And that is the hope for 4G or LTE or whatever the hell it is called this week. LTE/4G or whatever would provide companies like VZW the ability to be more a global competitor and would essentially provide a standard for most carriers accept Sprint. Sprint apparently has decided to use a different standard, which will freeze them out of the ability to share other carrier's towers. And although I am pulling this from the dark region, I imagine the goal is for cell carriers to go the way of the copper carriers. On Jun 30, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> Oh, no arguments about ATT's customer service. It *is* lousy. Verizon's seems > somewhat less lousy. As for coverage though, Verizon's better in some places, > ATT's better in others. Personally, I wish everyone would be on one mobile > standard, to make roaming easier so coverage isn't such a huge deal. > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY > > > > On Jun 30, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Perhaps. But ATT also has *horrible customer service. And VZ's coverage is >> better as well. Also for me there's an added incentive in that my husband >> is on VZ, so we'd save some $$ being on the same network. >> Donna >> On Jun 30, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: >> >>> And, if (I say if, because we've seen this rumor now in one form or anothr >>> for a couple years) Verizon does get the iPhone, count on their network >>> being over capacity, just like AT&T's. They have better coverage *now*, >>> maybe, they have better bandwidth, *now*, maybe, but if things had gone >>> differently and Verizon were the exclusive iPhone carrier back at the >>> beginning, I'd be willing to wager the results would be the same as they >>> are now, only with a different carrier name. True that the iPhone spread >>> over several carriers will be better for everyone and will spread out the >>> data usage somewhat, but don't be surprised if we start seeing the same >>> complaints about Verizon's network capacity as we do now about AT&T's. >>> -- >>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA >>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 30, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>> >>>> Count me in for the party!!!! >>>> Donna >>>> On Jun 30, 2010, at 12:21 PM, Cody Hurst wrote: >>>> >>>>> um, yeah vzw has a 10 times better 3g coverage not to mention awesome >>>>> call quality. i'm sick and tired of having dropped calls. so I cant' wait >>>>> lets all throw a party. >>>>> On Jun 30, 2010, at 12:18 PM, Chris Moore wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Yeah January 2011 right? So is that a big deal for you guys? is Horizon >>>>>> a better network? I guess it will ease some of the traffic on AT&T. >>>>>> The iPhone in the UK is available in the UK by 7 providers now (O2, >>>>>> Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin, Tesco and 3). Guess we are spoilt >>>>>> for choice now, shame the tariffs are not so good now that the unlimited >>>>>> data is gone. >>>>>> On 30 Jun 2010, at 17:19, Donna Goodin wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> For all those waiting so long for this announcement, I just learned on >>>>>>> another list that VZ has announced it's getting the iphone. >>>>>>> Finally!!!! 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