my husband had cingular for like 2 years and hated it.. never wanted to use his phone.. always had dropped calles, never had any receptions.. always had to use my phone..
so he thought maybe it was the phone, he got the black razor.. and that was a piece of doo doo LOL.. the battery life on his was poop and the reception was still poop.. so he got the SLVR and it was nice and all, but the reception everywhere we went was awful!!
so we got a family plan together and he made the switch to Verizon and he said he's mad that he didn't switch sooner!

its pricey, but well worth it in my opinion.. all my friends and family have verizon, so its like i never use any minutes!