Verizon Expanding 4G LTE (Again)

[willmtaylor]

According to its website, VZW is once again expanding its reach of 4G. Here's their press release.

Enough to make anyone switch?

I know my hometown is now covered, so yes, AT&T is still faster, but it doesn't matter if you can't get a decent signal.

Thoughts?

 

[Spectrum Abuser]

By the end of 2013 supposedly anywhere you got a 3G signal with either one of the two carriers[AT&T-Verizon] you'll get an LTE signal. Not worth dealing with the hassle of switching just for a short-term signal boost.

 

[applefanDrew]

By the end of 2013 supposedly anywhere you got a 3G signal with either one of the two carriers[AT&T-Verizon] you'll get an LTE signal. Not worth dealing with the hassle of switching just for a short-term signal boost.

No anywhere you get a 3G signal with Verizon you'll have LTE. AT&T is behind

 

[Spectrum Abuser]

No anywhere you get a 3G signal with Verizon you'll have LTE. AT&T is behind

My apologies. AT&T states 'largly complete' by 2013. So again basically anywhere you got a 3G signal you'll get an LTE signal.

 

[mac.cali]

AT&T will be lucky if they get 75% of their LTE completion done by 2013. I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon does it sooner than the end of 2013.

 

[Spectrum Abuser]

AT&T will be lucky if they get 75% of their LTE completion done by 2013. I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon does it sooner than the end of 2013.

I'd love to see the research behind your statistic. Verizon is aggressively building out their LTE network because that's their only way out of the hole they dug themselves into. AT&T rolled out HSPA+ to nearly all of their entire 3G footprint before working on the now mobilized LTE expansion. There's still a lot of markets that have no Verizon LTE, but do have AT&T HSPA+ overlaying including my own area. Coincidentally AT&T LTE is also covering part of my town while Verizon LTE is no where to be seen unless you zoom out enough.

 

[jav6454]

However, AT&T holds a tactical advantage over Verizon's LTE plans. Where as with Verizon once LTE drops and you fall on slow 3.1Mb/s (theoretical) EV-DO, with AT&T, once you fall off LTE, you fallback to a speedier HSPA+ (14.4 Mb/s) network which is almost the entirety of AT&T's 3G footprint and you still get access to HSPA network where HSPA+ upgrades are still not ready (7.2Mb/s).

I must say, AT&T has a nice advantage here. However, they still better hurry up and not use it as an excuse.