True, it really depends on where you live. I lucked out, all the areas I am in 99% of the time in the USA, TMobile covers with 3G access. So I rather not pay alot more money for Verizon when the phone doesn't work outside of the USA (I plan on using my n900 in other countries when I have time to travel), and it would cost me more monthly. I'll take the 1% of the time using Edge for those benefits.