@Doctor Demento
The service sucked then (I was using voice only, no data plan), and it still sucks now.
You can't discount AT&T's success with the iPhone since its has moved the market itself so much. You have no idea what would have happened if iPhone debuted on Verizon instead of AT&T, so it's ridiculous to try to divorce the two.
Similarly, to AT&T's credit, they gave Apple (pretty much) carte blanche when it came to applications and data services, and just let Apple make a great iPhone experience. AT&T gave Apple the space to create iPhone's success in, so it is a two-way street.
The thing with Verizon now, is that they built their own Android sub-brand (Droid) which leverages multiple handset makers and takes the lions share of the Android market. It's brilliant marketing and will put Verizon in a better bargaining position when the inevitable iPhone deal really happens.
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