The Truth: AT&T Coverage and Verizon's Misrepresentation

I am very unhappy with the way Verizon is misrepresenting information to boost up its sales, trapping customers on to a network that is not upgradable or will not be upgraded in the near future.

Where as AT&T continues win all the benchmarks and is working towards building a better an faster wireless infrastructure.

• Gizmodo: Our 2009 12-City 3G Data Mega Test: AT&T Won
• Engadget: The best mobile data carrier in America
• The Wall Street Journal: Insider Pushes Ma Bell Beyond Just Phones
• Network World: AT&T tops in 3G wireless speeds, study finds.
• Telephony Online: Exclusive: Testing shows AT&T 3G network outperforming VZW
• AppleInsider: AT&T defends its data network from Verizon ad attacks

Verizon - "Envy eats nothing but your own heart!", Driod is a very good phone agreed and iPhone need to improve its reception abilities. Also iPhone's unlimited data plan is a serious blow but that doesn't mean you can falsify information to potential customers.

Recent announcements of network enhancements from AT&T include:

• AT&T Brings 3G Mobile Broadband Network to Tupelo, Miss.
• AT&T Brings 3G Mobile Broadband Network to Monroe, La.
• AT&T Expands 3G Wireless Coverage in Birmingham, Ala.
• AT&T Brings 3G Mobile Broadband Network to Virginia's Northern Neck
• AT&T Lights up 3G Mobile Broadband Network in Tioga, Schuyler and Chemung Counties in New York
• AT&T Expands 3G Mobile Broadband Network in Madisonville, Ky.

Quoted from Apple Insider

Verizon's 3G ruse

This historical setting allows Verizon to compare its entire data network against just the faster portion of AT&T's 3G mobile data network while ignoring AT&T's existing 2.5G network that approaches Verizon's EVDO in speed. By only comparing the newest segment of AT&T's network, Verizon can advertise "3G maps" that are technically accurate, but grossly misleading to users who want to obtain data service to download email and access the web.

It also appears that Verizon is counting its service areas providing less than Rev A service as part of its 3G coverage, when in fact these deliver about the same performance as AT&T's EDGE service.

Verizon doesn't mention that the network data activities it presents in its advertisements don't require 3G service and will work with any data service. Nor does it call attention to the fact that AT&T's 3G network is already as much as twice as fast as its own, and is in the process of being upgraded to even faster service.

Verizon's own LTE upgrade plans won't kick in for at least another year or two and won't be available to existing phone users (as new LTE phones will be required to use it); modern phones like the iPhone 3GS can already use the faster 7.2 Mbit service AT&T is in the process of deploying.