Moving to an area with marginal Verizon coverage.

Moving to an area in Florida (Manatee Co.) with poor signal for cell phone and MiFi. Is there a way to boost my incoming signal, out going signal or both without abandoning my Verizon carrier? If you care to email me directly with any ideas I would appreciate it. The local outlets/stores do not have a clue about how to answer my question.
Thank you,
GOrndorff
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You must be moving to east of I-75 in Manatee County because the signal near Bradenton should be pretty good. I would suggest a network extender but it seems you'll be using Verizon as your internet connection so that wouldn't do any good.

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