"George" <george@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:m4idnREMiOSZdyDanZ2dnUVZ_uSdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..

> Can I suggest that isn't much of a test? I think every carrier has the PA
> & Jersey pike lit up.

True, but in many ways, that's sort of the point. I'll be the first to
admit that my T-Mo phone doesn't work "everywhere." But it works where I am
99% of the time. Since I pay T-Mo $72/month for what would cost me $150 on
Verizon, the real question, for me, is what is that last 1% worth to me in
terms of cost? (And the answer to that, apparently, is "$2.50/month" since
I activated an eBay phone on PagePlus as a glovebox backup just in case! So
far I've used 0 minutes on it since activating it in November.)