Verizon Wireless now up to 89 million customers

2. vzw fanman posted on 26 Oct 2009, 13:48 0 0

whenever i go through wv on my way to florida i always get extended network.

21. vzwtechbill posted on 26 Oct 2009, 16:26 0 0

move out of the sticks lol

41. Kiltlifter posted on 26 Oct 2009, 23:24 0 0

You are ignorant. VZW prides itself on having coverage everywhere and is the newest point of their marketing campaign. These people have the right to post their complaints. VZW can provide 3g wireless internet to places that people cannot even get landline phone services. VZW spends more on their network than anyone 5-6 billion/year for the past 6 years. Why isn't it there yet is the better question. But I would talk to your local congressmen/women as many times VZW cannot build towers becuase of stupid legislature that prevents then licensing rights as they are exclusive with local companies or Indian reservations.

47. Illyich posted on 27 Oct 2009, 09:47 0 0

Er... actually, AT&T has spent some 18 billion dollars on their network since last year.

50. Man_of_God posted on 27 Oct 2009, 10:50 0 0

I appreciate your comment. I think as a VZW employee you have somewhat of a limited view of your competitors. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-10371298-10356022.html Your biggest competitor spent over 20 billion last year according to their annual review. Also, is it stupid for Native Anericans to not want a cell tower on or near their property???? Other companies provide 3G wireless to rural areas as well. (even Cricket does that now)

59. Kiltlifter posted on 27 Oct 2009, 20:06 0 0

Subsidizing Apple for the low price of the iPhone doesn't count as investing in your network.

60. Kiltlifter posted on 27 Oct 2009, 20:20 0 0

But kdding aside, I am glad AT&T is fixing their network becuase then it means VZW will move to make sure they stay ahead. But on another note, if the executives were intelligent they would have been able to forsee the problem and there would have been an appropriate time-line where they could have spent, Just like vzw, 5-7 billion/year for the past few years rather than dumping 18 million in one year. What is the total dollar amount AT&T has invested into their network since 2002? VZW has done over 50 billion since they started in 2001 after the mergers. I would like to know the total before you jump down my throat.

61. Man_of_God posted on 28 Oct 2009, 09:04 0 0

You obviously have been getting your info from the VZW marketing / communications team. I found the info via ATT's annual report. I am sure that is public information if you research it. I'll throw this out there for you. CDMA requires less towers than GSM to cover the same area. Both networks are robust. Take the cost of leased lines running to each tower, power, and land agreements for all of those towers and you get an idea of some of the cost both spend.

4. artz1986 posted on 26 Oct 2009, 13:56 0 0

...or not, thank's to V-CAST Music w/ Rhapsody

5. Trobes05 posted on 26 Oct 2009, 13:58 0 0

It's sad how you got a -1 for saying something so true, Chefjeff

6. Iphoneisthesuck posted on 26 Oct 2009, 14:21 0 0

Lets think about this a moment. Lets just say that 2-3 million people move back to Verizon from ATT just to get an iphone that "will work". Dont you think that the increase in people will affect the network. I sure do, because Ive seen it happen...first hand. Big Red in the Big Apple will be a Big Drop Call area...just like it was with ATT. Its called network congestion and there is no way around it. The iphone is a network hog...thats why ATT is having the problems now. No network is perfect, ATT, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile.....none of the are perfect.

7. DOGIEFRESH posted on 26 Oct 2009, 14:32 0 0

That's so true....!!! But how do you make a bunch of rednecks understand that...?? Imposible.....!!! No matter the facts the fanboys will always say the iphone will do better on big red but let them dream their fantasy...!!!

8. steverunner posted on 26 Oct 2009, 14:38 0 0

I'm not sure if that's entirely true to say that network congestion is uncontrollable. No one likes to talk about it: but the two word solution which is working at most of the corporate networks that I manage are "packet shaping". CoS is also an alternative in some cases, but just because the number of nodes increases doesn't mean that there's a corresponding increase in load. Besides, I'm pretty sure Verizon's got it covered. AT&T? uhh, not so much :)

10. DOGIEFRESH posted on 26 Oct 2009, 14:55 0 0

With a CDMA network I don't think so....with LTE it will, but you can't do voice and data simultaneous in CDMA.....!!! the top speed in EVDO is 6 mbps compares to 21 mbps in HSPA, lets see what the fanboys got to say about it and what non sense lie they gonna post here....!!!

11. artz1986 posted on 26 Oct 2009, 15:05 0 0

I don't think any network can fully handle the iPhone, Vzw might handle it a lil better than at&t, which is a given, seeing how they would have had a longer time to get their infrastructure at a good point, but the carrier would have problems... glad to see objective kids in here for once..

12. Iphoneisthesuck posted on 26 Oct 2009, 15:07 0 0

nothing wrong with being objective....

13. baileyboy posted on 26 Oct 2009, 15:17 0 0

Good thing VZW thought ahead, their data and voice are two different networks. Just because the data network is clogged does not mean the voice calls will drop. Think about it.

14. biggles posted on 26 Oct 2009, 15:18 0 0

I'd vastly prefer Verizon not clog up its CDMA network with the boring iphone. Save it for LTE.