http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/ Engadget Comments for Verizon to blanket 'one third' of America with LTE this year, double coverage in 15 months http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/ The better question is how is ATT's 3G network going?]]>Mar 24th 2010 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
nowhere, unfortunately.]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/"they wouldn't be abandoning 3G advancement while being fixated on 4G".

What 3G advancement? CDMA with its pseudo 3G IS GARBAGE! GOOD RIDDANCE! Now Focus on bring Sick, sick (SICK) phones like that Damn Sprint EVO to market when the LTE is ready. LL-4G!!]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Anyone know?]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Seriously...

As long as they've got the iPhone and mass consumer idiocy, they can sit back and let their network crumble.]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/wimax is wifi but at a different frequency...it's 802.11e on the 2.5gmhz spectrum rather than 802.11b,g,n on the 2.4ghz spectrum. so no...no SIM cards.]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://bit.ly/att-last-carrier-survey]]>Mar 25th 2010 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/it wasn't a dp... you fail!

I just noticed that dp also stands for double penetration... that's why I got all of those awkward stares!]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/It also could stand for donkey punch.]]>Mar 25th 2010 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
or "Dude-Pal" cause you're my dude, pal

-Master Shake ]]>Mar 25th 2010 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
The entire WiMax buildout is costing $5+ billion. LTE hardware is much more expensive right now.

VZ has also done nothing but delay their roll outs. They can talk big but when it comes time to actually meet a deadline, LTE is nowhere to be found.

I'm going to call VZ out on this one. If you reach 90 million people by the end of 2010, I won't buy the HTC EVO 4G.]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
Judging by the amount of money they've put in FiOS, I don't think the money for LTE deployment is a issue.]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
To clear up a common misconception...

Verizon and Verizon Wireless are two separate companies. Verizon owns 50% of Verizon Wireless, Vodaphone own the other 50%. What one does has some but not much to do with what the other does.

Verizon Wireless is rolling in money, they will have no problem meeting their LTE deadlines. They have the doe and the know how to pull something of this scale off in a short period of time.

Verizon (land line) is the one who's broke, they took a big gamble on FiOS. Hopefully for them it will pay off. Not like they had much choice, the future of land line DLS internet & phone service is, well bleak. The only reason Verizon could even afford to setup the FiOS network was from the MASSIVE profits they pull in from Verizon Wireless. It's their golden goose, and is why they keep trying to buy the other 50% back off of Vodaphone...]]>Mar 24th 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
Verizon Wireless has the money because they rip you off hard core. I live in southern nebraska and my town barely has enough service to send a text half the time, and verizon is the big dog around here.. pretty much only thing available but its so expensive. I could get the same type of plan from sprint 20 to 30 dollars cheaper a month if they were in my area.

I will also add that I was an alltel and I thought they were bad, I would love to have their prices back!]]>Mar 24th 2010 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
Verizon never had 100 % ownership of Cellco (thats the real name of the partnership with Vodafone; Verizon Wireless is there DBA name)]]>Mar 24th 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 25th 2010 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
*looking forth* looking to the side* looking forth*]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
seriously. I appreciate verizons commitment to network, but the phone selection is just embarrassing. ]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
With the Droid, Incredible, and N1 they will have a rather impressive Android line up.]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
that's something that was true early last year, dude.

there are lots of choices now, so what the heck are u referring to??]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
See WiMax's wikipedia page for a good table comparing the technologies.]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/You are wrong about TDMA for voice and CDMA for data.
GSM 2G (GSM) is 100% TDMA
GSM 3G (UMTS) is 100% W-CDMA

GSM 2G only supports either voice or data
UMTS supports simultaneous voice and data]]>Mar 24th 2010 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/A better question is:

If I buy an unlocked LTE device and want to use it with my VZW service, can I?

Or is VZW going to be full of shit and only allow devices that they sell to connect, thus forcing those of us who don't like to be screwed -that hard- to stick with AT&T / T-Mobile?]]>Mar 24th 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Nonethless, when someone says CDMA is an old technology and is dead, that's a bit of a misconception.
]]>Mar 25th 2010 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
IF u despise verizon so much go to AT&T, T-Mo, or Sprint and STFU.]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
You should see the look on my face >:-|]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
That sounds rather impressive to me.]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
Talk... Talk... Talk...]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
What did you see exactly ... was it something similar or the exact same thing ....

*Checks for agents*]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/
Anyway my point being that if Verizon's 4G is only as fast as my 3G what's the GD point?!]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/Mar 24th 2010 5:04PM