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If it was not for the iPhone I would not be with AT&T.

I would rather be with Verizon.

Scott Greczkowski said:

If it was not for the iPhone I would not be with AT&T.

I would rather be with Verizon.

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I'd like to have a iPhone but not if it means being with AT&T. I used them for years back when they were TDMA. However, after the switch to Cingular I started having nothing but problems. Seemed like my bill was wrong almost every month and I'd have to call to get it straightened out. I got lied to about the plans features to start with. Not to mention my phone hardly worked outside of a major city in this area. This started with AT&T when they switched to GSM which was before Cingular to be fair. It just didn't get signal in many towns I traveled to. Some which are small and some which aren't tiny but not huge either. I found it not working in several places. Finally after a little over a year when they were switching back to AT&T I ended up just paying the ETF and going to Alltel. I'm very glad I did. I no longer have my bill messed up and actually have service in quite a few rural areas and smaller towns I travel too a long with many more features that I need and want.

I would love to have a iPhone as I said but not if it means going back to AT&T. If Alltel or Verzion (now the same basically but have each others plans still) had the iPhone I'd probably have one.

More info on AT&T's upgrades to their network in anticipation of the next iPhone hardware.

More Details on AT&T Upgrading Network in Advance of Next Gen iPhone | The iPhone Blog

We'd mentioned previously that AT&T is upgrading the ole rabbit-eared 3G network for Apple's upcoming next generation iPhone, and WMExperts covered it yesterday, but it's worth surfacing the details:

AT&T Mobility VP Scott McElroy says software updates will double the downstream speed to 7.2 megabits per second and are already being tested in two markets [...] But AT&T's looking past that and toward HSPA+, which will increase speeds to 21 Mb/s. And looking even further into the future, tests with the 4G LTE standard should begin sometime next year.

A helpful commenter, Will, gave us the skinny on those phat pipes after the last podcast:

* Plain 'ol 3G refers to the original WCDMA specs which gives a max throughput of 384 kbps.
* 3.5G in the UMTS world commonly refers to HSDPA which is already up and running.
* "3.75G" - 3GPP Revision 6 - HSDPA (max of 14.4Mbps) and HSUPA (max of 5.76Mbps), known together as HSPA
* "3.9G" - 3GPP Revision 7 - HSDPA (max of 42Mbps) and HSUPA (max of 11Mbps), known as HSPA+

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If the Iphone was picked up by Verizon and all I had to do is simply switch providers? Hell yeah I would.
I only get a 7% corporate discount with AT&T.
With Verizon, I would get a 27% corporate discount.
Its a no brainer for me to go with Verizon if they ever get the Iphone coverage.

Some talk today from Apple about their exclusivity with AT&T.

Apple with "No Plans" to Change AT&T iPhone Exclusivity and Other Notes - Mac Rumors

Apple's Tim Cook and Peter Oppenheimer provided some insights behind Apple's iPhone strategy today during the Q2 financial results conference call.

When specifically asked about Apple's long term exclusivity with AT&T, Apple responded that they are very happy with AT&T and feel they have done a very good job promoting the iPhone. Despite some recent hope that Apple might expand the iPhone to other networks, Apple said that they have no plans to change the AT&T exclusivity at this time. Also mentioned was the fact that Verizon currently uses the CDMA network which is incompatible with the current iPhone. Apple stated they wanted the iPhone to be a global hardware device which requires the use of the GSM standard. This may confirm claims by Verizon's CEO that Apple may have never intended to launch a CDMA (Verizon) iPhone. This situation may change when Verizon upgrades their networks.

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But from the sound of this it doesn't seem to rule Verizon if they move to a GSM network.

When both AT&T and Verizon both roll out LTE, then it may happen. But full roll out for both carriers is still a couple years down the road.