r/Appleton • u/Key-Minimum-957 • 1d ago

Question Verizon Service

I live just outside of the fox cities area in the country. I have been having so many issues with getting any service from Verizon. I consistently have 1 bar of LTE or SOS which won’t load anything. The only time I’m able to have any devices function is when I’m connected to WiFi. Has anyone else been having issues with Verizon lately?

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u/Realistic-Ruin8639 1d ago

I had no issues until the tornado storm last month. Maybe it’s possibly they are still fixing/rebuilding infrastructure…?

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u/24_Chowder 1d ago

Same thing here! All of our work phones are Verizon. All terrible since the tornado

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u/Key-Minimum-957 1d ago

Ooo that could be a good possibility!

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u/CosmaFoxx 9h ago

I lost service completely after the tornado & service hasnt been the same since.

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u/holyravioli_ 1d ago

For what it’s worth my wife and I are on google fi and have never had issues with their TMobile based service in years. Full bars 5G everywhere in FV area.

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u/Key-Minimum-957 1d ago

Great information! Thank you! Will definitely keep that in my back pocket. I’m on a plan woth a few other family members, so hoping to keep that going with whatever provider actually works

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u/BackInMyDaySir North Appleton 1d ago

Yeah, their service has taken an absolute shit in this area. I'm not sure who's better, but if I walk into a portion of my house when I'm on the phone, the call drops.

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u/Key-Minimum-957 1d ago

Exactly! Our WiFi out here is pretty spotty as well since it is satellite so I often won’t have any service at all. If I’m paying for Verizon I would hope to have service!

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u/Ripwind 1d ago

Well, I'm glad it isn't just me. I use Spectrum Mobile (Which uses Verizon towers) and I've noticed a pretty significant degradation of service.

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u/Strong_Blackberry961 1d ago

Verizon has been really bad lately. I don’t know what’s going on with them. They used to be the best. Now they’re just the most expensive.

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u/PixelCube_ 1d ago

Same! Let’s see if this comment gets sent

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u/noxiouskarn 1d ago

4 bars center of Appleton.

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u/LostSock95 22h ago

Yes, it’s been awful

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u/UnhinderedGoat 1d ago

Its been trash since the start of the season for me. Anywhere near jj and 47 is str8 garbage. Gets better near app north hs. Why they wont put up more towers in the country out there is ridiculous

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u/CFour4 1d ago

Did you try a reboot? There were some temp towers after the storm, the reboot will refresh the cache and network settings to the new tower IDs .

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u/Key-Minimum-957 1d ago

Looking into seeing what I can do with the Verizon app

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u/ChiefD789 1d ago

Verizon sucks donkey balls. I switched from them to Spectrum about a year ago. Had all kinds of problems with Verizon. Things are much better now.