{"id":5365,"date":"2010-01-15T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/verizon-dominates-zagats-first-cellphone-carrier-survey-rankings\/"},"modified":"2010-01-15T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T22:20:00","slug":"verizon-dominates-zagats-first-cellphone-carrier-survey-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/verizon-dominates-zagats-first-cellphone-carrier-survey-rankings.php","title":{"rendered":"Verizon Dominates Zagat&#8217;s First Cellphone Carrier Survey [Rankings]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/e425e_thumb160x_011510-002-zagat.jpg\" class=\"left image158\" width=\"158\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\">If Patrick Bateman had a cellphone, he'd probably be rocking a Droid (with a Phil Collins ringtone, natch) after Verizon topped four of six major categories in Zagat's debut <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zagat.com\/promo.aspx?pn=191\">Wireless Carriers Survey<\/a>.<\/p><p>Verizon scored high marks in Overall, Reliability, Coverage, and Customer Service, leading me to believe that perhaps this survey was taken before their <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5431184\/verizon-defends-350-early-termination-fee-to-the-fcc\">infamous $350 ETF<\/a>. AT&amp;T's wide margin of victory in the Products category is likely due largely to the iPhone, while T-Mobile eeked out a win in Value, which, I guess it's all relative.<\/p><p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/zagatwirelesssurveyresults.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/e425e_500x_zagatwirelesssurveyresults.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/p><p>But enough about winners! Let's talk about Sprint. Dead last in three of the main six categories, not first in any of the extended sixteen. At least they get a Participant ribbon? [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zagat.com\/promo.aspx?pn=191\">Zagat<\/a> and Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/01\/zagat-releases-first-cellphone-carrier-survey-results.html\">Consumerist<\/a>]<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=96b8ae26bc2812cd9096405c7b952879&amp;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/bed47_img.phdo?s=96b8ae26bc2812cd9096405c7b952879&amp;p=1\"><\/a><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/bed47_eus.gif?eui=2226\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/SnS6hA5NiJ2QnedDNsQsn2SpZDM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/bed47_di\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; 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