Well, Verizon seems undeterred by the lawsuit. Saw this little beauty of an ad last night on TV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JgrBtn8XdU

As a huge fan of the Christmas special featuring the Island of Misfit Toys, I thought this was terrific marketing!

OK, to clear up some misinformation here...

From AT&T's web site:
HSDPA is an acronym for High Speed Downlink Packet Access. HSDPA is a third generation (3G) technology that is being deployed by GSM carriers around the world and is considered a competitor to EV-DO. HSDPA is a software upgrade to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network whose signaling and radio network topology shares common nodes with the GSM network allowing for easy upgrade from GSM to HSDPA. HSDPA typically provides download speeds between 700 kbps and 1.7 mbps and upload speeds of between 80 and 100 kbit/s.

HSPDA is roughly equivalent to low-end DSL in terms of download speed, though in some circumstances HSDPA can surpass DSL. Under ideal conditions HSDPA connections can be established which maintain speeds well over 1 Mbit/s. The theoretical maximum speed for HSDPA is 3.6 Mbit/s, however even under ideal signal and congestion circumstances users most likely not see speeds greater than 1.2 Mbit/s.

From Verizon's web site:
3G brings wireless broadband data services to your mobile phone at average download speeds that range from 600 Kbps (that's 2.4 times faster than 254Kbps DSL modem connection) to 1.4Mbps.

700k - 1.7m vs. 600k - 1.4m -- not a huge difference. In light of that, I'd take the better coverage (if I didn't have a sweet plan on Sprint and wanted to pay out the rear for my wireless plan).

Also see "Verizon Leads, AT&T Runs Last in Wired.com’s 3G Speed Test" at http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/3g-speed-test/

If the average consumer is too stupid to know the difference between 2G and 3G, and the iPhone is one of the best selling smartphones of all time, isn't it largely AT&T's fault that the average consumer isn't better educated about cell networks? Though I guess when your 3G coverage sucks, you don't really want to point it out to your customer base.

It's AT&T's own fault and they're in a huff because someone called them on it. Personally, I think the Verizon ads lately have been brilliant. (I have nothing for or against either company - I'm on Sprint.)

Mine mine mine! Gimme gimme gimme!

Sweet. Was going to build one of these. If I win, I can succumb to laziness while still enjoying my new HTPC!

This would be sweet in my Samsung X460 notebook!

I want Vista II!

My guess is that Digital Cowboy (initials "DC") just misappropriated DC Comics' logo to represent their brand because they were too lazy to create their own brand identity.

Don't you know that being able to afford an item is no longer a pre-requisite for actually purchasing said item? Have we learned nothing from the mortgage and credit card companies?

Oh my god! HD-DVD killed Kenny! You bastards!