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Everyone in my family has iPhone -- and all of a sudden doesn't work at all in this area! Am so bummed -- because I was getting ready to switch over to iPhone and change from Verizon. Verizon works perfectly here.

AT&T had a contract with T-Mobil for a tower at the corner of Cathedral Oaks and San Marcos until last month. That is why that corridor has gone dead. I've called 3 times trying to get them out to put up a tower. They said that they will "flag" the area but so far no luck. They said that the more people call and complain the sooner the area will get fixed.

So excited to get an iPhone for Xmas---so disappointing to find no reception at home with AT&T (the carrier that iPhone chose to use)! Generally not good in this area, and weak in many other Montecito locales. Previously I had Verizon and it worked just fine!

It seems like almost all of West Montecito is poor. Westmont college has no reception as do the surrounding homes and those in the canyon.

Just south of Hollister on the border of Goleta and Noleta (Hollipat Center Dr.): pretty bad service: calls drop if I move around too much in my apartment; frequently difficult to hear as signal seems to fade in and out. It may be the phone's fault, not Sprint's.

I've gotten good reception all over the populated areas in and around Santa Barbara with Verizon for the last 5 years that I've used the service. (I rarely talk on the phone while driving, so can't comment on while-moving communications.) The only place I frequent that has weak reception is way back in the hills, near the Rancho Oso camping areas. Have been very happy with Verizon in Santa Barbara, Goleta, Carpinteria, and the Santa Ynez Valley.

Calls are dropped regularly. No cell towers anywhere near.

I always lose calls at this location. I switched to Cingular because ATT didn't work here either.

I live up on APS, and I get virtualy no reception. On rare occasions, l will get one bar, and will be able to make a few phone calls, but in this area, dropped / missed calls are a guarantee

There is nothing I hate more than having a nice dinner at Piatti's in Montecito and then trying to call our driver on the cell to come pick us up and not being able to connect! Fortunately, the hostess is more than happy to call our driver from the restaurant phone to come get us... She probably just wants to get rid of us! :-)