Verizon 4G?

[jsh1120]

Here's a dumb question....What do you think the odds are that the first-gen LTE handsets will be able to seamlessly switch to 3G and offer as good of quality as 3G only handsets?

I'd hate to have an AT&T-like device that is great around the house and lousy pretty much everywhere else.

No need to speculate. Sprint has 4G now and their new HTC evo seamlessly connects to 3G and 4G where it's available.

 

[Backnblack]

Verizon would do an over the air update for the phones that can support 4G. It would mean a lot of work on Verizon's part but it can be done

Which at this time there are Zero LTE phones on VZW.

 

[mottling]

Thanks for the Quick replies. Well, Im off to upgrade my phone now.

You should just get a 1 year contract. You'll have to pay an extra $50 or $100 for the phone, but it'll be worth it.

 

[Chharith]

eeek

Thanks for the Quick replies. Well, Im off to upgrade my phone now.

You should just get a 1 year contract. You'll have to pay an extra $50 or $100 for the phone, but it'll be worth it.

/CRY I just ordered my Droid X. with a new 2 year contract.. Doggammit Imma be soo pissed if Verizon 4G releases way before I can upgrade.

 

[Zargon]

Thanks for the Quick replies. Well, Im off to upgrade my phone now.

You should just get a 1 year contract. You'll have to pay an extra $50 or $100 for the phone, but it'll be worth it.

/CRY I just ordered my Droid X. with a new 2 year contract.. Doggammit Imma be soo pissed if Verizon 4G releases way before I can upgrade.

I've been able to upgrade early (at the 1 year mark) when I signed a new 2 year contract. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Googleaddict]

Well if you're not the main line on your account get ready to be pissed. 4G is being released in November

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[Chharith]

Well if you're not the main line on your account get ready to be pissed. 4G is being released in November

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I am the Main Line on my account,
and I am pissed, and I havnt even got my X in the mail yet.

 

[Backnblack]

Well if you're not the main line on your account get ready to be pissed. 4G is being released in November

Nothing is said at LTE Information Center

 

[mottling]

Well if you're not the main line on your account get ready to be pissed. 4G is being released in November

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I am the Main Line on my account,
and I am pissed, and I havnt even got my X in the mail yet.

I ordered the Incredible on a 2-year contract. I originally planned to get it on a 1-year contract, but it slipped my mind as I was signing up multiple devices and negotiating with the rep.

I called Customer Service and they said I could change the contract to a 1-year, and my account would be charged the difference ($70 in this case). They said I would have to wait until I got the device, so that I could give them the ESN.

This may be an elaborate lie so I don't cancel until the device is shipped, in which case I would be incredibly angry. Nonetheless, it's worth mentioning.

 

[RETG]

The last official words that I've read is it isn't going to even start until first quarter 2011. Everything else, every link, and everything else is speculation and rumor.

And it will take years to complete. If you live where I live you will get it in 2014.

Really?

Statment from Richard J. Lynch, Verizon Executive VP & Chief Technology Officer,Worcester, MA - June 14, 2010

"Since I believe so strongly in LTE as an enabling platform for the future, let me start by updating you on Verizon's 4G plans. 2010 is the year in which we will make LTE a commercial reality in the U.S. We're currently in the final stages of our pre-commercial testing in Boston and Seattle. Later this year, we'll turn up LTE coverage for one-third of the U.S. population, or 100 million POPs as the industry likes to call it. By 2013, Verizon's LTE network will grow to match or exceed our current 3G footprint. And because the 700 MHz spectrum we're using for this deployment is assigned to Verizon on a nationwide basis, we intend to keep going and bring 4G services to even more of the country."

ExecutiveCenter | 2nd_Invitational_Workshop_on_Opportunistic_RF_Localization_for_Next_Generation_Wireless_Devices

Now in rural Southeaster Utah, I don't expect to see service until around late 2011, but by mid 2012. I say that because the person who owns some of the towers around here has stated, that Verizon will be updating the local towers starting the Summer of 2011. Why would they be updating if it was not for LTE. How long it takes to upgrade the equipment is the big question.

 

[RETG]

Well if you're not the main line on your account get ready to be pissed. 4G is being released in November

Nothing is said at LTE Information Center

Yes it is, go to the 5/13/10 link:

05/13/2010



WHO:
</STRONG>Verizon Wireless, the company with the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless voice and 3G data network WHAT:
Video news release, “Verizon Wireless Boston 4G LTE Trial,” which includes:

• Real-world, on-screen comparison of tomorrow’s 4G and today’s 3G wireless data speeds
• Customer reactions to the company’s next-generation, high-speed wireless broadband network
• Verizon Wireless executive sound bites on future capabilities of the 4G LTE network, which will roll out in 25 to 30 markets by the end of this year

 

[Backnblack]

I was looking for an actual date......

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[UltraDroid]

I think the whole concept of moving to a 4G world is kind of exciting, even if it does require getting a new phone as part of the deal. My only concern is the ability to *root* that new phone - whatever it turns out to be.

-Mike

 

[RETG]

I was looking for an actual date......

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Sorry.

I have heard turn on being Nov. 15, that was in an article I read a few weeks ago in the Salt Lake paper. But, that was just an article. however, the date toward the end of the year.

 

[vzwtek]

The last official words that I've read is it isn't going to even start until first quarter 2011. Everything else, every link, and everything else is speculation and rumor.

And it will take years to complete. If you live where I live you will get it in 2014.

Remember the cardinal rule when announcing new technologies.

Underpromise, and overdeliver, you will see 2 devices for sure, possibly 2 and 1 handset, and at least 45-55 markets with LTE by the end of the year. Unfortunately, tiered pricing on data. But you will like the tiers. The pricing wont be ridiculous.