Verizon, AT&T Reach "Map for That" Ceasefire
Verizon, AT&T Reach "Map for That" Ceasefire
Posted 12/02/2009 at 1:58pm
| by Bart Salisbury
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Maybe cooler heads finally prevailed in the recent tit-for-tat spat between AT&T and Verizon Wireless. It’s been announced that the two companies have agreed to drop lawsuits each have against each other. Time to move on.
The snit between the two seems to have started when Verizon sued AT&T over which company was truly America’s most reliable. AT&T then took umbrage Verizon’s “Map for That” campaign, which showed just how puny AT&T’s 3G coverage was in relation to Verizon’s.
It doesn’t appear that part of the deal was Verizon’s dropping it’s claim to ‘superior’ 3G coverage. The smack-down over which of the two has America’s most reliable coverage, unfortunately, remains unsettled.
Image Credit: Verizon Wireless
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jlh304
December 02, 2009 at 7:59pm
You are leaving AT&T coverage for Sprint? I could see going over to Verizon for coverage. I guess if your in a good zone around where you live with sprint and don't travel much they will be fine.
big_montana
December 03, 2009 at 6:40am
Obviously, you have not used Sprint recently. Their 3G coverage is just as wide as Verizon and despite the claims of AT&T and Verizon, is much faster. According to independant testing, Sprints 3G service is faster on downlaods, while AT&T ahs the faster network on uploads. I do not know about you, but I do think most people conduct more downloads than uploads from their phones. Also, Sprint is the only carrier currently rolloin gout a 4G network. 80 million Americans will have coverage by end of this year and it will be completely rolled out world wide by end of 2011. It is currently in over 145 countries with over 1 billion people having access. AT&T and Verizon's 4G network is still in the planning stage. Sprints is also backed by Intel.
Quakindude
December 02, 2009 at 7:29pm
I've got AT&T and their coverage SUCKS. As soon as this contract is up, I'll be a Sprint customer.
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