AT&T Names First Five LTE Launch Cities
Did you skip the part where the article mentions like another 20 phones before the end of the year built for LTE?
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A measly 5 cities launching with LTE. No mention of average real worl speeds. No usb modems announced.
Same old, same old lack of ambition from ATT.
Same old, same old lack of ambition from ATT.
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NYC is the $#!+, and Philly is the BALLS! NJ is just the stink between, dude... 😉
Dumb choices
AT&T, dumb choices for you first 5 cities to get your LTE service. All these carriers don't seem to understand that the future of this country lies in the Western states. California, specifically the San Francisco Bay Area should be the definitive first market to launch your LTE service. The Silicon Valley and California's economy growth needs to be supported and needs to have the technology first. The East Coast is dead and doesn't need the service.
I beg to differ. The 5 cities are excellent choices to start and begin with. Woohoo for Houston (my hometown). As for California's economic growth, maybe if they cut the mountains of red tape, regulation, and taxes across the board maybe they would s...
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East Coast? Those are the largest markets in the South and Mid West. 🤨
I agree San Francisco needs more competition in the LTE market. We have Verizon LTE and MetroPCS LTE, why not let AT&T see how great their LTE could be? Ill tell you why it wont happen soon enough - because people dont even trust their 3G or HSPA+ rol...
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You do realize that nothing related to this would stimulate california's growth right? And would you rather have those areas you claim should get first dibs be hit with possible malfunctions and issues or have you forgotten that most of California is ...
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When you consider that AT&T HQ is in Atlanta and AT&T Mobility HQ is San Antonio, the choices are logical. Rollout test in areas where you can get direct unbiased feedback without a ton of airing problems in public.
Dumb Choices? It's called moutainous areas. The places which pose the biggest signal problems. Test it in the toughest place for it to work, then roll it out to the easiest.
Seems to be all 850MHz markets
AT&T 700MHz licenses:
https://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=18 ... »
Verizon's 700MHz licenses:
https://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=18 ... »
AT&T should have plenty of LTE spectrum in NYC, since they have their own plus Qualcomm's 700MHz spectrum.
https://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=18 ... »
https://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=18 ... »
Verizon's 700MHz licenses:
https://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=18 ... »
AT&T should have plenty of LTE spectrum in NYC, since they have their own plus Qualcomm's 700MHz spectrum.
https://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=18 ... »
