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Wireless

by Mike Masnick

Thu, Oct 27th 2005 3:18pm





Has The US Passed Europe In Wireless Technology?

from the slow-pokes dept

For years, the common wisdom had been that Asia (well, Japan and Korea) got all the cool wireless technologies first, followed by Europe -- and the US was a laggard. However, Walt Mossberg is taking exception to that, pointing out that the US appears to be leapfrogging Europe in wireless networks, now that we have a broadband EVDO network from Verizon Wireless, along with expected launches in the next few weeks from Sprint (also EVDO) and Cingular (UMTS/HSDPA) -- all of which will be much faster than the various 3G networks in Europe. Of course, some of the mobile operators in Europe are also moving to HSDPA, so it shouldn't take all that long to catch up -- and, by now, we should realize that being first isn't nearly as important as getting the whole thing (technology, services, business model) right.

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    Cat Myers, Oct 27th, 2005 @ 4:24pm

    hear hear... service is something we have but need to improve on... Verizon especially

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    Stoned4Life, Oct 27th, 2005 @ 5:44pm

    Right. I wouldn't care if the Sinai desert has a wireless infrastructure before we do, as long as it's done right and moreover, with efficiency.

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    Verizons service is decent...

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    aapala, Oct 27th, 2005 @ 6:31pm

    Verizon is hardly the one who needs to improve their service. It's interesting... They had the largest user base prior to the ATTW Cingular merger, and ever since then, Verizons base has been steadily creeping up on Cingular's. There is no national carrier with a better network than V. They definately have their pitfalls, but I have yet to find a more fitting alternative.

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    Blitze, Oct 27th, 2005 @ 9:00pm

    I will be honest and say that i haven't used verison all that much. Their service doesn't seem to be that bad though, the only real complaint i have is with Tmobile... ;)

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    t-mobile.........

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    aapala, Oct 27th, 2005 @ 9:47pm

    T-mobile is... I probably shouldn't even get started on that one. We'll just say that they aren't the best option.

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    Sohrab, Oct 28th, 2005 @ 4:38am

    I dont hold no real love for Verizon but I can tell you, I had Sprint before and my parents have had nextel for a few years and their service is nothing compared to Verizon.

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 28th, 2005 @ 6:18am

    There service may not be too bad but they need to quit removing all the good features from phones and locking them down. Since a local Verizon sales rep said that they are most likely going to be locking down their phones so that only Verizon can show up as backgrounds

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