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Sprint fixed this notorious digital dead zone about 6+ months ago.

Absolutely GREAT! I had Verizon before, and Spring blows Verizon out of the water. Seriously, if you live near Peninsula high school, get Sprint. I can actually call and text now, which I never did with Verizon!

Verizon signal (on PagePlus) is strong inside the east end of the house, in the yard, and in the street. Wow I can actually use my cellphone at home, get and send texts... it's far better than both Sprint and AT&T! Away from home, Verizon works almost everywhere.

I have the Helio / Sprint service phone for about 2 years and it works great anywhere in the hills. Used to be a faithful Verizon customer before I moved to Palos Verdes. No carrier other than Sprint / Helio works in this city.

When we were with AT&T, the signal was non-existent. With Verizon, it's excellent. Signal drops going through the slide area to San Pedro, and around the Pt. Vicente Lighthouse, but otherwise very good.

I'm the only person at my work who ever has cell reception, and mine is perfect with Sprint.

Indoors, reception can vary from full 5 bars sweeping to 1 or 2 sometime none. But this new phone definitely is much better than my previous Samsung A680 because it is usable. I also have the free roaming feature to test out the Verizon service and Sprint seems to have a stronger signal most of the time in PV.

To the person who was asking about Rancho Palos Verdes, Sprint works good there. To the person with the Samsung SPH-N400 Sprint phone: Get a new phone. That's very likely you're problem right there. That phone is very old and technology has improved since then. Try a new Sanyo or Motorola this time and I bet you'll see a big difference.

Verizon is very reliable in most of the South Bay. There are some dead spots in PV, which I find very annoying. The two locations are (1) Hawthorne Blvd. between Granvia Altamira and Indian Peak Rd (near Peninsula Center) and (2) Crenshaw Blvd. right where it ends at the intersection with Crest Rd. Other than that, it's been totally fine--including El Segundo where I work near LAX. There are some weak spots there, too, but nothing major. From what I read from everyone else's comments, Verizon seems to be one of the best!

Generally solid reception all around PV Dr.from San Pedro through PV Estates with exception of a couple of dead spots between Lunada Bay and Malaga Cove. Sprint much better than Verizon in Abalone Cove area; Cingular and T-Mobile very spotty there. Verizon better in northern PVE area.