Even in the comfort of your own home, you might get shoddy cell service from time to time. Maybe your text messages aren't going through, or calls keep dropping right in the middle of a conversation.

When your phone struggles to find signal, don't just blame your carrier. Try these troubleshooting tips first.

Nothing kills the vibe of a road trip faster than your music cutting out and your GPS freezing because you've hit a dead zone. Spotify playlist? Totally dead. Bad reception isn't just annoying; on a ...

I grew up watching The X-Files. In the late 1990s, cell phone reception was nothing like it is today. So back then, I couldn't help but question how Scully and Mulder could call their boss, Skinner, ...

Tricks like moving closer to a cell tower, charging your smartphone battery, or connecting to Wifi Calling can fix a bad phone signal in just a couple minutes.

We take for granted that our phones usually have a signal, and recently I got to visit a top secret facility that keeps everything up and running. It’s one of Verizon’s many secret switch facilities ...