While we all just love whining about AT&T's network performance and predict its demise at every turn, the company, at least on paper, is actually not doing that poorly.
PCWorld did some 3G performance tests in 13 major US cities and not only did AT&T trump its competitors by far, it actually deserves the "Most reliable network" badge more than Verizon.
Here are the full test results (click to enlarge):
