iPhone 5 release date winds up, Verizon LTE buries AT&T’s metro issues

DigDug on why the Verizon iPhone 5 release date is in his sights after years of suffering through the AT&T network in New York City with his iPhone 3GS. But one condition: he wants his Verizon iPhone to have 4G LTE…

I am awaiting the Verizon LTE iPhone.  I currently have the 3GS, which is a great unit, except I live/work in NYC where AT&T;’s 3G “network” is (still) barely functional, generally requiring me to walk outside to get any sort of usable signal.  AT&Ts; network is also basically non-existent in several places I travel (e.g., rural FL, Las Vegas, northern MI).  Thus, I end up using my work VZW BB for 95% + of my calls…

It is really scary (pathetic?) that there are places in NYC, even outside, that don’t even have EDGE coverage, including the plethora of complete network (3G/EDGE) “holes” along the NYC -> Philly Amtrak corridor. If I only got a penny for every time my AT&T; phone displays “searching for network.”  I pay for 200MB data per month, and with the sad state of the AT&T; “network” in NYC, if I pass 10mb/month (cellular) it’s a huge month – I’m almost 100% wi-fi dependent on the iPhone…


To that end, I have less than zero confidence that AT&T;’s LTE network, already vastly behind VZW’s LTE, will function any better than AT&T;’s infamous 3G “network” (which appears they have all but given up on) and thus I will put my eggs in VZWs basket once they get an LTE iPhone out.  Definitely not fun walking outside during blizzard or heat wave to hold a 2-minute phone call. Also, if AT&T; swallows TMO, the inundation of new members will only serve to further sink AT&T;’s network ‘Titanic.’

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