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can hardly get any reception in the house. drops calls all the time.

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

Sprint is the only carrier we can get "loud and clear" I tested all the major carriers when we moved here from North Cal. last year and by far Sprint is the best! great reception throughout Sierra madre but a couple of spotty areas in Arcadia. My wife has T-Mobile thru her company and she can get no reception at our house. She has to drive around to make a phone call or check email. Would love to be able to get the I-Phone but... ..

On a good day I might have three bars in my house. I walk around the house saying can you hear me? Åre you there? no dropped calls? he-he, looking to switch carriers.

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

There is one specific location in my house that will work but that being said, I have to stand there for the entire conversation. Walking out of my house and about half of block, I get better reception. It got better when AT&T merged with Cingular. But its not a sure thing. I work in Downtown LA and hang in Hollywood a lot and Cingular works alright most of the time. Unlike their commercials, I get tons of dropped calls. I never use to get so many dropped calls before they merged with AT&T. I am switching to Verizon. I've heard great things.

No signal in the house, barley useable outside. Next door neighbor has great reception with Verizon

Poor to No Reception. The servicew is terrible on all makes of Nextel phone in this area. Less than a year ago, before Sprint (BS), the service was above average. Now, I'm looking to switch service. And I'm not alone!

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.

Usually decent coverage in Arcadia, Temple City, El Monte, Pasadena, etc. T-Mobile has really improved recently, I used to get bad reception but suddenly it's gotten a lot better.