You can have the most advanced network in the world, it isn't worth a pint of piss if it doesn't have enough geographical coverage.
Exactly, I don't have 3g where I live but the 2 cities next to me have 3g. There about 25-30 miles from me and anytime I'm out there I pull around 2.4Mbps. This is in the State College and Altoona area. I've also used the 3g recently deployed in Erie PA and got between 1.6-2.3Mbps.
Wish I could get that where I spend 90% of my time though.