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AT&T Promises To Expand LTE To More US Markets

Posted by timothy on from the lte-us-pray dept.

WIn5t0n writes "Even though AT&T has now promoted itself to the 'Largest 4G Network' (HSPA+), it is still lagging far behind in advancing its LTE Coverage. AT&T's largest competitor, Verizon, has turned up the heat on the company now that it claims to cover 75 percent of US population with LTE, while AT&T's network only fully covers a few cities. However, AT&T has recognized consumer unrest and has planned to expand its 4G LTE coverage into '48 new markets' by the end of the year. With the iPhone 5 (rumored to have LTE capabilities) likely to be in consumers hands by the end of this month, AT&T is now feeling the pressure to make sure its customers can take full advantage of their new phones on a faster network. The company's full rollout of 4G LTE coverage is not scheduled to be complete until at least 2013."

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  1. STATE RUN HEALTHCARE KILLS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://www.thelocal.se/43048/20120906/

    "The incident, which took place at the Lidköping hospital, has prompted stinging criticism from Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen).

    The 72-year-old went under anesthetic at 10.45am on the day of the operation, which took place in January 2011.

    At noon sharp, the head anesthetist left the operating room to go for lunch. Fifteen minutes later, the head nurse anesthetist also left the patient and went for lunch.

    No other anesthetist was called in to take over responsibility for the doctor who was on his lunch break.

    And while another nurse was brought in to cover for the nurse anesthetist, the nurse who arrived came from the orthopedic ward and wasn't familiar with the respirator to which the 72-year-old was attached.

    Suddenly, the patient started hemorrhaging and his blood pressure started to drop, sparking a "chaotic" situation.

    As the patient's condition became critical shortly before 1pm, the substitute nurse tried desperately to reach the lunching anesthetist, but to no avail.

    When the doctor and the primary nurse anesthetist returned to the operating room, they discovered that the patient's respirator had been turned off, leaving him without oxygen for approximately eight minutes.

    Despite immediately starting resuscitation efforts, doctors were unable to revive the man, who had suffered irreparable brain damage and died several weeks later."

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    1. Re:STATE RUN HEALTHCARE KILLS by Desler · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      So malpractice only exists in socialized health care systems? Otherwise I don't see what point your trying to make.

  2. Funnily enough by Kupfernigk · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This is also almost exactly how my mother in law died in a private hospital in the UK, except that at the "chaotic" situation she was rushed to a State hospital which had better facilities, but got there too late and was DOA.

    Only a bonkers libertarian could seriously believe that private systems don't have screwups. Oh, and by the way, what exactly is the difference between "Obamacare" and what Romney approved for Mass? Without handwaving?

    Yes, I do have karma to burn.

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    1. Re:Funnily enough by Dishevel · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      While private corps screw up all the time there are a few differences.
      1) You are not forced to deal with a particular private company. If one gets a bad rep people can avoid it.
      2) It almost has to be a public employee to get the right to go to lunch at a time like that. Yay Public Employee unions.
      3) The upside is it will be free to some people. (Not free though. overall costs will go up for a specific level of service.)

        The difference between Obamacare and Romneycare?
      The US is supposed to be about States. The Federal government was to be there to give a unified face to the outside and to ensure freedom of travel and commerce between the States. Different states could be wildly different and if you did not like it you could just move. With Obamacare if you do not like it you must renounce your US citizenship and move to a foreign country.

      You can still like or dislike the federal health care mandate if you want to, those are just some facts about the differences to chew on.

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