ok everyone, heres the final solution!! I went to my verizon wireless store yday and talked to my rep/friend. its NOT the verizon network, i repeat, its NOT VERIZON. the fones (4g phones) came out with a small batch where they had this little glitch in them. He took my phone, powered off my wireless network from the phone and also disconnected my number from Verizon's system. he reconnected my number as well as my phones wireless settings, rebooted the phone and POOF, it works. its been a little under 24 hours and havent had the problem since. So if you're experiencing this problem, go to the verizon store and explain to them that they need to disconnect you from the network both via phone and their system and then reconnect it. If they try to tell you otherwise, theyre just giving you pushback to not do their jobs!