Veriznon iPhone is a term being used more and more lately, and not just from rumours. There have been rumors since the original iPhone that the iPhone would get off of AT&T after the first year and move. For years, we have seen nothing, not even a little sign, not a glimpse of hope. There have been a lot of rumors, but none that have been confirmed. But afte almost 4 years, are we finally going to see the iPhone switch over to Verizon?

Now what makes me say this? What proof do I have? Well of course like most companies, AT&T will never admit when they are defeated. They just want their customers to believe everything is all wonderful and fine, that we have nothing to worry about. But the truth is, it’s not. AT&T published an open letter yesterday explaining why there ETF(Early Termination Fee) would rise to $325! What?! Wait a second, look closely.

Beginning June 1, 2010,

Hmmm.. interesting. Now you might be saying: Okay, June 1st. So what. What’s the big deal?” The big deal is that this particualr date falls very close to WWDC, Apple World Wide Developer Conference where they will most likley announce the new iPhone. Now if the new iPhone will infact be heading to Verizon, AT&T will give its “valued customers” its last blow with hiking the ETF! Date coincidence? No. Now if the iPhone does jump shimp, will I switch. Let me give you a few good points of why.

Let me first off give you my back story with AT&T. Like 75% of AT&T customers, I am an iPhone user, and like most AT&T customers, I switched from Verizon specifically for the iPhone. Specifically! I did so back in 2007 with the original iPhone and regretting the choice ever since. Now when I first got the iPhone, like most people, I was so in love with the device and all of the things it could do, I flat out ignored the service. Making phone calls was something I hardly did. About a month after the “wow factor” wore off, I started seeing just how bad the AT&T network really was.

Now don’t get me wrong, if you go somewhere where AT&T gets really good coverage, you are set! Phone calls are great, 3G is faster than ever, and everything is great! The problem is, that that scarcely ever happens. 95% of the time, it’s poor reception and lousy 3G data speeds. Another one of the biggest issues I have, is that I do almost every call I get! Very frustrating! Even at my house, where Verizon shines, AT&T drops every call! Every.Single.Call. That to me is where the line is drawn.

Now why am I still with AT&T? Because of the iPhone. No one else has it! I’m either stuck with awful service and an amazing phone, or great service and not so great phones. At this point, I am no Android Fan. So I am forced to be stuck with AT&T.

Now with no light shining on the Verizon iPhone the question is will I switch? Yes! Of course I would! Now here is what AT&T needs to understand. Your “valued customers” will pay $325 and leave you so fast your head will spin! Just think of all the money they will loose! They won’t be getting my $80 a month, ever again! You will see me sleeping outside the Verizon store waiting for that iPhone! Now granted, Verizon is not God’s holy carrier, they aren’t perfect. But as far as I am concerned, they are WAY better than AT&T, and that is what it really comes down to.

Now AT&T is trying so, so hard to save them selves. I could only imagine how there executives must cringe to make a deal to ell $15 and $30 data plans with Apple. They know that as soon as Apple exclusivity leaves them, there done! All they will be left with is people buying the cheaper, feature phones. All those iPhone “data hogs” will be gone, for good. Now At&T says in their defense that iPhone users hinder there network. Hinder your network? Are you kidding? You are a nation wide cellular service provider, you should have been ready! When the iPhone debuted on the EDGE network, you should have been working hard on 3G! When the iPhone came out on 3G, you should have been ready for the data load! When the 3G S came out with a better camera and video recording functionality, you should have been ready for all of them to upload 10 min videos to Youtube simotaniously. Expect the worse, hope for the best. And here we are almost a year later from the promise of AT&T;s Tethering plan, and nothing. Still no tethering. Don’t get mad for people jailbreaking there phones, just to get something that was promised to us, and never received.

So what’s your take on this? If the iPhone does infact switch to Verizon, would you switch? Or will say with AT&T?