Clearwire, AT&T take jabs at Verizon's LTE speeds, pricing2010-12-03 09:21 by DanielaTags: Clearwire, AT&T, Verizon, LTE
Hours after Verizon Wireless took the wraps off its LTE network, providing details on pricing and devices, the carrier's top rivals began taking digs at the effort. AT&T Mobility noted the gap between Verizon's EVDO network and its LTE network. "The one thing you have to avoid is for customers on a six to seven [Mbps LTE] experience to fall back to something sub-meg," AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson told Global Telecoms Business. Verizon said its LTE network will deliver real-world downlink speeds of 5-12 Mbps and uplink speeds of 2-5 Mbps, which it said is 10 times faster than its 3G network. AT&T, which plans to deploy LTE by mid-2011, is currently upgrading its 3G network to 21 Mbps HSPA+, and has argued that its HSPA+ network will give it a distinct advantage over Verizon. Indeed, AT&T hammered the point home in a blog post. "Customers of carriers who chose not to upgrade their current networks will move in and out of LTE coverage areas as well," AT&T CTO John Donovan wrote. "But as they do, they'll experience a jarring speed degradation. If they're online and on the phone when they move to sites that don't support simultaneous voice and data connections, they'll drop one of those connections. And if they're watching video, it's not going to be pretty." Read more -here-
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