+1 on verizon, been with ATT ever since it was bell south in 91, after years of dropped calls when they switched to digital and lost coverage when traveling I switched to Verizon and ATT's response of leaving after over 15 years of service was pretty much if you don't like it leave, so I did. Since being with Verizon the service has been near flawless, and I've had excellent service with them and the coverage has been far outstanding. I recently picked up the Droid from them and I am running it through tests right now, but so far it has almost everything I need to do on my laptop and can run off a power cord with no battery in the unit. I'm waiting for a non rainy day to test it on solar but with all the apps available for it and the awesome voice Google map GPS, it blows any GPS away. The draw back is there is no base map for the GPS so if you turn off the service in the options, the GPS works but you are navigating on a white grid. I'm trying to figure out if there is away to put a base map on it. Unfortunately I haven't seen a rugged smart phone I would replace my Garmin but as time goes forward I can see the inevitable. I can see a smart phone with a built in 406 locator and GPS that is military rugged, but I have a feeling it won't be in my lifetime but the capability exists now.