That's a very broad statement. If I lived in say, Nebraska that would be 100% False. I see roaming constantly in the South with AT&T, I actually see less roaming in certain places with T-Mobile. Its all area dependent, if I stayed in Atlanta 100% like many do then T-Mobile would be a fantastic choice for a primary carriers, hence why Metro and MVNO's that don't roam are still in business.
GPRS roaming is a lot worse than 1X too, I can at least load a new PRL on Sprint or Verizon if I needed. AT&T and T-Mobile roaming is controlled by them.
My roaming got significant enough at 15MB that AT&T decided to stop being deceptive and show I was off network. Regular AT&T customers don't even know when they are roaming because AT&T tries and hides it.

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