>> I've now had AT&T for nearly six months with no problems either.
>> Since I have had no problems with either Sprint or AT&T I fail to see
>> why I should be impressed with Verizon when they have zero coverage
>> in at least one area that I am in all of the time, and they passed up
>> the only phone that could have possibly gotten me to switch.
>>
> You too failed to read the other three citations I gave you. You're picking
> and choosing the semantics which suit your argument. Read all of them and
> more detail will emerge. It's not me that has to grow up. You're the one
> adamantly defending a carrier on the verge of going out of business and
> which does have the worst rep for call reliability, whether you want to
> accept that or not, and you're on this thread justifying your decision
> because why, if I'm the "drama queen"? Perhaps the reason Verizon users are
> not jumping in talking about where their coverage was better than the other
> carriers is BECAUSE THE LIST WOULD BE TOO LONG! :-)

LOL, and of course his whole premise is wrong to begin with since in
fact Verizon does have coverage in the area in question, just not native
coverage.

> By the way, while I'm just as disappointed as you that Verizon passed up the
> iPhone opportunity, I have to say that if Verizon were an individual person
> we would be complimenting their moral character, not criticizing them. Apple
> trying to make a deal which cuts into the service provider's revenues is a
> bit self-serving and arrogant, I think. Verizon telling them to f___ off is
> sort of ballsy, dontcha think?

Perhaps the Verizon executives weren't briefed as to the proper protocol
when dealing with Steve Jobs.

> And last, I might ask you why you think Apple approached Verizon first? It
> couldn't be because Sprint was the better choice for them but they wanted to
> start at the bottom, could it? :-)

Verizon had the largest retail subscriber base, and hence the largest
market for iPhones. While AT&T's network has more users, AT&T has a much
larger percentage of prepaid users on MVNOs, who would not be able to
buy the iPhone. I don't think it was anything more sinister than
starting at the carrier with the most sales potential, then working
their way down.

As to why Verizon turned them down, one of the reasons was that they
would have had to put the iPhone on their 3G network, but at a price
point much lower than they currently charge. AT&T solved the problem by
only allowing Apple to do the 2G iPhone on EDGE, at least initially.
It'll be interesting to see if the upcoming 3G iPhone has the same plan
pricing as the 2G, or if they'll have two plans, one for EDGE and one
for HSDPA at different prices.