My phone wont get reception?

I have verizon wirless. I live in PA and I went on vacation to Kansas for a few weeks. I got back reception there...all farm ya know? and then when I got home I get NO reception. if I send a text it takes 5 minutes to send and I sometimes dont get texts...

people sendme for a few hours or even never. I tried the *228 thing and itdidnt do anything. I cant afford a new. phone thought. what can I do???

Be the squeakiest wheel you can be. Call Verizon with your complaints, and don't get off the phone until you have no doubt whatsoever that everyone who later hears the recording will think you're the biggest bi7ch in the free world. Throw around a lot of sentences like all my friends have T-mobile, and they never have any problems.

At the very least, you'll get tossed a new phone to keep you a customer. However, it might simply be a reality that Verizon doesn't have very good coverage where you live.