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Verizon Reveals Plans For "C Block" Airwaves
eldavojohn writes "Now that Verizon has beaten Google in the 'block C' spectrum auction, what are they going to do with it? Well, as of today they've revealed their plans for world domination: they plan to speed up wireless internet connections. It may come as no surprise that they'll also be making this available for other manufacturer's devices. AT&T plans to do the same with their auction winnings, 'AT&T was second to Verizon, winning $6 billion in spectrum licenses, which it also plans to use for high-speed Internet service. But its executives said they didn't bid for the portion subject to the open-access rules. The parts it did land cost AT&T nearly three times as much per unit of spectrum than the portion Verizon bought.'"
AT&T got it's C-block spectrum in a Buyout not at auction. At auction they won B-block spectrum...
http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/3G/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207001878
and they plan to roll out early 4G phones and towers before 4G standards are done and who knows what kind of problems that will expose in the new standards and technology.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
It could be your phone as well. I have Verizon also and the call quality is excellent for me.
FYI, don't say picture and link to a PDF. It can be an unpleasant surprise.