Verizon Ipad Dropping LTE Signal

Dear Community,
For about 1 month now, my ipad (Verizon 32gb Wi-Fi +Lte) which is running IOS 5.1.1 has been dropping the 4g lte signal at an increasing rapid place in the NYC/ Long Island Area. While i would normally attribute this to Verizon's coverage, the fact is that i am operating in the same area i have been since i purchased the ipad on march 16th. Previously, the ipad held the signal flawlessly and with at least 4 bars.
Now it will show 4 bars and then all of the sudden go to "cannot connect to Network"
I have removed and put back in the sim card and I have also reset my network connections but none of this has seem to have had an effect.
Does anyone else suffer from this issue and know a workaround or at least have a suggestion as to whether or not to visit apple or verizon?
Thanks
Andy

I am having this same issue with my Verizon LTE iPad. I am in the NYC area near Grand Central. I will have full service, and then I will randomly lose service. My connection does come after a few second, however the brief outage impacts music/video streaming, etc.

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