whenever my group goes riding out in the middle of the desert the only phones that get reception are the verizon ones. we were very far out once and one of my buddies went flying off a cliff. he broke his hip, punctured a lung, broke his collar bone, ruptured his spleen, and many more things. we were very far out, near logandale. nobodys phone could get reception. there were about ten of us. thank the baby jesus that one dude had a verizon phone. he was able to call for help and get a helicopter out there. they told us that another few minutes and he would have died. VERIZON saves lives !!!!!!!!