We've lived in our home for the last 7 years and been with Verizon for as long. Service was fine for years, but over about the last 18 months I have little to no cell phone service or data both in the house and outside of it for about a 1-2 block radius.

It seems like theres some kind of interference stopping this from happening. I often work from home and take calls all around the house and outside with no wifi. I'll need to change providers if it can't be resolved.

I live in Philadelphia in a very populated neighborhood (19125) so paying $250 for a service extender/in home tower isn't acceptable. This is both my wife and I's phone, and we've upgraded to new iphones during this problem. There should be cell phone service in a major metropolitan area. 

What can be done?