said by cb14:Bull. You are paying for the lack of regulation in the past. Verizon and Tea were allowed to gobble up networks which built up that coverage. Remember Alltel?? The largest geographical network in the U.S.? Who gobbled it up ? Verizon and Tea. Who gobbled up the old ATT? Cingular/SBC, the predecessor of the "new" Tea. Without that, they would be nowhere, they could not even call themselves "national carriers".
And then, the propaganda . Most people around here who have Verizon or Tea never use that coverage. I have a Verizon prepaid as a back up- my TMO phone forwards whenever there is no signal or the phone is down. I do not even get through the 100$ plus tax calling credit i buy every year. Yes, if you live in the middle of Montana things are different. But not that many people live in areas like that. Most of us live in or around huge metro areas.
Uh.. I use the AT&T coverage on a daily basis. I bounce all around Montana and Wyoming. Heck, this year I drove to Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. Coverage all the way.
Yes, I remember Alltel. I loved Alltel and their plans. Too bad Verizon bought them than divested the rest to AT&T (yes, including us). I am glad AT&T even considered us since the only GSM carrier around here was Cellular One. Thank god they finally died off.
I'm not paying $100/mo for my cell phone. I'm paying $45/mo (ST BYOP MicroSIM).