CENTRAL U.S. -- New tower in my area but wrong service provider

Only Verizon knows. It could be soon, or it could be never, it is totally up to Verizon whether they want to add to this tower. However, even if they want to, they may not be able to.

 

You're of course assuming that AT&T will let them co-locate on that tower. Unless the tower is run by an antenna aggregator AT&T likely will say no as it will put them in an advantageous position to offer service in the area when another doesn't.

 

It is almost always in the carriers' long-term best interest to allow collocation of competitors. If carrier-A denies carrier-B the option to collocate, carrier-B will surely return the "favor" in some other market. Plus, remember that very often, carrier-A must represent that the tower can accommodate additional carriers in order to get the zoning approved in the first place. Zoning boards tend to have long memories...

Add to that: The true measure of competitiveness is spectrum availability, price plans, and handset choices. Whether or not Verizon is on a specific AT&T tower makes zero difference with regard to an "advantageous position". You are talking about the #1 and #2 providers, between them, locking up roughly 70% of the market. One tower here or there is a drop in the bucket. Not to mention, AndrewP did not even say he wasn't already getting adequate service from Verizon now. (?) If he is, it's not at all clear a closer tower would provide him with better service, though that can often be the case.

 

Best way is just to call them up and tell them about the low coverage

 

Here in So. Cal I haven't heard of situations where one carrier prevented other carriers from co-locating. Sprint and Nextel have allowed anyone to co-locate on their towers over the years.