I lived in Utah for several years. I think I even know which trails he was on, up around Canyon Road. A friend of mine lived in an apartment complex up in the canyon. I once crashed on his couch for a week, I was up in O-Town for a work conference. We spent a lot of time hiking around the area when I wasn't dealing with work.

For the record, this part of Ogden is well-populated and well covered by both AT&T and Verizon. He needs to really get out into the mountains, not just in and around the foothills. East Ogden isn't really "in the mountains," sorry to say.

Also, this guy uses a Verizon Mifi to get online with his iPod Touch.

Jayshmay said:
No, I hate desert states.

Huh? So because a state has SOME desert areas you hate it?


And epik is right, he was in the foothills, not the mountains.

but live in NV????? I lived in Tahoe for four years and besides that area the whole state is a damn desert. Whay gives

im in Raleigh Nc with an Iphone and theres 2 towers within a 4 mile radios and still have 2 bars and dropping calls...now were do you think the service is going to be used more? 🙄

I live in Raleigh as well. I left Verizon for the iPhone about 1.5 weeks ago. I got great AT&T coverage where I was at but the call quality is simply horrendous with AT&T. Coverage /= quality.

In addition whenever you walk into a large building coverage drops off completely w/ AT&T.

I am back to Verizon now with my old Motorola L7c and my wife's old Samsung flipper. I'll wait for the Pre w/ Verizon.

The iPhone was a cool device but AT&T just sucks as far as a cell phone company goes.

Each one will have good and bad, and no one is perfect.

Funny thing about "no problems" though. We had a friend visiting from Fort Worth, and she kind of got mad when we kept making fun of AT&T. She said she has "no problem" with her service in TX, but we could hear her telling her kid to go stand by her Mom's front door so she could hear her better!

I think anybody who is a fanboy is annoying, fanboy's are like cheerleaders, and act like they're the CEO's grandkid.

If you work for a perticular company it is just a paycheck, that's all, a means to pay bills. I work security at a Chevy dealership, but if I were to buy a car it would be a Honda or a Toyota, not a Chevy just because I work at a dealership. !! I !! am a consumer, not a fanboy/cheerleader/CEO's grandkid.

I'm not a fanboy,. . .I'm a real consumer. And I'm not blinded, because I don't collect a paycheck from a wireless carrier.

So the point here is that the iphone actually held a call, which is apparently noteworthy enough for someone to write an article about it? I honestly don't see where Verizon Kool-Aid has anything to do with it. The article doesn't mention one bad thing about Verizon, nor is there any credible information in the article that Verizon would not work just as well in this situation. Is the "Kool-Aid" reference about at&t's poor signal, and the fact that Verizon mentions it? I don't work for Verizon, nor am I biased or a fanboy. I think even the most hardcore Verizon fanboy would admit that calls can be made on at&t. The consistency of reception is lacking though. I fail to see the point.

There's another article from the author describing his Verizon MiFi.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10275564-52.html?t ... »

So why do you sell cars that you would not buy? Does Chevy not have a car that competes with the Honda or Toyota line? They sure pay Howie Long enough to compare the Traverse and the Pilot.

I understand not owning a car from the place you work with all the buying options (used, bought before getting job, etc.) but to say flat out you would not buy a Chevy just screams of hypocrisy.

Actually I don't sell cars, I'm a bored-a$$ security guard at a Chevy dealership.

I'm just saying just because you get a paycheck from a company doesn't mean that your a chearleader for them. Or go around saying they're the best. A paycheck is a paycheck, that's all a means to pay bills. Some people are so full of being a fanboy that they lose they're sense of reality.

And again.. I don't think I've read stuff even from the most extreme of "fanboys" claiming that the iphone couldn't make calls, just that it was a bad phone for it.

The fact that this guy had to write an ARTICLE about a phone working as intended should speak for itself.

Ok Craig,

Well, I guess you just don't get the point most here are trying to make. This actually HELPS the arguments of the fanboys. When someone takes the time to write an article about a much maligned handset actually working you know the rep isn't just being perpetuated by the fanboy crowd.

Damn straight. A competitor is just a potential employer in my book. I've worked for three companies and would work for any of the others if the price were right.

Precisely! All a paycheck is a means to keep bills paid, and hopefully buy yourself a really, really cool cell phone. Just cause someone is an employee doesn't mean they have to be a cheerleader for the CEO! ! ! Any company, not just wireless companies.

Nice to know theres somebody honest on Phone Scoop!

Still not sure why you say "For those who are drunk on Verizon kool-aid".

The guy flat out admitted that he has very unreliable service with his iPhone. Are you wanting us to think their service has improved based upon this article?

Get to the point.

But this:
https://www.phonescoop.com/carriers/forum.php?fm=m&f ... »
Still stands.

The phone was able to make a call where it was advertised it could make a call, is this really worth writing an article about?

Obviously the phone is able to make calls, it is the quality of those calls, and the ability to maintain them that most "fanboys" bring up.

A couple of things. 1st you must have never been to nevada if your calling ogden the arm pit of america. 2nd I'm glad this guy is so excited his iphone works in the city. I've ridden my quad all over that area and my vzw bb works as well. Now have him go out to little sahara sand dunes in utah and see if his iphone works. He will be asking verizon wireless users to borrow their phones. Point is we all can find a spot where one carrier works and another doesn't. Its verizonwireless customers who aren't surprised when it works where its supposed to.

ihearttestman said:
WAIT!! I have a spectacular idea ... Why don't all the IPhone junkies move to Ogden ... What a perfect match!! Since it's a place where the gadget's service is actually noteworthy 😁 😁 😁

And then they can all take turns trying to change their own batteries, or attempt to send mms to eachother yay! 😈