Ask HN: My Verizon iPhone - Network or coincidence? Searching...

My Verizon iPhone arrived Monday. Tuesday, I had to reboot because "Searching..." along top wouldn't go away until I did so. Today, this has happened three times. The phone will NOT re-establish connection with the network on its own. The only way I've found to do it is to recycle.

Called Verizon today and asked if this was a coincidence, or if network was having issues. He stated coincidence, and had me reset connection via *228.

Twenty minutes ago...lost signal again, for third time today.

I've been a long time Verizon customer and I've had other phones work without flaw from my home (where I've been all day). I gave up my droid and am definitely second guessing this decision - for reasons more than one.

I am totally in love with the responsiveness of the iPhone touchscreen. But I definitely need a phone too and was hoping the connection issues were tied to AT&T - a company I would never switch to and is why I gave android a try to begin with.

So, I guess time will tell. Do I have a defective phone, is Verizon network having a temporary glitch, is Verizon network suddenly being bogged down by all the activations or is this simply a coincidence that will disappear in a day or two? Time will tell, but I'm curious to know if anyone else on Verizon with iPhone is having same issue.