OK so let me break it down to you... IDIOT...

Chicago is a testing city... When they have it successful then they will launch it nation wide. The article just said that Verzion is just talking about possibly launching and LTE network sometime in the future... AT&T is actually doing this in one market. Once its a consistent thing they will upgrade the whole level. I'm sorry but you just need to be updated on how network upgrading goes... IDIOT...

We had the first wireless tower established here in Chicago when the first cell phone was invented and tested here in 1983.

We are the home of the cellular phone, so testing in our city is the best decision! (Go Chi-Town!)

What part of the chi? I'm from the north pole. 😎

Stupid Customer said:
What part of the chi? I'm from the north pole. 😎

I bet you are. Tell Sarah Palin I said "yo b*tch"

Okay, AT&T is upgrading network speeds in a city that already has 3G. They have already said they are going to upgrade their 3G from HSPA to HSPA+. My question is when are they going to expand their 3G and voice to at least a coverage area as large as Verizon's. I don't want to hear your weak a$$ argument about a minor, localized upgrade. Also, Verizon has set a goal to have their first LTE (4G dumba$$) in 2009, not sometime in the future. Understand that this is a CDMA carrier making a commitment to move the the global 4G standard within 12 months. No HSPA+ upgrade; the next generation.

Take some advice try to read other peoples statements, comprehend them, form a logical response, and post civilly. I know you can do it; I've seen you cu...
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Did you actually read the LTE press release from Verizon? I did and I read it while sitting with some folks from Verizon. And I don't "hang" with sales reps. These are decision makers.

They laughed at how the article was so "on the fence" and joked about how it really did not commit them to anything.

Verizon is an outstanding company but wake up and stop being a homer. They no more commited to LTE in 12 months than did AT&T. IT WAS A PRESS RELEASE.

The release said Verizon plans to deploy LTE in 2009. This may only be in one city like Sprint'sWiMax deployment this year, but it's still progress. As for you hanging with Verizon brass, sure you were. You are Mr. Important and you have inside information and contacts with all major telcoms. I feel honored to read your post. You are awesome! Will you be my friend?

When words like PROBABLY are used it basicly means nothing.

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-deploy-l ... »

Verizon to deploy LTE by late 2009

December 10, 2008 — 10:24am ET | By Phil Goldstein

Verizon Wireless will begin deploying Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless broadband technology by the end of 2009, accelerating their rollout timetable, a top executive said Tuesday.

Dick Lynch, executive vice president and CTO of Verizon Communications, said the carrier expected to deploy LTE sooner than expected. "We expect that LTE will actually be in service somewhere here in the U.S. probably this time next year," Lynch said, in a speech at Cisco Systems' C-Scape conference in San Jose, Calif. P...
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NetNutral said:
The release said Verizon plans to deploy LTE in 2009.

Only plans? Why didn't they promise? "Plans to" is fluff. Once you have an actual nationwide rollout then you have something more.

NetNutral said:
This may only be in one city like Sprint'sWiMax deployment this year, but it's still progress.


One city is not the country. Remember your asinine rant? City, small. Country, big. 🙄

NetNutral said:
Agreed, if AT&T doesn't switch their focus to native coverage improvements and aggressive 3G expansion Verizon will be almost impossible to stop. I'm not a Verizon fan, I have AT&T, but they understand network quality is the determining factor in remaining number one.

I agree with you. Part of what took down the old AT&T Wireless was a lack of focus on building out and improving the network. If the old AT&T Wireless would have discontinued TDMA back in the 90s and picked up GSM or CDMA, they would probably be number one today. But no. In 2004 they sold themselves to Cingular. Cingular had a great network until they became AT&T. But now it seems like the bad habit of not putting enou...
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