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30 markets in 2010, with remaining deployment 2-3 years after...
(old news - 09:04AM Tuesday Apr 14 2009)
tags: competition · coverage · business · wireless · install · Verizon Wireless Broadband
In a video interview with Unstrung, Verizon Wireless Senior VP of product development Roger Gurnani strongly hints that the carrier's LTE wireless broadband network could be completed by 2014. The company's current plans involve launching a couple of test markets sometime this year, with "30 or so" new LTE markets launched in 2010. "From there we'll build it out in the next two, three years, where we'll have LTE deployed throughout our footprint," says Gurnani. Of course talk is cheaper than deployment, but recent comments from the carrier seem to suggest they have no intention of letting Sprint get all the 4G glory.

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NeoandGeo

join:2003-05-10
Harrison, TN

Haven't been following this news at all

Does this mean by 2014 Verizon customers will have access to good mobile broadband and not have to be ripped off like they are now?
permalink · 2009-04-14 09:20:03 · Reply to this
brad

join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON

Re: Haven't been following this news at all

said by NeoandGeo See Profile :

Does this mean by 2014 Verizon customers will have access to good mobile broadband and not have to be ripped off like they are now?
or any other wireless carrier for that matter..
permalink · 2009-04-14 09:23:17 · Reply to this

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said by NeoandGeo See Profile :

Does this mean by 2014 Verizon customers will have access to good mobile broadband and not have to be ripped off like they are now?
Compared to what? AT&T's junk?

Both are lame. In Portland, having tried both, AT&T's was more lame. (Engadget's tests to the contrary not withstanding.)
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permalink · 2009-04-14 09:24:14 · Print · Reply to this

en102
Canadian, eh?

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Valencia, CA
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Re: Haven't been following this news at all

I haven't had any recent (since they deployed 2nd carrier channel) issues with AT&T in SoCal. Sprint is pretty decent here now that they've grafted their CDMA onto Nextel's cell sites for extra capacity and better coverage.
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permalink · 2009-04-14 11:55:30 · Reply to this
decifal

join:2007-03-10
Bon Aqua, TN

lte

So what is going to be the cap/control on this service? These days, with companys they take out any excitement with some sorta greed control placement...

Not to mention lol.. It took verizon until late last year to get evdo in my county Dickson, TN.. So i'm sure we are last on their to do list.. Though strangely, ATT is deploying Uverse here like its going outta style....I still see Vrads going up to this day.. Even thought I thought they were haulting for the rest of the year...
permalink · 2009-04-14 09:32:18 · Reply to this
Big Dawg 23

join:2002-03-27
Northfield, MN

Re: lte

IF you think that was long go to T-Mo and AT&T who have customers who have yet to see 3G and it may be next before they do.
permalink · 2009-04-15 05:17:52 · Reply to this
decifal

join:2007-03-10
Bon Aqua, TN

Re: lte

said by Big Dawg 23 See Profile :

IF you think that was long go to T-Mo and AT&T who have customers who have yet to see 3G and it may be next before they do.
yeah, that kills me.. Especially sense their bigger selling products such as the Iphone needs 3g or better to function.. Heh, why would I want to pay the extra cash for something thats not even usable in my city?.. I just don't get these company's.. There are places that have no options, and quite a few potential custoemrs if they service first.. But they pass on it... Unprofitable? My tailbone
permalink · 2009-04-15 08:41:38 · Print · Reply to this
Mr Matt

join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL

To Long.

Verizon is taking to long to implement LTE. By 2014 5G will be the new technology on the block. These days a new technology is obsolete before it is deployed.
permalink · 2009-04-14 09:36:26 · Reply to this

pende_tim
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Andover, NJ
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Re: To Long.

Not really a long time considering timeline here to build a cell site near me.

- 4 Years ago rumors of a new cell site coming to the area confirmed with town clerk. Very poor service up here, lots of dropped calls on all carriers.

- 2 years ago they successfully bid on a site Green Township owns.

- 18 Months ago they signed a lease for the site.

- Last May they submitted plans to the Township. Plans were rejected as "incomplete".

- A year later and they still have not re-submitted plans to the Township Board Zoning Board of Adjustment.

- So new tower is at least a year away assuming Verizon/Township/Locals do their typical approval dance.

And I and neighbors continue to drop calls.....

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permalink · 2009-04-14 10:38:37 · Print · Reply to this

NY Tel
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Smithtown, NY

Re: To Long.

Time for you to set up a small "femtocell" in your driveway for you and your neighbors?
permalink · 2009-04-14 10:59:22 · Reply to this

kyler13
Is your fiber grounded?

join:2006-12-12
Arnold, MD		 Is there a factory in your town that cranks out giant spools of red tape?
permalink · 2009-04-14 12:28:05 · Reply to this
patcat88

join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY

Re: To Long.

said by kyler13 See Profile :

Is there a factory in your town that cranks out giant spools of red tape?
Various bureaucratic ****s need a strap of cash or a job termination threat from their publicly elected supervisor before they permit anything.
permalink · 2009-04-14 13:44:07 · Reply to this

CaptainRR
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Blue Rock, OH

 This one is better. I have had a tower 2 miles from my house in my township cleared by the township and even registered with the FCC with a sign next to the road. Its been 3 years now and it has never been built. You get more than dropped calls around me there is a 15 mile stretch of main highway were AT&T and Verizon phones literally read no service. Now things are really up in the air on what they are going to do. I am on the county line were to the north is Verizon Wireless and to the south was served by Alltel that Verizon bought. The upside of it is that I have had 3G service for a few years now when in town someday they will build them. Sometimes the local governments just plain suck.
permalink · 2009-04-14 18:26:05 · Print · Reply to this
patcat88

join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY

e-waste

So how much e-waste is generated by updating your cell network every 4 years? they just finished national EVDO Rev A. What happened to all the EVDO Rev 0 line cards?
permalink · 2009-04-14 13:41:50 · Reply to this

ninjatutle
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San Ramon, CA
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Backwater townes

I swear, it seems like 99% of the people on this board lives out in the boones. Griping you can't get this speed, gripping you don't have signals, ect ect.

Having been a Rev 0 user with a laptop card years ago, I never complain about my mobile speeds today I never want to remember those days.

This is a mobile service. It is what it is.

If you have more cows than people in your towne, you're probably not going to have good service. If you have a local public channel showing livestock auctions, you're probably not going to have good service
permalink · 2009-04-14 16:46:51 · Print · Reply to this
PastTense5

join:2007-05-15

What will Verizon's LTE caps be?

Do you think it might go all the way up to 10GB from 5 GB now?
permalink · 2009-04-14 17:57:41 · Reply to this
patcat88

join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY

Re: What will Verizon's LTE caps be?

said by PastTense5 See Profile :

Do you think it might go all the way up to 10GB from 5 GB now?
No, LTE is for Verizon branded content, all non-Verizon content gets the 5GB cap.
permalink · 2009-04-15 00:31:23 · Reply to this

dennismurphy
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join:2002-11-19
Parsippany, NJ

If he says by 2014, then it'll be by 2014.

The smart bet is on Mr. Gurnani. He delivers.
permalink · 2009-04-14 20:03:03 · Reply to this
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