Verizon will run LTE trials in Seattle and Boston later this year

We don't know if this is indicative of the company's rumored plans to roll out LTE in Q1 2010 , but Verizon has announced that it'll start running trials of its 4G network later this year, and the lucky cities to first get a stab at it are Seattle and Boston. In an earnings call today, CFO John Killian reiterated that the plan is to have a commercial launch in "up to 30 markets next year" (note he didn't say when in 2010), with an expected 100 million points of presence for LTE by 2013. VZW COO Denny Strigl skirted by a few questions about any future Apple devices, but no surprise there, that's been its modus operandi for some time now.

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[(Unverified) Posted Jul 27th 2009 6:34PM]

Why does everyone always have to Bring up that 'Fruit' company.

It's Seattle (home of where???) not Cupertino
It's fast access (lightning jack fast)
It's for Data (not for Voice - voice doesn't care)

It's, most likely, for a mystical device that fits all three points above???

(db)

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 28th 2009 8:20AM]

...Maybe because the author realizes that there is always a pissant commenter who will demonstrate their stupidity over the "issue" of having used a perfectly legitimate reference to the "Fruit" company. Just maybe.

Fucking Idiot.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 28th 2009 10:21AM]

Look ma - another fruit must have gone bad (real bad, by the tone of its language). Looking back on AndOneMoronThing's previous post - user seem to have the inability to do much be an arse! Where do people like him come from (Cupertino?? No - those people are nice, I work with them regularly).

People like AndOneMoronThing should 'just fall victim' to Darwin - He should take them before they get to opportunity to create more of their kind.

Yes - I'm looking for 100 Million Point of Presence, too!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 28th 2009 11:56AM]

If you had an atom of gray-matter, you'd understand that most of us _have_ "fallen victim to Darwin". You, on the other hand, seem to be more adept at riding to Sunday School on dinosaurs. Are you offended by Geico commercials too? Explains much, doesn't it, kid?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 27th 2009 7:06PM]

oooo exciting. can't wait to get my hands on some 4g!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 27th 2009 8:21PM]

Noooooooooooooooo! wheres the love for souther cali men? i need 4g's!!!! please!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 29th 2009 3:39AM]

If Verizon gets the Toshiba TG01 before the end of this year and they are running the trials in Seattle... oh man.

Sometimes, I love living in Seattle.