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Very poor service on heavy traffic days suggests the overall AT&T infrastructure is inadequate for the abundance of smart phones now in use. AT&T loves to sell the fancy equipment and data plans but cannot service the additional bandwidth demand caused by such use. Hmmmm...

I live in the Malibu Bay Club near Neptune's Net and have Verizon Droid X. I have no major problems. Pretty decent. Not great, but consistently good.

I wish we had cell service that worked for all of Malibu. Sprint works well in Malibu Park when they aren't working on a tower (which is more frequent than you'd think). My phone also doesn't work at Pepperdine.

Same problem as those on heathercliff terrible reception have to stand in a 3 foot sq. area of my home or go outside to talk. Along p.c.h. numerous drop spots. Will check out Sprint and Verizon but not optimistic about any providers service...

AT&T (attempt to talk) in Malibu is terrible. Drops everywhere, bad service on Point Dume, Zuma, non up Coral Cyn. Terrible. Oh, and not limited to Malibu, I drop calls driving down the 101 and the 10 too - in the middle of the city. Constantly bad! So... Waited and waited for Sprint to release their iphone 4s. Just pre-ordered Sprint iphone and waiting for it to be shipped... now we'll see... Many of my friends have Sprint in Malibu and it works well, hopefully Sprint will work well on the iphone 4S in Malibu too.

zip - nada - Nothing. Staying here for a few week -- would be nice if my phone worked.

ATT - stands for "Attempt to Call" Really terrible service in Malibu. We only have ATT because of the Iphone, will switch to Sprint immediately when they get iPhone. Friends have Sprint and their phones always work in Malibu. My ATT has no reception from Heathercliff at Pavilionsto Kanan, along PCH, drops all throughout PCH to Santa Monica and when it does work, it's bad. Up Kanan is touch and go, drop 3-4 times to the 101. Corral Cyn, nothing, no reception at all. ATT finally gave me a booster (Microcell) for my house in PTC, free because we couldn't use the iPhones at home. If you live anywhere near Point Dume stay away from ATT.

Only doesn't work in very deep canyons. Works all along Kanan and PCH. Doesn't work well at the top of Decker or along Muholland. Works well in west San Fernando Valley.

T Mobile's coverage map indicates GOOD / MODERATE coverage in this location. Calls to customer service admitted There are coverage issues at this location, and that the "engineers are working on the problem". CS also admitted no timetable existed for fixing the problem. Bait and switch it appears to me. Any other T Mobile complaints in 90265 County Line / Boney Mountain area?

My mom lives in this area, and I am surprised by how good Sprint's coverage is when I go and visit her. With that said, it seems like once a year in the summer there is always a problem with reception. When I call and ask about the problem (I pay the bill so it is easier for me to check up on it) Sprint claims that it is due to "repairs". The thing is that she always has this problem in August. She is also not the only person with this problem. There is one spot at the bottom of her hill where you can see all the Sprint customers making calls during the downtime. We know they are Sprint customers because we have asked them what carrier they are with. Overall I am very happy with Sprint's service. I'm glad to know that at least eleven months out of the year my mom can make calls from her home, and I know I will get reception when I go to visit her. Sprint has also been nice enough to pay for the month that she does not receive coverage without having to ask for it.