AT&T versus Verizon 3G coverage
A lot of folks are anxiously awaiting the iPhone 3G and taking advantage of the AT&T 3G network but as Gear Diary points out unless you’re in a fairly top market area you might not get 3G coverage. The AT&T coverage map they produced got me to wondering how the AT&T coverage compares to that of Verizon’s BroadbandAccess (3G) network so off I went looking to find out. Here is a direct comparison of the national 3G coverage of the two major carriers:
Note that on the AT&T map above blue is 3G. Click on either map to enlarge a bit. Verizon has the 3G coverage award but AT&T is definitely catching up.
I don’t think the AT&T map is accurate ( at&t’s fault). I have 3G in Colorado Springs and it isn’t blue on the map.
I’m in a small town on the central Oregon coast and AT&T just bumped us up to 3G last weekend. Who would have thought?
“Verizon has the 3G coverage award but AT&T is definitely catching up.”
How can you state that AT&T is definitely catching up based on just this one point in time (the current maps)? Where’s your evidence?
You’re not using any type of statistical data analysis that I’ve every heard of.
For all I know from the evidence you’ve presented, Verizon could be pulling away.
earl, I have been using the Verizon network for several years and the AT&T network for a year. I have personally found the Verizon coverage to be better in the different places around the country I have tried both.
How about Sprint? They have a HUGE 3G EVD0/RevA coverage area. It’s the only thing they do well.
Yeah that AT&T map is terrible, according to it Tampa doesn’t have 3g, but I know for a fact that it has for some time.
Sprint’s EVDO network is impressive. I have yet to be somewhere without at least EVDOr0… most areas have RevA. They also do much better with having EVDO coverage in the middle of nowhere and not just metro areas.
However, HSDPA actually has international coverage, and you can buy HSDPA prepaid sims in some countries. Different folks, different requirements.
ya att sucks they rip you off they just want money. verixon 3g service is GREAT i just got the voyager and its so great and i get service everywhere with verizon
I’m holding out ’till Apple goes with Verizon. AT&T coverage simply sucks.
i love iphone nobody can beat them.
Check this out for a different view of coverage, which based on my own 3G experience (and I travel every week) is much more accurate.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/10/att_defends_its_data_network_from_verizon_ad_attacks.html