I think you're basing your assumptions on a map or a press statement by the wireless industry. I base mine on standing at a specific place on the earth and trying to make a phone call. With both Verizon and AT&T, in the past year. There are places without enough coverage to hold a call, much less get 3G data. I'm sure somewhere in that zip code or whatever is a tower that allows them to say it's covered, but the fact is there are still lots of people whose homes and offices and other places they require service do not have adequate coverage. I'm lucky to live and work in 3G zones, but I visit many others that are not. Have you seriously never met or heard of someone who says, "my house doesn't have 3G" or "the side of my building where my office is doesn't get enough service, I have to go to the windows on the other side to make a call"?
Things have gotten much better in the last 6 months or so, but there is still room for improvement.
“At a glance -- particularly as a non-Storm user -- you might say "wait a second, that's just a Storm." And in reality, you wouldn't be far off with that assessment.”
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I think you're basing your assumptions on a map or a press statement by the wireless industry. I base mine on standing at a specific place on the earth and trying to make a phone call. With both Verizon and AT&T, in the past year. There are places without enough coverage to hold a call, much less get 3G data. I'm sure somewhere in that zip code or whatever is a tower that allows them to say it's covered, but the fact is there are still lots of people whose homes and offices and other places they require service do not have adequate coverage. I'm lucky to live and work in 3G zones, but I visit many others that are not. Have you seriously never met or heard of someone who says, "my house doesn't have 3G" or "the side of my building where my office is doesn't get enough service, I have to go to the windows on the other side to make a call"?
Things have gotten much better in the last 6 months or so, but there is still room for improvement.