Stuck in "no service"

Has anybody else had the problem where you will be in a no service area, the phone will say "no service" but then when you go back to an area where you know you have service it appears to be stuck with the "no service" message? I believe that it is stuck rather than me continuing to be in a no service area because when I turn the phone on and off again, it promptly shows my full signal strength. Any ideas?
By the way, I'm running 1.1.4 completely unhacked

I experienced this once on my phone, but when the phone tried to poll the network, it corrected itself. How often do you power your phone off/on. It is suggested that with GSM phones you try to do that at least once a day. Helps to clear the "cobwebs".

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