Verizon's 4G LTE will spread to all current 3G areas by end-2013

posted by Victor H. / Jan 10, 2013, 3:58 AM

Verizon's 4G LTE will spread to all current 3G areas by end-2013

For many years the United States was the world’s leader in many industries, but when it came to wireless it lagged behind Europe and other markets. This started to change rapidly with the adoption of 4G LTE and now the U.S. has gone back to being the world’s most developed wireless market. And Verizon Wireless is a huge part of that change as the nation’s largest carrier has the largest LTE network in not just the country, but the whole world.

In 2013, Verizon Wireless confirmed it will finalize its LTE rollout and finally cover all its current 3G markets with blazing fast 4G. By now, Verizon is already covering most bigger metropolitan areas, so what’s left is already mostly rural areas.

The plan is to have such coverage by mid-year but if something goes wrong Verizon would then have some time to finalize its network expansion. Matching its 3G coverage areas with 4G will make the carrier the first one to achieve such widespread adoption of LTE.

source: Android Authority

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12 Comments

1. oldmandaddy

Posts: 64; Member since: May 01, 2010

I hope they drop the price and give more data.

posted on Jan 10, 2013, 5:01 AM 1

2. troutsy

Posts: 382; Member since: Feb 17, 2012

Seems like that would lower profits...

posted on Jan 10, 2013, 7:23 AM 1

4. remixfa

Posts: 14605; Member since: Dec 19, 2008

they already have gargantuan profit margins and very low debt. This gives them a massive lock on the rural communities that want high speed access.. VZW will literally be the only choice for a while.

posted on Jan 10, 2013, 7:35 AM 2

6. cripton805

Posts: 1485; Member since: Mar 18, 2012

They will raise the price and give less data. Its a trend. They did that with voice, text, and now data. When the one service is less popular, thats when they offer unlimited on that one service.

posted on Jan 10, 2013, 9:38 AM 1

11. jsd0108

Posts: 19; Member since: Mar 11, 2010

"Our business is growing and our profits are increasing, so let's drop the prices so we can make less money!" said no one ever...

posted on Jan 10, 2013, 10:44 PM 0

12. firelightx

Posts: 71; Member since: Oct 13, 2011

Did you know that 90% of the time, Verizon costs only $10 more per month than any of the other 4 major carriers? Only Sprint comes out as much cheaper than them, and only if it's a 5 line family plan. For 2 lines smartphones, every carrier is the same price.

posted on Jan 10, 2013, 10:51 PM 1

3. remixfa

VZW's original plan for the rollout was to be 100% LTE and turning off CDMA by 2015. Looks like they are ahead of schedule. Expect them to announce a timetable on killing CDMA soon after the rollout is complete and they get LTE Voice perfected. LTE-V I think is the only thing really holding them back at this point since it seems to still have issues.

posted on Jan 10, 2013, 7:34 AM 4

5. SuperAndroidEvo

Posts: 4888; Member since: Apr 15, 2011

That is why I have Verizon Wireless. They are making incredible strides in 4G LTE & sometime this year they will get 4G LTE Advance working alongside Voice over 4G LTE. Verizon is the only company I can justify paying what I pay because I constantly see the fruits of their labor. You are right Verizon Wireless is the ONLY choice for a LONG while. +1

posted on Jan 10, 2013, 9:12 AM 4

8. remixfa

If your rural, yea, that's about all you can expect. Tmobile is making massive strides and will be faster than VZW again when their LTE-10 launches..well.. any day now, but they have a long way to go before they even consider rural LTE set ups. Great deal if your in metro areas, if your not its best to be on VZW for high speed. I havent heard anything of VZW's LTE-A trials.. no one has them yet. They are not even LTE-10. Its probably going to be 2014 or so before we start getting real rumors on LTE-A.

posted on Jan 10, 2013, 11:09 AM 0

7. cripton805

I had Verizon and they have issues with their 4g. It loses connection every couple of minutes then takes a couple of minutes to connect again. I dont kno why. I had this happen with a couple 4g phones and I know plenty of people with this problem. It was crazy fast at 40mbs in my area. It was glitchy though.

posted on Jan 10, 2013, 9:42 AM 1

9. Omarc07

Posts: 574; Member since: Nov 12, 2012

hmmm my sister on verizon told me she has the same problem and she lives in NY. First she had the droid charge even standing outside with full bars of 4G it would switch to 3G for a couple of seconds then go back to 4G , then she switched to iphone 5 and she said she has the same problem and that her man got a htc dna and same thing u have 4G in one street walk down the wrong street the phones keep switching back n forth 3G/4G and tht when tht happens u cant do stuff like download apps cuz it be downloading fine over 4G then it switches to 3G and it stops u have to start over she said it getting frustrating . She told me she tought it was a NY thing but that when she went to los angeles same thing n im sure its not her phones cuz she always switching phones.

posted on Jan 10, 2013, 11:56 AM 0

13. firelightx

She is talking about the two most congested cities in the country. Its very possible the phone is attempting to use 3G because it can't get a stable connection to 4G with everyone else using it. We suffered the same problems with Dial-Up in the 90s. During the prime time hours when everyone was home, it wasn't even worth trying to connect to your modem.