theguy@whatever.net wrote:
> i intend to get my moenys worth out of this by letting everyone that i
> can know what a bunch of total worthless pos's verizon customer
> service is, but anyone aware of any other options.
>

Two things.. First, who DOES provide service to that location? (reason I ask
is you will need to know who the provider in that location is for step
2).... Had two other carriers offer to sell me phones/contracts and said go
there and try it.....(cingular and sprint)

Step 2, for me (rural northern idaho, absolutely nobody provided service to
my home location, and even a verizon tower was about 18 miles away... I went
with a whole house repeater from Cellantenna
http://www.cellantenna.com/repeater/...g_repeater.htm They have
different models for different providers/frequencies, I had the CAE50 for
$399...
Basically it has a directional yagi antenna for the outside part, I mounted
it on the TV antenna mast and aimed it at a tower about 18 miles away.. That
was cabled to a bi-directional amp inside the house, and had an
omnidirectional rubber ducky antenna to repeat the signal inside (had a
metal snow roof, so a passive repeater won't work).. Worked for up to 10
connections at a time, me, my data card in a laptop, roomie, and various
visitors.. Turned out it spilled over to the front porch/driveway, and since
none of my neighbors phones worked elsewhere, they used to hang on my porch
(or in their cars in the driveway), to make phone calls on their cell
phones.. Was nice when it snowed, guy with a plow used to plow my drive
while he made phone calls..