That map is indeed a striking comparison.
A pity then that Verizon wrecked its image (at least to me) by crippling good phones. I was psyched about getting a Razr - then discovered that Verizon had redone the OS/GUI to downgrade the user experience (in the name of “making all Verizon phones work the same” - not realizing I don’t want to use another phone (and can cope with differences if I switched), I wanted a _RAZR_) and to charge users for use of free built-in capabilities (stripping out Bluetooth file transfer of photos, requiring me to either _pay_ to transfer photos to my PC or to use the PITA microSD card transfer method).
Sorry, Verizon just crossed the line too far by showing outright contempt for users. Yeah, ATT has their issues too, but I’m done with the red V.
Yeah, they did this to me too. I bought the first Motorola phone that had Bluetooth, but they crippled it. Without a full suite of Bluetooth functionality, they could sell you their ringtones and worthless proprietary applets, and charge you for photo transfers.
They've never got a second chance and never will. I hate Verizon.
-ccm