Comments on: MetroPCS first to deploy LTE in the US? May have BlackBerry onboard already http://www.unwiredview.com/2009/03/04/metropcs-first-to-deploy-lte-in-the-us-may-have-blackberry-onboard-already/ Wireless news, views and reviews Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ilinca http://www.unwiredview.com/2009/03/04/metropcs-first-to-deploy-lte-in-the-us-may-have-blackberry-onboard-already/comment-page-1/#comment-26128 Ilinca Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:01:04 +0000 http://www.unwiredview.com/?p=11972#comment-26128 Correction: It's more like a rumor than it is news. Correction: It's more like a rumor than it is news.

]]> By: Ilinca http://www.unwiredview.com/2009/03/04/metropcs-first-to-deploy-lte-in-the-us-may-have-blackberry-onboard-already/comment-page-1/#comment-26127 Ilinca Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:56:56 +0000 http://www.unwiredview.com/?p=11972#comment-26127 You do have a point, but this is more like a rumor that it is news. I'm sure you can see that I said "might not be Verizon and neither AT&T" - with emphasis on "might".<br><br>Until Verizon actually deploys LTE, no one can say for sure that it will do it when it said it would (i.e in Q1 2010). There are often delays when it comes to these sorts of things. See T-Mobile and its 3G network... You do have a point, but this is more like a rumor that it is news. I'm sure you can see that I said “might not be Verizon and neither AT&T” – with emphasis on “might”.

Until Verizon actually deploys LTE, no one can say for sure that it will do it when it said it would (i.e in Q1 2010). There are often delays when it comes to these sorts of things. See T-Mobile and its 3G network…

]]> By: Newsman http://www.unwiredview.com/2009/03/04/metropcs-first-to-deploy-lte-in-the-us-may-have-blackberry-onboard-already/comment-page-1/#comment-26126 Newsman Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:41:03 +0000 http://www.unwiredview.com/?p=11972#comment-26126 This a joke masquerading as news, isn't it? <br><br>Since Verizon has publicly said it will deploy LTE in test markets in the final quarter of 2009, and begin commercial rollout in 1Q10, and has named its hardware suppliers, its hard to understand how anybody could conclude that a MetroPCS plan to deploy a year later would make it the first in the U.S.<br><br>And of course this story is based on nothing but the report in some other "blog" and not on a public MetroPCS statement. Whoever wrote this obviously doesn't own a telephone with which to at least try to call MetroPCS for confirmation.<br><br>And thus we see the death of journalism ... This a joke masquerading as news, isn't it?

Since Verizon has publicly said it will deploy LTE in test markets in the final quarter of 2009, and begin commercial rollout in 1Q10, and has named its hardware suppliers, its hard to understand how anybody could conclude that a MetroPCS plan to deploy a year later would make it the first in the U.S.

And of course this story is based on nothing but the report in some other “blog” and not on a public MetroPCS statement. Whoever wrote this obviously doesn't own a telephone with which to at least try to call MetroPCS for confirmation.

And thus we see the death of journalism …

]]> By: Ilinca http://www.unwiredview.com/2009/03/04/metropcs-first-to-deploy-lte-in-the-us-may-have-blackberry-onboard-already/comment-page-1/#comment-21848 Ilinca Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:01:04 +0000 http://www.unwiredview.com/?p=11972#comment-21848 Correction: It's more like a rumor than it is news. Correction: It's more like a rumor than it is news.

]]> By: Ilinca http://www.unwiredview.com/2009/03/04/metropcs-first-to-deploy-lte-in-the-us-may-have-blackberry-onboard-already/comment-page-1/#comment-21847 Ilinca Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:56:56 +0000 http://www.unwiredview.com/?p=11972#comment-21847 You do have a point, but this is more like a rumor that it is news. I'm sure you can see that I said "might not be Verizon and neither AT&T" - with emphasis on "might".<br><br>Until Verizon actually deploys LTE, no one can say for sure that it will do it when it said it would (i.e in Q1 2010). There are often delays when it comes to these sorts of things. See T-Mobile and its 3G network... You do have a point, but this is more like a rumor that it is news. I'm sure you can see that I said “might not be Verizon and neither AT&T” – with emphasis on “might”.

Until Verizon actually deploys LTE, no one can say for sure that it will do it when it said it would (i.e in Q1 2010). There are often delays when it comes to these sorts of things. See T-Mobile and its 3G network…

]]> By: Newsman http://www.unwiredview.com/2009/03/04/metropcs-first-to-deploy-lte-in-the-us-may-have-blackberry-onboard-already/comment-page-1/#comment-21846 Newsman Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:41:03 +0000 http://www.unwiredview.com/?p=11972#comment-21846 This a joke masquerading as news, isn't it? <br><br>Since Verizon has publicly said it will deploy LTE in test markets in the final quarter of 2009, and begin commercial rollout in 1Q10, and has named its hardware suppliers, its hard to understand how anybody could conclude that a MetroPCS plan to deploy a year later would make it the first in the U.S.<br><br>And of course this story is based on nothing but the report in some other "blog" and not on a public MetroPCS statement. Whoever wrote this obviously doesn't own a telephone with which to at least try to call MetroPCS for confirmation.<br><br>And thus we see the death of journalism ... This a joke masquerading as news, isn't it?

Since Verizon has publicly said it will deploy LTE in test markets in the final quarter of 2009, and begin commercial rollout in 1Q10, and has named its hardware suppliers, its hard to understand how anybody could conclude that a MetroPCS plan to deploy a year later would make it the first in the U.S.

And of course this story is based on nothing but the report in some other “blog” and not on a public MetroPCS statement. Whoever wrote this obviously doesn't own a telephone with which to at least try to call MetroPCS for confirmation.

And thus we see the death of journalism …

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