Good for you BEATNIKSHA, I had the exact opposite experience. I dropped a lot of Verizon calls in the Atlanta area, and could not use my phone at home unless I used an external antenna. Switched to Cingular, life is good...plus I ended up getting more anytime mins for the same money. My beef with Verizon always was their prices were higher then the other providers and CDMA phones just don't do anything for me.