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I was told this area is a "dead" zone for AT&T service. They replaced my Cingular upgrade several years ago with this model Samsung - supposidly a stronger reciever. There was no change in service. I rarely get more than 1 bar, which quickly goes to 0 bars. Calls are dropped regularly. Last week I was told to replace my simm card - I still had a Cingular card. This did not change anything. I was also told that AT&T is dropping 2G coverage - phasing it out gradually. I am on monthly service now, looking for better coverage. I believe that getting a new AT&T phone will not change the coverage. The proposed tower on Plummer between Winnetka and Oso never was approved. The neighboring tract residents across the street probably disapproved of the site. I am within 500 feet of that site. The West Valley needs better service soon.

I was about to change my carrier or my phone until I found out many others in the area were also getting poor reception.

In the residential areas north of Devonshire to the 118 Fwy between Mason and Topanga the reception is bad.

The residential area surrounding Germain Elemetary School has very poor reception with T-Mobile, usually 1-2 bars out of 5. Sprint had much better service in this area.

If you live in or around Chatsworth - Lake Manor between Plummer / Roscoe and around the reservoir, Verizon is 1 to 2 bars in spots and 0 bars around most homes. I was on Sprint and never had a connection drop. My whole family (around the country) switched to Verizon and I went with them. I'm going to try the LG VX6000 or VX4600 because I heard its the best for poor reception areas. But, I still have my Sprint account and unless the LG phones are better, I will end up cancelling the Verizon.