LTE Markets/Rollout Official Discussion

[sprke81]

Probably the large one.........that is one cool website, all kinds of pics!

+++1. I just spent a lot of time on there. I'll be keeping an eye on that one.

[Dubspoon]

September is here, where's the clarification? CKD hasn't talked to his DM to clue us in on 2010? These big panels ought to be in plain sight by now.

[kupe]

September is here, where's the clarification? CKD hasn't talked to his DM to clue us in on 2010? These big panels ought to be in plain sight by now.

[Checks Dubs post date] [Checks calendar date]

[Dubspoon]

kupe, lte is not happening this weekend or by Monday. 4 months left in the year and still no confirmed markets but a leaked lightning bolt map gives hope.

[sprke81]

Kupe, don't feed the troll...

[kupe]

Kupe, don't feed the troll...

You're not entertained by his self-impugning posts? I admit it's probably akin to clubbing baby seals (but without all the cruelty), but I thought sentient beings are intelligent enough to know how to avoid it.

I'll try to resist in the future.

[MarkyD]

I'm sure I'll be asked for proof, etc, which I cannot give. I don't want to harm my sources. I will say that I am 100% certain OKC is set to launch as one of the initial markets to have LTE.

A few interesting facts about Verizon in Oklahoma:

-Tulsa LTE will NOT be launched until Q2-Q3 of next year.
-Oklahoma City AND SUBURBS (Edmond, Norman, Moore, Yukon) WILL be included, to some extent, in the November launch. It will NOT be limited to the OU stadium, the Ford Center (where the Thunder play), etc. 700mhz antennas are installed at just about every VZW cell site I've seen in the area. The launch in OKC and surrounding areas will cover all but the more remote areas where backhaul is a challenge. Those areas will take longer.

-Backhaul in OKC is being provided by Cox Business (metro ethernet). Apparently, the two companies worked out a deal that is sweet for both parties. Verizon is new in the area and doesn't have fiber in the ground here, whereas Cox needs cheap tower space for their AWS network they are deploying here. Most of Verizon's cell sites here are owned by Alltel Newco, which is now Verizon. Cox has a very healthy fiber footprint here, where as Qwest and Verizon do not. (Qwest is providing backhaul in many of the areas where Verizon has less fiber in the ground.)
-Oklahoma City has no 1900mhz service running on Verizon. It's all 800 at this point, and of course the 700mhz for LTE. Tulsa, on the other hand, is PCS only.
-VZW has something like 100mhz of spectrum to play with in OKC. That's a whole lot for a city this size.

Food for thought...

[Dubspoon]

Marky, gives is more. There a lots more markets that need some clarfication.

[MarkyD]

Marky, gives is more. There a lots more markets that need some clarfication.

What does "gives is more" mean?

[Evan702]

Give us more?

[MarkyD]

ah, ok. I don't really have more info on other markets, although I'm sure i can find out. I was really just interested in the market in which I live, hence the ridiculous amount of time I spent gathering information before posting it.

I'll see what else I can find out, but I won't post anything if I can't be sure about it. I'm excited that OKC is getting something FIRST for once. that doesn't happen to us often.

[ilvla2]

I'm excited that OKC is getting something FIRST for once. that doesn't happen to us often.

A lot more often than it does to my area We usually get next to last, sometimes last.

[Dubspoon]

ah, ok. I don't really have more info on other markets, although I'm sure i can find out. I was really just interested in the market in which I live, hence the ridiculous amount of time I spent gathering information before posting it.

I'll see what else I can find out, but I won't post anything if I can't be sure about it. I'm excited that OKC is getting something FIRST for once. that doesn't happen to us often.

I hope that comes soon, my fault on misunderstood post but really thought context was a clue to what I meant. Thanx Evan for clearing it up

[MarkyD]

I hope that comes soon, my fault on misunderstood post but really thought context was a clue to what I meant. Thanx Evan for clearing it up

oh, it wasn't too hard to figure out once I got some sleep

[Dubspoon]

It looks like that last 45 days of the year prediction has a lot of truth to it, wonder if the (only hofo) prediction of 120M pops holds true too? Verizon needs another showing like the one from Boston a few months back.