prostoalex's Journal: Wireless carriers and their coverage claims

Watch five different commercials of five different wireles networks, and you will hear five different claim about having the largest wireless network in the United States. Call up the carrier, or ask the sales rep about the square miles each network has, and they will be clueless - all claims about wireless coverage are based on the number of people that have access to the network in densely populated areas. Which really means the competition is pretty much about reaching the largest amount of customers with the lowest amount of towers, and hence even the largest wireless network will have quite a few dead zones in the United States.