I did and it bugged the hell out of me. Then I went to the Verizon store, ran into some problems and the lady told me that they couldn't change my phone unless the account owner was there. I came back home and the phone worked with no more static!
So my solution, step into a Verizon store and your phone will get scared, think it's going to be trashed, and then function propertly.
No seriously though, I don't know why it suddenly stopped the static after visiting the store...