Here’s some food for thought. AT&T has prided themselves in having the best coverage in the US, leaving their competitors in the dust. After the bashing by Verizon Wireless with their “Map For That” commercials it just might be AT&T laughing in the end.

PC Magazine conducted tests in 13 cities from 20 stationary outdoor locations in each city that represented the largest user base. These cities included Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Denver, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, and Seattle.  The test was all about data and not voice usage or quality.

The results of the test are as follows:

Apple’s iPhone and AT&T have been named number one in smartphone & service combination in the PC World Magazine second 3G wireless performance test.

Seated at number two is Sprint with the Hero followed by the T-Mobile’s G1 and taking its place in fourth was the Motorola Droid from Verizon.

AT&T is at the top right now and hoping to keep it that way as they are the only US provider for the soon to be released iPad by Apple.

For more information on PC World’s wireless performance test follow this link.