > > bob > > At 02:33 PM 10/21/2009, you wrote: > >Sorry for the off topic, but who better to trust than my fellow IT People. > > > >I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed dropped calls on campus > >using Verizon Wireless. I have never had this problem before, but I > >upgraded my phone late this summer to the HTC Ozone and it worked > >fine like every other VW phone that I have had over the years for a > >couple months. The problem now is that I repeatedly drop calls, in > >Wells Hall where my office is located. > > > >If I watch the signal indicator on it will report 3-4 bars and then > >just drop away to nothing for about one second and come back to 3-4 bars. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Steve Plemmons > >[log in to unmask] > >