We have AT&T service and have received calls in The Villages, which are either garbled or dropped, dealt with it, but happy to hear that new tower(s) are being built, hopefully that will help. :BigApplause:

Sounds weird but works.
 

Inside my villa (poured concrete), on my iPhone4 with AT&T, I turn off my 3G and my Blue Tooth prior to making a phone call. This enables me to get 1-1/2 to 2bars more. I have had a call dropped during conversation but not nearly like I used to.

One more thing, with the 3G disabled, you can use the web, email, etc. or talk on the phone, but not at the same time. With 3G enabled, you can talk, surf the net, receive email etc. simultaneously.

We switched to Verizon from AT&T. Only got 0 to 1 bars in our home in Hemingway with AT&T.

Bob

Jim... I used to have US Cellular and had very good reception, when I living in Illinois. I checked and US Cellular is not available in the Villages...

I'm sure you got good reception in TV, when you visited; you just can't signup for US Cellular here.

Closed last week in St. James and we have Sprint and both of our phones have full bars and have no problem with internet service on my phone (my husband does not have a smartphone).

the problem is localized and worse with smartphones..
 

however, since we put in the microcell we are pegged at 5 bars and get excellent reception. :pepper2:

Cell phone disturbance
 

Yes, the reception is not very good, lots of people having problems. I called Sprint and they forwarded me to Texas and I had a conversation with the engineering department. They put me on hold for quite a while. They claim we have 5 towers in this vacinity and four out of the five had problems that they were working on. It happens to me with calls within the Villages. Long distance calls are no problem. Now I also heard that they are putting up nearby about 2 more towers and hopefully this is going to do the trick because it is very annoying. That's all I heard. Let's all hope it will materialize.

We also had to switch to verizon.........now we can talk in the house instead of in the driveway.......(true story)

fumar