Can someone confirm this?
Same with Verizon. We get LTE, 3G, and 1X.
That is what sucks with Verizon, if you go outside 3G range, you immediately hit dial-up speeds, where as AT&T has a nice robust EDGE network to fallback to which offers up to 4x-5x dial-up speeds.
The times I drop below 3G are pretty rare unless I'm traveling, so it's not a huge deal.
AT&T Edge is comparable to Sprints 3G in many areas. Also AT&T doesn't have very much Edge only areas left. Most places at least have 3G now