New VZW user here with the Note 3 --- came over from Sprint.
For what it's worth, I kind of live in an suburban to rural area and thought the VZ service might be marginally better than Sprint where I live, which sucks for service. Or so I thought.
Got the Note 3 home and noticed a huge improvement in service and dl speeds. Excellent. Was thinking I might have to settle for mediocre service since my friend's GS3 only gets a couple bars here, but my Note 3 kicks butt where I live.
So far, I'm happy....