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Verizon is the only carrier I've found to work really well within Arcadia.

Verizon works great at Santa Anita Mall even inside Dave and Busters where some carriers seem to have trouble.

Verizon is great in South Arcadia... IF you have a good phone. When I had Sprint before, signal was very poor in Arcadia overall. With Verizon, although coverage is awesome all over Arcadia, there are known weak spots along Baldwin Avenue, namely where it intersects Las Tunas, and the intersects Naomi. I know people with certain LG phones drop calls like crazy there, but Motorola phones will USUALLY hold a call through these areas. To the person below me that had problems in these areas, may I recommend getting a Motorola V710, V276 or E815. You may still drop calls but the dead zones are much smaller. If the service doesn't improve with a Motorola phone, maybe switching to Sprint or Cingular would remedy the situation but I know that they suffer greatly in other parts of Arcadia.

I live near the Temple City / Arcadia border. It is my understanding that the city of Arcadia will not allow or is reluctant to allow cell phone towers to be constructed within the city. This could be the cause for such a large discrepancy of signal quality while traveling through this area regardless of what cell carrier you use. For those that are getting a great signal, it is probably a combination of a good quality phone with the way the signal travels / bounces providing you with a great reception. You are one of the fortunate ones. I have been with Verizon ever since I've purchased my first cell phone. I have never been able to use it in the house. As soon as I move away from a window or an exterior wall of the house, my call is dropped. We can only hope that the City of Arcadia will allow for a few towers to be put up within the center of the city to fill in the black hole in this portion of the SGV. If someone knows of any new changes, please post soon. I'm thinking of switching to Sprint to see if it makes a difference, at least for me. The one cell site I know of in Arcadia is this unrealistic "tree" south of the 210 freeway between Baldwin Ave. and Michillinda. You can't miss it! :)

I get full reception in almost every place in Arcadia. No dropped calls at all. I commute to Pomona daily, and maintain 5 bars the entire way there. Verizon rules the San Gabriel Valley for reception.