Dramatic increase in drop calls since update 2.2.1

Has anyone else seen a dramatic increase in dropped calls since they installed the latest software update. My phone is quickly becoming unusable. I would estimate every 2 of 3 calls are dropped.

I've had my iPhone for about 3 months and until now had no problems. I did the upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2 with no problems. Now I have upgraded from 2.2 to 2.2.1 which was a big mistake. My 3G data reception is much worse. Before 2.2.1 I could happily listen to NPR all day without a problem. Now it will either tell it can't access the network or die after 10 seconds. During which the phone displays 5 bars on 3G. The meter is a total lie. This problem is with any network application. Last night I ran the carrier update patch and that has not changed this problem.
My question is can I roll back to firmware 2.2? Will the iTunes restore process roll back the firmware? I had a blackberry 8830 before and could wipe the phone OS and roll it back. I haven't done any jail breaking processes.
It will be a cold day before I update my phone again. Any ideas how to roll back to an older version of the firmware or is there a fix out yet?
Thanks.

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