Very poor cell coverage, and the tower is reported a few miles down the road

Voice calls, even with 3 bars, whether it shows 1x or 3G, on the iPhone4S are worthless. The calls will drop out, not might. Other parties can't hear me when they do connect. I contacted VZ while at work, but they want me to t-shoot from home (ho hum...and do what? I can't update roaming, although I question I'm trying to hit a roaming tower from home), the call will fail. What does it take to have VZ do a signal strength test in my area and determine what can be done? I certainly can't call from home, and there is no live chat available, even though it's during the reported available times. I can't say AT&T is much better, but if any friends ever show up with an AT&T phone, I'll sure closely examine their service.

ZIP = 95060
x-street closest to my residence = Empire Grade Road and Conifer Lane.
Info I find on line about cell tower placement puts one at about 12600 Empire Grade Rd, which is only a few miles from me.
I updated roaming capability this morning while in an area of acceptable signal, but I don't know that roaming matters when I am hitting (albeit poorly) a VZ tower nearby.
I am in the mountains, but on the top ridge line, not in a canyon.
All I ask is a signal strength assessment in this immediate area; I'm sure other users cannot use their phones, either.

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Thanks for any advice.

No network can guarantee that you can get a signal inside a building of any kind, only outside your home. There are a few phones, that have wifi calling, but you will have to ring EE to see if they can supply you with a booster, unfortunately. What phone do you have?

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Hi Guys,
I have an interesting article on FCP X by Rick Young. Real world experiences.
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http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_x_road_young.html
--ken

A very interesting article Ken, especially the comments about compound clips within compound clips.
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Hoping a VZW rep can help, I'm fed up with VZW even as it is an otherwise flawless carrier.
My home in Sterling, MA is located between two towers and nothing I do seems to help with calls. They're dropping, spotty, and my phone is utterly unreliable. Checking the signal strength of the network, it's always ~ -90 to -100 dBm, which results in 0-2 bars, and the phone constantly switching towers and looking for service. I've tried PRL updates, different areas of the apartment, and even going outside; but the problems persist. Once I get out of the downtown area, the problems go away.
3G doesn't seem to be an issue, as I get 3-4 bars with that service. 4G hasn't been rolled out here yet.
It's becoming more and more a pain, as I'm currently working from home and use VZW to conduct business. I had issues with two phones now, my Droid A885, and now the Droid 3. I've tried troubleshooting the phones, but it's obvious it's a coverage issue, and not a phone issue. Family in the area, which I ended up reccomending VZW service too, have also been having these issues.
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@Trantll
That is horrible to have poor service in and around your home I understand how you would need your device there most of all! Thank you for the troubleshooting that you have already done you've helped narrow down what could be causing this issue.
Have you ever had good service in or around your apartment? Since other devices are also having a issue there has a trouble ticket ever been opened for your home location?
What a trouble ticket is we send a engineer out to your location they test the signal outside and at the tower to see if any improvements can be made. To open a trouble ticket please PM me and I'll get your account information or call Technical Support at 800-922-0204.
Another way to boost signal in your apartment would be a Network Extender. Here's a link for that device. It's a great help in signal challenged locations.
Thank you

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I am wondering if anyone has tested this software. Blackberry Sync software for my previous phones were wonderful. I can sync my contacts and calender in a very short time. With this new Blackberry Link it takes about 1 1/2 hours Plus to complete. And when it does complete - it duplicates entries which I did not want.
Plus what is missing is the following:
1. I am not able to say Update both Device and Outlook any longer. This functionality is gone.
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I want to be able to update my Outlook contacts with changes and addition I made on my Q10 phone and update my device with changes I made to Outlook.
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Thanks for the reply.
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 6.3.9600 Build 9600
Link: 1.2.3.23
BB Desktop: 7.1.0.41
Anti Virus: Avast 140312-0
Firewall: None
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EDIT 12 March 2014 7PM EST
Still all of the same errors with regard to syncing outlook contacts and Schedules. I will post all of the error messages I recieve here as I see them. Application is always started by connecting device with USB cable.
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Caught _com_error exception. Description(): Error in MAPILogonEx: MAPI_E_CALL_FAILED; Error(): -2147467259 (0x80004005); ErrorMessage(): Unspecified error; Source(): XCPCRdmptn.RdRDOSession"
REBOOT
Change to sync contacts only, 1-way sync to computer, always use device data
"Sync was unsuccessful
CPreferencesManager: Configuration Value for /Preferences/Account_1_65537/DevicePin not set in TransConfig.xml for translator RimBB"
REBOOT
Application went through the whole process and hung for about 15 minutes and then completed successfuly syncing contacts only.
Change to callendar only. Sync completed successfuly. No hang or errors. very quick.
A new recurring appointment on the device was not transferred to the computer.
Sync callendar again, completed successfuly.
Appointment is still not transferred to computer.
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When laying out tables in Word, I like to use thin horizontal lines (cell borders) and thick-ish white vertical lines. The vertical white cell borders create a subtle negative space that is less cluttered than the typical boxed-in-all-sides style.
Issue 1.
In Pages, horizontal cell borders seem to take precedence over vertical cell borders so my vertical white line trick doesn't work. Is there a way to force my vertical white cell borders to "show up" over my think black horizontal cell borders?
Issue 2.
So, for the time being, I'm not using vertical white cell borders in tables; instead, I set the vertical cell borders to "none." Unfortunately, when I try to set the default table style using a table with no vertical cell borders, Pages adds the vertical cell borders anyway. Does anyone know a way to get Pages to surrender?
Message was edited by: Steve in Seattle

I must apologizes.
It seems that I didn't understand well the problem.
Issue 1.
In Pages, horizontal cell borders seem to take precedence over vertical cell borders so my vertical white line trick doesn't work. Is there a way to force my vertical white cell borders to "show up" over my think black horizontal cell borders?
NO
Issue 2.
So, for the time being, I'm not using vertical white cell borders in tables; instead, I set the vertical cell borders to "none." Unfortunately, when I try to set the default table style using a table with no vertical cell borders, Pages adds the vertical cell borders anyway. Does anyone know a way to get Pages to surrender?
I checked and here, aftere defining a new default format with vertical lines set to none, this format is used when I cvreate a new table.
But the same with horizontal lines doesn't apply.
_Go to "Provide Pages Feedback" in the "Pages" menu_, describe what you wish.
Then, cross your fingers, and wait _at least_ for iWork'10
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Try:
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Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync/delete all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
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IOS6... How do I see the full screen when watching youtube videos and second the map quality is very poor, foggy most of the time and images overlap to each other... Can I restore to IOS6 if these problems can not be solved?

I just upgraded to IOS6 and I have some difficulties that I never had on IOS5:
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Luis757 wrote:
If these problems can not be solved, how do I downgrade back to IOS5?
Regards,
Luis
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My newly purchased Iphone 5s(space grey) has poor network strength. I am using airtel carrier. Sometimes it lost the coverage of network.And very fluctuating network. If I use same card in any other phones like sony,nokia etc I have full network coverage. Is it normal???

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Restore the iPhone as new.
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Verify that the iPhone is properly set up on the account with the appropriate, current data plan.
Verify that there are no account-related blocks.
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If none of the above steps resolves the issue, contact your carrier, make an appointment at an Apple Retail Store, or contact AppleCare.
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