Same kind of thing here, we're technically "out of city limits" so we aren't as important... I've toyed with the idea of contacting Verizon and seeing if they want to put up a repeater on my hill, and may yet do so after my property is surveyed so we can be sure there's room for it.

That being said, I do get 100% signal on the satellite dish. I'm told by the techs that you almost never see that. too bad you can't get cell by satellite...