See post 7.
In addition, Verizon’s coverage map is... somewhat optimistic. I service a client that has several field reps and engineers, and right now they’re all using ATT’s wireless net for field communications. About once every year or so, I send out field reps with competitors’ cards/services to see about coverage in the field; and every time they report problems with them.
If you want usable coverage everywhere, ATT is pretty much the only choice. Verizon is slower than they promote it as being and it has many, many, many holes.
Crap. My home and my vacation home must be the only two places that ATT doesn't have coverage. < /sarcasm>
Well that's not quite true, my son and daughter who have ATT and live in Baltimore have crap coverage just about everywhere they go. My daughter switched to Verizon but my son has an iPhone so is just living with the lousy coverage, but is not a happy camper.
On the other hand, I have never found anywhere that I have been that I did not have coverage with Verizon.
AT&T is important for those going overseas a lot etc., that’s for sure.