Scott wrote:

> Verizon is not the be-
> all, end-all carrier. The fact is that nobody is. The quicker you accept
> this fact, the easier it is to see the world in real terms.

I have never stated that Verizon was the be-all, end-all, etc.

However there is a reason why they are consistently rated as having the
best coverage and quality by every major independent survey--surveys
with huge sample sizes, with methodology beyond question. If you look at
the carrier maps for the metro areas that these surveys cover, you'll
find that they show coverage that is about equal among all the carriers,
yet clearly the carriers are not equal in coverage, as the survey
results show. Surely you're not going to pull a Navas and start making
ridiculous statements about the surveys from CR, JDP, YG, etc.!

> Verizon has coverage holes. Stones in glass houses, Steve.

You said for every Sprint hole that there was a corresponding Verizon
hole. If that were true, and the holes were of equal size, then Sprint
would not be rated so poorly in comparison.

I can't use Sprint. There are large gaps in coverage in the city I live
in, as well as surrounding cities, gaps that don't exist for Verizon.
The reasons are PCS versus Cellular bands, as well as fewer cell sites.