AT&T and Verizon mutually drop lawsuits, customers rejoice

No "both" companies DIDNT look "pretty stupid." When Verizon came out with THEIR commercials they were doing nothing but telling the truth. AT&T's 3g coverage sucks. period. And thats the few places they even HAVE 3g coverage. At&t didnt like that fact that Verizon put them on front street by showing the map of their ACTUAL 3g coverage. So At&t files a lawsuit THEN comes out with their own commericials which were so DECEPTIVE im surprised they were even allowed by law to air them. In those commericals where the guy is standing on a map of the US throwing out post cards on places where they have coverage the guy fails to mention that most of those areas arent 3G coverage but just regular coverage. Its really hard to imaging any of you guys actually being att fan boys/girls so im going to chalk it up to your lapse in judgement being due to the iphone. That phone is so amazing I can see why someone would settle for the suckiest carrier out there. As soon as the Iphone is made non exclusive though im afraid at&t's days will be numbered as a wireless carrier.

4G IS A SPRINT EXCLUSIVE....GO AHEAD ARGUE ABOUT YOUR 3G SERVICE WHILE SPRINT ENJOYS 4G BWAHAHHAHAHAHAH

Now maybe ATT &/or Apple can finally make VOIP on 3g a reality. And let's not forget about that tethering promise ATT!

BTW - Sprint is practically bankrupt and doesn't even own their network anymore. While they try desparately to position themseves as a 4g data carrier (VOIP anyone), you have got to wonder if they can make it happen before they run out of capital and customers.

AT&T STILL does not have any service what-so-ever in Fargo, ND.... or the rest of North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana.

No coverage = no point in getting an iPhone (which I would love).

So I got a Droid on Verizon, which has the best service and 3G coverage in ND, SD and MT.

Take that AT&T- you obviously don't want my money.

I dunno, I have used the iPhone all over the US and world with no problems. For use in the States the ability to make a call while getting data pretty much is the reason to use an iPhone on ATT...

I see where At&t was going with their lawsuit, regardless of the fact that Verizon clearly states they are talking about 3g coverage. It's easy for non-technical people and the average cell phone user to see commercials like that and say "well verizon has way more coverage than at&t" when it makes no difference for making normal phone calls.

true enough. when the iphone goes beyond at&t, it will signal the downfall of at&t. sell your stock.


and use the money to buy AAPL.

AT&T and Verizon were distracting the field with 3G issues so that nobody would notice Sprint has 4G.

The big two got what they wanted which is to get everyone talking about their 3G issues all the while defocusing Sprint's 4G.

The most damaging thing AT&T has done in this battle is refuse to discuss the 3G coverage issue at the center of the debate.

Verizon shows users that AT&T's 3G coverage sucks and AT&T is like "Liars! We have the FASTEST network!" - as if users don't know the difference between 'coverage' and 'speed'.

Speeds in areas not covered is 0 Mbps.

The latest one has AT&T being called up on the carpet for 3G coverage again and them replaying: "Liars! We have VERY LITTLE CHURN!"

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AT&T marketing doesn't recognize how far spin goes - it only goes so far - its not unlimited in its ability to distract customers from the argument - if you push it past the limit it just makes things much worse.

At some point, even politicians know they have to abandon spin and "hang a lantern on their problem". AT&T just insists on completely ignoring their customers #1 complaint.

If AT&T doesn't consider their own 3G coverage inferior, then what do we as customers have to look forward to as far as them improving it?

I am totally psyched to get a Verizon iPhone, cant wait!

Yes, AT&T - please use the money to fix your network and customer service. Last month I called them to report lousy DSL service (using my iPhone) and the techie said the call wasn't clear! I told her I was using AT&T and she should report the problem!