That is Sad.. Att has all this time and they have yet to put a 3g tower up yet other carriers are starting on 4g. I hope they get one up soon in your area.
According to the coverage maps ATT has no 3G there
Sprint shows to have good coverage
T-Mobile shows good coverage, but does not say if 2g or 3g, Im guessing 2G only , as T-mobile has been real slow on putting 3g in their network, besides T-Mobile roams on the ATT network in a lot of areas.
Verizon appears to be the only carrier with 3G in Port Lavaca.
Wireless carriers dont spend more money in an area than the amount of revenue they can bring in from that area.
it can cost between $500K and 2 Million bucks to install a tower. It can cost upwards of $500K just to install the 3G equipment.
if the area where the tower is has very few 3G users, its not economical to spend the money in such a low revenue area. Now in larger Metro areas, thats a different story because they have plenty revenue to recoup the cost of the equipment much faster.