Verizon 4G LTE Telecon Coverage

[kalizar]

Verizon held a teleconference today at 12pm eastern time to discuss the release of their 4G network.

Here are the minutes of the conference:

allGeek.tv Covered this live starting at 12:00PM EST.

12:06PM – Tony Melone starts off by talking about the Verizon Wireless innovation center.

12:07 – Talks about the first 4g network of its size, and kind. On December 5th Verizon’s 4g LTE network will start by covering 1/3 of Americans most of I-95 in the southeast part of the country, Miami, San Francisco, So. California with L.A. being the largest (over 20,000,000 ). Plans to cover most of the country by 2013

12:11 – 4g will be the launching pad for mobile technology for the next 10 yrs. According to Tony.

12:13 – Enhances 3g, and helps them promote their strategy. Same people who built 3g helped build the 4g network.

12:14 – Talks about transfer rates of 5-12mbps down and 2mbps upstream. Other technologies can’t compare to the latency of 4g LTE. Two data plans will be launched initally. 5gb – $40.00/mo 10gb – $80.00/mo. Both plans will allow up to 10gb of overage at $10 per gb of data.

12:17 – Devices at initial launch will be LG, and Pantech. Both will be 4g LTE usb modems with 3g backwards capability.

12:19 – Tony Melone thanks everyone, and a BIG thank you to LG.

This is an interesting step forward. It will be exciting to see cell companies slowly start switching to 4G, and should change the way we use our mobile devices forever.

Source: http://www.allgeek.tv

[Ci7]

5/10GB plan ?

isn't that kind of low?

or is that for mobile phone plans only ?

[WelshBluebird]

For mobile plans 5 and 10GB allowances are pretty damn good.

I still have a bug bear about LTE and WiMax being called 4G though.

[Lezard]

5 gig and 10 gig prices are still too damn high!

[Ci7]

so it is mobile plan after all

i would take it anyday for that price point

except that i am in not in america

I still have a bug bear about LTE and WiMax being called 4G though.

while true

but that what is actually '3.9G'

is compatible with the true 4G 'LTE advance' network

[Mr. Gibs]

12:14 – Talks about transfer rates of 5-12mbps down and 2mbps upstream. Other technologies can’t compare to the latency of 4g LTE. Two data plans will be launched initally. 5gb – $40.00/mo 10gb – $80.00/mo. Both plans will allow up to 10gb of overage at $10 per gb of data.

Lol. Ah at the things wrong in that comment.

1. T-mobile manages to get 8mbps on their new HSPA+ network, and that isn't even the latest HSPA+ spec. Sprint's WiMAX has gotten anywhere between 5mbps and 14mbps, depending on your location.

2. LTE isn't 4G, it's 3.9g.

3. $40 a month for 5gb? Sprint's WiMAX network (for USB dongles) is $45 a month for unlimited data. T-Mobile's HSPA+ is $25 a month for unlimited data. What a ****ing ripoff.

[mad_onion]

Lol. Ah at the things wrong in that comment.

1. T-mobile manages to get 8mbps on their new HSPA+ network, and that isn't even the latest HSPA+ spec. Sprint's WiMAX has gotten anywhere between 5mbps and 14mbps, depending on your location.

2. LTE isn't 4G, it's 3.9g.

3. $40 a month for 5gb? Sprint's WiMAX network (for USB dongles) is $45 a month for unlimited data. T-Mobile's HSPA+ is $25 a month for unlimited data. What a ****ing ripoff.

It probably cost Verizon alot more than T-Mobile to install the infrastructure. LTE is more advanced from a technological point of view and so requires more new hardware than upgrading to HSDA+ would.

The bigger issue is also that Verizon is a CDMA network so there's a lot to install for GSM too. Overall, the cost of it I'm sure was pretty high they need to make that money back somehow.

[kalizar]

While the pricing may be a valid issue of debate, I think the speeds that people are going to supposedly get arent that bad. People who check this forum are more apt to have faster internet, but I know people who still have 5mpbs internet in their houses. Getting 5-12mpbs while driving down the interstate on your laptop or cell phone is going to be pretty cool.