All I hear when I make calls is little bits of static (most of the time)

So this started happening about a month ago when I moved to NJ (though I upgraded from iOS 5.1.1 to 7 at the same time - so I don't know if that's connected to this issue).  I place a call and the timer starts going, but I can't hear anything except a little bit of intermittent static every now and then.  Maybe the static is when the person says hello - I don't know.  It's indiscernible as speech and is very soft.
Placing calls works sometimes, but I just tried about 4 or 5 times this morning to place calls to 2 different numbers (including Sprint's '*2' service number) and I let each call go for at least 20 seconds before giving up.  I never even hear the ring.  I've gotten so used to it not working, I stopped waiting for a minute before giving up.  Sometimes calling out works... and I suspect that there may be a pattern to it.  My current theory is that placing calls starts to work each morning AFTER I've received a call.  Receiving calls has always worked - never couldn't hear anyone when they've called me.
I have tried turning the phone off and back on - no luck.  I reprogrammed the phone via the help of a Sprint representative - no luck.  After reprogramming the phone, they had me call an 888 number, and that worked - I could hear it ring, but when I tried calling the guy I'd been trying to reach this morning on his land line - no luck.  It then worked when I tried calling my parents' landline (which is the number I'm calling when I usually experience this problem).  Then I received a call back from my parents about my hang-up, and then I tried the same guy again, and this time it worked.
What the heck is going on?  Is it my phone?  Is it the towers?  Is it Sprint?  What's causing all these calls where I can't hear anything?  I have not asked if the people I've called could hear me when the problem is occurring.
Thanks,
Rob

I fixed it.
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