Sim Card prob

I know that other people are having this problem; I've looked through the forum, but haven't found any actual solutions or reasons.. So I will repost this and hopefully someone will answer.
I have the original iphone with at&t service. My phone has been working perfectly fine for the last solid year, but ever since about 1-2 weeks ago my service keeps cutting out or it tells me that I don't have a sim card. I restart it, I restore it.. sometimes it works, sometimes it does't. However, even if it does work it doesn't stay fixed..
My business depends on my phone; I've already missed two very important calls because of it...so to say the least I am extremely frustrated.
There is nothing on apple's technical support section about it, and I am not even going to bother with going to at&t for a simcard or whatever, because as stated before it was working perfectly fine just a bit ago..so it's something external not hardware. Just noone is fessing up to messing up.

Hello,
It's sounds like your sim card may have came loose and is connecting then disconnecting. Have you ever dropped your phone, or gave it a good bang by " accident " ?
I HIGHLY doubt it has anything to do with AT&T since i've been with them for years, but I did have the same problem with another phone and it was due to the sim card simply coming loose from a fumble.
You might want to take it to Apple and have them take a look, I think it would be worth it, wouldn't you?

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Hey there Dale1462,
I am sorry for the issues you are having with your Lumia over in the Phillipines. I understand that cost is a concern, so I absolutely understand why you would use a local carrier sim card while in the Phillipines.
I am unable to troubleshoot any issues that you are having while on another carriers network. Did you have the sim card unlocked by our Global Support team?
If not, please reach out to our Global Support team at 800-711-8300 to do so.
Let me know if you need additional assistance.
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Any solutions yet?
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* Must be a Verizon Wireless customer.
* The iPhone 4S being unlocked must be active on a Verizon Wireless line of service.
* The line of service must be active at least 60 days.
* The line of service must be in good standing for the past 60 days.
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