We live in Hemingway, and verizon admits we are in a dead zone. We also have an extender and it does not matter. Verizon has made promises, but we continue to have drop call after drop call. There are some 400 residents with the same problem. You had better check.

I have ATT and when I am in the Villages it works great all over. Donna has Verizon - not so much in some places.. We both have Iphones

OP said she will be located near Savannah Center. The problem areas seem to be just north and south of 466A, a long way from Savannah Center.

I haven't heard any complaints with cell phone coverage north of 466, so I guess any of the cell providers have good coverage there.

We live south of 466A in Hillsborough. In and around our home the iPhone is almost useless.
I bought an Ooma unit, the unit was $99 and we only pay the taxes each month of about $4. Works great, runs off the internet (VOIP). Too bad that we have to buy extenders and other phone systems when we pay Verizon, AT&T so much each year. I called Verizon and they offered to sell me a $300 range extender. They should include this if you ask me.

We are on the southside and AT&T gave us a microcell box (routes cell phone calls through our broadband router) for no cost. It works great.

We live in Gilchrest, on Pinellas. No phone issues at all. We use an old iPhone 4 and a iPhone 5s and have AT&T.

We haven't had problems with dropped calls anywhere in The Villages. No extender of any type needed.

Cricket! Cheap and reliable all over , including when traveling. Cricket is owned by AT&T, so that's the network they use. We live in Glenbrook, close to Savannah.

Anyone use Straighttalk? Verizon or ATT versions?

I have a regular cell phone about 5 years old with AT&T service. Have had no usage problem throughout The Villages or anywhere else.

Had T- Mobile with no success so we asked people who live and work in TV and other areas of Florida any most said to get Verizon and they were right we switched and have had no problems with them.

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After nearly 15 years with different cell phone services here, I can assure you that in the Villages VERIZON is by far the best, most consistent service available.

Consumer Cellular is the best I have ever found. They require no contract, and their rates are WAY MORE competitive than anyone else. A typical monthly bill for two users runs around $45 and you can change your plan, via the web at any time, so you can wait until the last day of the billing period and select the cheapest rate plan for your voice/data actually usage that month! :-)

Consumer Cellular (CC) uses the AT&T network so you have the excellent coverage of AT&T worldwide (we have virtually never lacked a good connection and have traveled the world, even in the wilds of Africa where there was solid cell service!).

Finally CC has the best customer service I have ever encountered. All agents are based in the US, and are uniformly polite and very helpful.

If you have an AARP Membership there is a 5% discount off your monthly fees.

In my humble opinion, CC is one great company! [:-)}

Switched from AT&T to Verizon in 2011 due to poor coverage not only here but throughout the USA. We get great Verizon coverage here in ST Charles and all over the USA while traveling in our motorhome.

I have had Verizon for 4 years and have never had a problem anywhere in the Villages or the outskirts.

Verizon, hands down. Tried other carrier (AARP) and calls were dropped repeatedly in The Villages. Up north, we laugh at our neighbors who are outside making calls. We say to each other "They don't have Verizon". You get what you pay for.