AT&T CEO: Our 4G LTE network is 2-3 years behind Verizon’s [updated]

Well good thing I live in Houston, one of the first LTE metros for AT&T.  Once my contract is up next summer, I will be shopping my services between Big Red and Ma Bell.  I will say that is one advantage of AT&T, the speeds if you drop off an LTE coverage area.  Going from LTE to CDMA without simultaneous voice and data?  No bueno.  LTE to HSPA or HSPA+ with simultaneous voice and data?  Muy bueno.

Of course if you are in NY or SFC, you’ll go from LTE to GPRS…lol

But Verizon claims they will have virtually all of the U.S. covered with their LTE network by 2013…so almost no Verizon customers will ever “leave LTE coverage zones” by the time AT&T is finally expanding their LTE the same year. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, I recalled this solely from memory, so I could be off.

I’m guessing Verizon customers will have solid LTE coverage by then, as compared to AT&T’s which, like their 3G, is spotty.

This updated statement is BS.  Just say that you weren’t as prepared as Verizon for the next gen networks.  Sorry AT&T… when the LTE iPhone comes, you’re out of my life for good. 

that spokes person sounds like he just used random phrases and buzzwords

80% of the population covered but they can only travel a few miles before they lose that signal and drop to EDGE or nothing at all.   Now their 4G/LTE will only be available in a couple of states for a year or so.    Great.  Verizon only covers 1/4 of my state and has no plans to build anything new, and T-Mobile has great coverage here, but only one city covered with 3G, so I’m hoping the AT&T/T-Mobile merger will go through and maybe that will help AT&T get its act together.   

Is nohing but an idiot n greedy CEO doesnt know shit bout 4g. But im still enjoyn my Atrix even though i dont have 4g where i live.

Folks if you are expecting accurate reporting from bgr check who owns the site…AOL Huffington? Dishonesty is their charter.

If AT&T is so far behind Verizon, why are the prices indistinguishable? Two-three years is an entire contract term.

Speed really means nothing if you get dropped calls all day. I had my iPhone since June 2007 and of course had no choice but At@t. I live in los Angeles and am a heavy phone user and had at least 20 dropped calls a day. Now I switched to a Verizon iPhone and have NO dropped calls a day unless the person on the other end had an AT&T phone. Today I bought 4 more iPhones for my family and am willing to eat the at&t early termination fee just so everyone can have great service. And AT&T has only gotten worse over the four years. My opinion is that they just did not want to spend the money necessary to build the needed number of cell sites to keep up with their number of subscribers. I talk to iPhone users all over the country and they all have lousy service. Expect a mass exodus from at@t
When the word gets around how much better Verizon iPhone is and the next generation phone is here.
I just hope verizon can keep up when they get all those new iPhone subscribers. And AT&T will learn the hard way that people want a clear signal and no dropped calls as ther first priority! And the government should not reward their horrible service with allowing them to buy t mobile. Four carriers are good for competition and keep prices down. Look what happened to gas prices when the government
Allowed all of the oil companies to merge over the last ten years. Less players and higher prices.

How about they first work on bring their 3G, even 2G network up to industry standards and then they can worry about LTE.

AT&T continues to defraud its customers and consumers by providing the worse possible network service of any the carriers out there.  Hopefully the acquisition between AT&T and T-Mobile won’t happen.  If it does expect to see huge issues with integration over the next 2 years.  If you think AT&T’s network sucks now, just wait and experience it while the integration takes place  Your looking at 2 years of miserable service. 

ever notice how most people complaining bout att dont even use it, and want everybody to switch to their carrier but hate the idea of a monopoly. But yet still dont realize that all US carriers suck. smh

That’s a really good point. I do not want to have to go from LTE to 3G when 4G (HSPA +) is an option. Having the three choices is a very good idea. It’ll simply give a gradual decrease in speeds rather than moving as fast as “lightning” to as slow as a snail. I know at the moment our 3G speeds aren’t really that bad, but it will become just as unbearable as EDGE simply when we become more comfortable with faster speeds. THANK YOU At&t for making the transition the right way.

Hspa + is a joke. Why is att calling it the 3g but that’s what t mobile calls there 3g. Both of them suck

What people don’t understand is that there will be no need for VzW phones to go from 4G/LTE to 3G EvDO in a couple years, because the entire nation will have VzW 4G/LTE coverage by then…i.e. even better than their superior 3G EVDO coverage today.

This entire statement is 100% bullshit. AT&T doesnt HAVE HSPA+ service. If they did, they would wanna say WHERE they did, and compete against T-Mobile…I mean, after all they ARE STILL TWO COMPANIES right? AT&T acts like its in the bag and doesnt need to tell where HSPA+ is. Second, where AT&T internally thinks HSPA+ is available, doesnt mean it works. Not only do they not have the backhaul (this coming from one of the worlds largest most powerful telecommunications companies in the history of telephone) nor have they upgraded software at the towers where the backhaul exists. With that said, HSPA+ is NON EXISTENT on AT&T. Their HSPA network itself might as well be running as EDGE anyway.

Second, we all know AT&T didnt deploy LTE because they wanted to kill any and all competition of any and all other 4G technologies (ie, lets buy out T-Mobiile so they cant complete HSPA+ or LTE and blow us out of the water, since we certainly dont have the money to put Verizon out of business). 

Lastly, who IS the CEO of AT&T? Is it Ralph or Randall? Both of them are assclowns that spout off anything about their company, much like Dan Hesse has in the past, and then contradicted themselves, only in this case Ralph and Randall look much more retarded doing it then former AT&T CEO Dan Hesse ever did or does now at Sprint.

I see consistent speed on AT&T’s network as I move around SF now. It’s consistently between slow and non-existent.

Who cares what they6 are going to do? How bout fixing what you already claim to have and what you charge for daily. It’s not their 4G or LTE it’s their ” inability to carry current coverages as they state they offer and do it well or even good… and they don’t! AT & T do you really want to increase your market share, keep customers and make your customers happy to use you as their mobile device provider? Then FIX what you have before you go out and spend a penny to add more of what you can’t do to what you already do badly!

Most CEO talk exist only for their large share holders thus meaningless to the rest of us. What do we want Mr. RDLV we want a system that is reliable and cost effective just as you want for your company to be perceived. Now that said, I give AT&T 2-5 years at this rate before it is no more.  So listen up share holders don’t be last holding the bag my friends. If you have stock in AT&T you can either push the company to do what is right, wise and beneficial or you can sit back and watch your investment disappear just like so many others have done. Then you can say ” if I would have known then what I know now” Well I am telling you and if you don’t listen then prepare your mouths to say these words again out loud. If I Knew Then What I Know Now ” !

BTW anyone that is more worried about color coordinating his tie with the set of which looks like the set of the Jet-sons BTW ! I am a bit worried is surely not in touch with reality. But in fact trying to create a world that simply does not exist except in their own mind’s eye. I am not impressed with the set nor the tie. In fact it is a bit creepy to say the least!