JohnnyBravo Am I right to assume that, e.g., Vanadium works ok over Wi-Fi? Is it easy to visit an area that is "real Verizon", or at least served by a different carrier? Is it easy for you to try a different SIM card (ideally from a different carrier, but even from a non-iOS device on your carrier could be interesting)?
If you pull up the status screen (Pretend to "call" *#*#4636#*#*
, select "Phone information"), do you see anything interesting? What is your preferred network type set to? Is "Cbrs Data" on or off?