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Verizon 4G LTE Tests Planned For Seattle, Boston

Posted by kdawson on from the finally-catching-up-to-802.11b dept.

suraj.sun writes "Verizon will kick off tests of its LTE network in Seattle and Boston later this year, and is 'working on a commercial launch of LTE service in up to 30 markets next year. LTE is Verizon's next-generation, '4G' network, which will supplement and eventually replace its existing CDMA network and provide average data speeds between 8-12 Mbps. Their ultimate goal is to cover 100 million 'points of presence' nationwide by the end of 2013."

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  1. Re:Canada getting 21bps by balbeir · · Score: 5, Informative
    I doubt that 21Mbs will be the average speed. They are saying "up-to"

    LTE is the 4G successor of HSPA+ so you're not really getting anything state of the art up there in the north. It's more like a squeezed 3.5G lemon

    Verizon is advertising 8-12 average speed. LTE is in theory capable of doing 150Mbs

  2. 4G by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    8-12 mbit is not 4G.

    By definition, the objective of 4G is to support:

    + A nominal data rate of 100 Mbit/s while the client physically moves at high speeds relative to the station, and 1 Gbit/s while client and station are in relatively fixed positions as defined by the ITU-R,[3]
    + A data rate of at least 100 Mbit/s between any two points in the world,[3]

    1. Re:4G by Hammer · · Score: 5, Informative

      This is a correct definition.
      Furthermore LTE is not expected to be 4G That is in the realm of LTE-Advanced

      And I guess that this is only to act as some sort of alpha test