Verizon Network Extenter ? Any good ?

[DavidinCT]

I live in a area where I get fairly good signal in the winter and when spring comes along, the leaves come back on the trees, I lose 1-2 bars on my phone. This is enough to make my home full of dead spots at this time of the year. Some rooms, we can't even make phone calls now.

This is just not my current phone, I have had this problem for years now, through a Moto flip phone (v710) a xv6700 and my 6800. My wife has a blackberry storm, she has the same problem.

I called up Verizon, pissed off(after calls dropping 3 times in one day) and after about 45 min on the phone (with the same BS troubleshooting), they told me about the Network Extender and also said they had pages of problems in my area and there was nothing they can do.

Personally, I have been with Verizon from 1997 and on our current plans give them almost $175 a month between phones. I think they should just give me one of these but, they offered me a fair deal on one.

I know it does not cover their EVO network(internet) but, it claims it improves call reception big time for about 3000-5000 sq ft.

Any one have one of these ? How well do they work ? Any real issues ?

I've seen some reviews but, wanted to hear real world usage over a little time (even a month with one).

Is there any device that will boost over all signal, incuding internet ?

Thanks !!!