The TOWERS!
I agree it's the towers. I can move my Bionic in Fairfield 2 feet and it drops data-move it back and it connects. Dead Area? No, can still make calls, etc. Happens on RT 80, happens in PineBrook, happens all over the area. It's the North East apparently that is having the most trouble. Got worse since the OTA btw. Had the "you sound like you're underwater" with my D1. Dropped calls too. In the flight path for Newark Airport also. Friend has THUNDERBOLT and same issues. VZW will get it done. They always get it done. Making a call is more important to me than any other thing a phone can do so that is good enough for me at this point. Wish data would remain stable like everyone else, and rely on Google Maps/traffic to get me home at night, but they will get it done. Been with VZW since the beginning and they continue to "send and receive the calls" better than any other company. Sorry if anyone was looking for a VZW or MOTO bashing here, but technology is evolving and no amount of field testing can predict the unpredictable which is what apparently has happened. My BIONIC is a great handset and make my trusted D1 look like it was from the stoneage. No regrets, just fustrations that are what it is.
