AT&T subscribers will abandon ship if Verizon gets iPhone

latimesblogs.latimes.com — If Pali Research were to pick its favorite wireless carrier, it wouldn't be AT&T. The market research firm believes that despite the huge success of the AT&T's exclusive iPhone, its monopoly on the device won't last forever, and as soon as it expires, the beleaguered telco should prepare for slowed growth and defections.