Verizon is taking to long to implement LTE. By 2014 5G will be the new technology on the block. These days a new technology is obsolete before it is deployed.
Not really a long time considering timeline here to build a cell site near me.
- 4 Years ago rumors of a new cell site coming to the area confirmed with town clerk. Very poor service up here, lots of dropped calls on all carriers.
- 2 years ago they successfully bid on a site Green Township owns.
- 18 Months ago they signed a lease for the site.
- Last May they submitted plans to the Township. Plans were rejected as "incomplete".
- A year later and they still have not re-submitted plans to the Township Board Zoning Board of Adjustment.
- So new tower is at least a year away assuming Verizon/Township/Locals do their typical approval dance.
And I and neighbors continue to drop calls.....
Tim -- The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
reply to pende_tim This one is better. I have had a tower 2 miles from my house in my township cleared by the township and even registered with the FCC with a sign next to the road. Its been 3 years now and it has never been built. You get more than dropped calls around me there is a 15 mile stretch of main highway were AT&T and Verizon phones literally read no service. Now things are really up in the air on what they are going to do. I am on the county line were to the north is Verizon Wireless and to the south was served by Alltel that Verizon bought. The upside of it is that I have had 3G service for a few years now when in town someday they will build them. Sometimes the local governments just plain suck.