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More bars in more places, my left foot.
Mar. 4th, 2010 06:22 pmAT&T's coverage map for Washington and Oregon:
Doesn't look too shabby... except that's got 2G thrown in, which is sloooooow and doesn't let you use voice and data at the same time (one of the things they've been plugging.) Let's see what it's like with only the coverage you care about:
If it's not 3G, it's not coverage. The first commercial UMTS installation happened over eight years ago, you recto-cranially-inverted people at AT&T. You have no excuse.
Updated after the cut.
( Update after the cut )
Sprint's EVDO:
The loser, T-Mobile's UMTS:
Amazingly enough, USCC finally realized that it's the 21st century now and we want EVDO. They just recently started turning on 3G in the northwest, and are moving much faster than TMo, so maybe there'll be something worthwhile in a few months.
Doesn't look too shabby... except that's got 2G thrown in, which is sloooooow and doesn't let you use voice and data at the same time (one of the things they've been plugging.) Let's see what it's like with only the coverage you care about:
If it's not 3G, it's not coverage. The first commercial UMTS installation happened over eight years ago, you recto-cranially-inverted people at AT&T. You have no excuse.
Updated after the cut.
( Update after the cut )
Sprint's EVDO:
The loser, T-Mobile's UMTS:
Amazingly enough, USCC finally realized that it's the 21st century now and we want EVDO. They just recently started turning on 3G in the northwest, and are moving much faster than TMo, so maybe there'll be something worthwhile in a few months.
