LTE signal lost, about 2 bars worth city wide (4 down 2,2 down to zero) city wide last 3 months.

The last 3+ months LTE service has dropped about an even 2 bars worth all over my home city, of North Ridgeville, Ohio 44039.
Areas that had 4 bars are down to about 2, In my home I had 2 bars and now have no LTE and only 1 bar og 3G service that sometimes drops calls with NO SERVICE. This experience is with both my Iphone 5S phones, and my neighbors andriod devices as well. He purchased a new phone last week and that phone has the same poor signal, where we both had 1-2 bars of LTE consistently. The local Verizon store in town, told me that they have had the same experience over the same time frame, and are not aware of the cause. In the store, last week I was getting 1-2 bars, where I had 4 months ago. Are other cities experiencing similar issues? I figured this was just temporary, maybe citywide cell tower work that was effecting all carriers? 10 months ago I switched from Sprint due to a lack of 4G service that was promised for years. I still have one of my Old Iphone 5's that I never traded in, and gave to my daughter to use with WIFI. I activated this phone a few weeks ago with TING (uses the sprint network) Her phone now has 2-3 bars of LTE service at home! The same or better around town, too. Searching maps online it looks as though sprint finally rolled out LTE in our area, and it has the best coverage according to LTE service maps online. Could Sprints upgrade have cause Verizons service to decline? permanently? I wanted to upgrade to the Iphone 6 Plus and was looking into early Edge to do so, But Sprint is now offering to Pay ETF's like T-mobile, and would offer $350 for each 5S and $275 for my 5. I don't want to go through the hassle of switching carriers again, porting numbers and all, but Sprints plan would be cheaper (they used to be the same when I switched) Do carriers Boost signal at rollout?, then drop power output after acquiring new contracts, Is it a maintenance issue, where Sprint is better because its a fresh rollout? I cannot find much info on long term variability, only solutions to short term issues, and handset specific problems. This is going long term and effects all devices similarly with near equal loss of signal +/- a small signal strength. Sorry for the long post, but maybe the detail will find the right person with a solution. Thanks for any help

Mickey, I have not installed the new update, keep hearing stories of other issues, crashes etc. I don't have 3G in my area, and am finding that the phone works fine on Edge, so for now I am sticking to edge! Even though I don't think we should be paying for 3G if we are not getting it! I would like to be sure of what the update fix's before installing it.....

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