Originally Posted by
bwhite
Being in the industry I usually check the backbone provider. I suspect that it could vary based on geography but so far have only found AT&T providing the connection to the internet.
Lets just say it is highly unlikely Aircell built their own towers, but there is nothing preventing them from have agreements with multiple providers most likely based on geography. Therefore I am hesitant to say it is only AT&T nationwide.
I concur. And I would note, just because AT&T is providing internet services, doesn't mean they are operating all (or any) of the cell towers. It's way to costly this late in the game to run a nation wide internet network. Though it is a bit disappointing that Aircell isn't multihoming via multiple backbones. That means if AT&T has a problem the traffic has nowhere to go.