As you are probably aware, there is quite a row going on between US cell providers Verizon and AT&T. Verizon is losing customers to AT&T because pf the iPhone; AT&T is pissed because of Verizon’s “there’s a map for that” ads, which basically claim that AT&T has spotty coverage.
As someone who is currently driving from California to the east coast (posting sporadically from my iPhone), I can definitely add my experience to this debate. The bottom line? AT&T’s coverage the entire way has been pretty darned spotty. In a number of places, there was not a cell tower in sight. However, there were land lines a plenty, but who uses those anymore? *snicker, snicker*
Overall, our cross-country cellular experience has been dodgy. We only got 3G coverage in the bigger cities. The rest of the time we had, on average, about two bars on AT&T’s older, slower Edge Network. In some places, we had nothing….no cell service at all.
AT&T really needs to step up their game. They’re going to need more than Luke Wilson throwing a bunch of post cards across the US map if they’re to continue to compete against the other networks, especially now that the DROID and other Google phones offer a viable alternative to the iPhone.
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