According to an article in this morning's Boston Globe, that city's Mayor, Tomas Menino, has become quite peeved about frequent cell phone dead zones he encounters when he tours the city.

Yesterday, Mayor Menino and an aide went around Boston and tested Nextel service.

You are in trouble when the Mayor of a city like Boston feels that it is an appropriate use of his time to personally demonstrate how spotty your coverage is. Not "commission a study" or "hire a consultant" -- drive around with a Boston Globe reporter on a typical route to show where there is an is not coverage.