The areas of Southwest and South Central Austin from Texas 45 to South Mopac to Slaughter and East toward I 35 has spotty coverage from Verizon. Using a spectrum of Samsung smart phones from 3 to 7 convinced my daughter to switch to T-Mobile after many years with Verizon. I have an LG Accolade that worked very well in Sacramento because it was flatter terrain than Austin. Calls with that phone suffer from weak signal in the areas mentioned above. A smart phone offers no interest to me as I only make phone calls either from home near Texas 45 and Escarpment or from my car using Ford MY TOUCH SYNC. Talking with the LG through the car works all over Texas from William Cannon North to beyond Dallas. The problem is, in fact, that Verizon has too few towers serving the undulating terrain in Southwest Austin.
The key to my problem is probably a basic phone with a larger antenna area which means a larger basic phone that is not necessarily a flip phone. The reason is the two antennas, one for low frequency and one for high frequency have to be spread out over a larger area than my LG Accolade flip phone provides. So I am seeking advice about Verizon's experience with customers trying different basic phones in the area of interest. Which basic phones have received the fewest customer complaints for dropped calls or calls in which only every third or fourth syllable is transmitted.
Any help will be appreciated.
Raymond [Removed]
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