Same here, except I have a Thunderbolt. My boyfriend's Droid has been having data drops too. I'm in Syracuse NY, and he's in Cortland NY. Seems to be a widespread thing.
My data was horrible all weekend. Dropped out 5 times in an hr yesterday. I usually don't get many drop-outs. I decided to apply the leaked update that everyone is saying matches the OTA. I have been fine ever since. I have been between Rochester NY and East of there.
I was in NYC on vacation this weekend and I was having horrible data drops... had to toggle airplane mode on and off each time I wanted to use data. Was thinking it was maybe the city and the buildings; glad to see I was wrong and that Verizon seems to be having issues.
Finally after 2 days of absolutely no data, 10 airplane mode toggles, 5 restarts, & 2 Sim cards I now have my 4G back! So nice of VZW to give new what I'm paying for...its a Christmas miracle