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NY Time Reviews the Droid

Put an iPhone on Verizon's network and VERY SOON Verizon's network will be just as bad as AT&T's. The iPhone uses SO much bandwith its not even funny. I get enough dropped calls with Verizon now, I can't imagine what it would be like with a million iPhones running on it. No thanks!
Verizon understands the disproportionate data usage of people with very capable "app phones" (to use this guy's term) and they welcome it with open arms:

"As for Verizon, the carrier says that its network has been built so as to handle this kind of stress. According to telephonyonline, Verizon's network has a great advantage over AT&T's, and that should help the carrier a lot in its quest. 'CDMA downlink channels are only 1.25 MHz wide, compared to the 5 MHz used by AT&T
 
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