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I'm going to wait until I can use it on Verizon. I really don't want any more accounts with AT&T at this point. (They absolutely screwed me recently by charging $4+ for long distance calls per minute - yikes!. I'm getting rid of my home AT&T phone (will just use cell) and getting rid of their expensive DSL, and going with Comcast cable internet - which is theoretically much faster and half the cost)

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Verizon is just as bad. I can't wait to get off their wireless service. I recently moved to the SF Bay Area and found that my cell on a nationwide plan was roaming continuously. Somehow the phone I bought from them won't update its network listing so the options given to me from their reps were 1. Renew my 2 year plan and get $100 towards a new phone or 2. Buy a phone off of craigslist and pay them $20 to transfer it. I'll be glad to switch to a GSM network where I can buy phones online and swap the SIM cards if I need to.

Sorry to hear that. I've been using Verizon for years, and one of the main reasons was their amazing coverage all over the US. I've had great luck with them to date, especially with their coverage. I can't even remember the last time I had a coverage problem. I also have an associate using their broadband wireless card on his laptop, and he's successfully maintaining a good connection on his daily train commute from Gilroy up to SF (1.5 - 2 hour trip each way.) keeping a connection to our internal webapp via VPN.

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