Wait, so Verizon really doesn't allow simultaneous voice and data? That probably precludes a third or more of my phone calls (conference call on mute, text/email/browsing simultaneously.) I guess about the only thing it won't affect is Google Maps, though I doubt Tom Tom app will work as well. That's pretty fucking awful.

And the trick of the AT&T "call dropping blah blah whine whine new york, seattle, boohoo" is to just switch to EDGE when you need prolonged voice contact. There's no one on the edge network, and it's coverage is denser, so you'll never drop calls.