The signal fades after a minute or two while in my house in Taneytown MD.
We moved here from Frederick MD and had no trouble with signals until we
moved here. Outside of the house it seems OK. I've called Sprint a few
times about this and the call always end up with "I will notify engineering
about the problem."
Nothing has improved. The last call today the tech told me to keep the
phone on Roaming Only. Although I haven't tried it yet the option doesn't
seem to be viable -- even on Roaming Only the bars vary from one bar to 4
bars while I sit and watch the phone. Plus I can imagine after a few weeks
of this I would be getting a "Cease and Desist" letter from Sprint.

My contract runs out in July and I need to explore my options. Changing
carriers is the obvious choice, but I've been with Sprint for a lot of
years, and haven't had that much trouble with them, other than the
occasional billing error.
My questions are can I transfer my number and Treo 700p to another carrier
and if so -- how?
Is there a better way to deal with this with Sprint -- maybe getting a tech
to come by the house ;)

They claim there are sufficient towers in the area and they also claim that
when my signal starts to fade it should automatically switch to another
carrier -- I believe they mentioned in this area they have a contract with
Verizon. But that doesn't happen.
Even when I switch the phone from Allow Roaming to Roaming Only the Signal
gets lost for a second or two.

Sorry for the long winded post -- any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks,
JAW