Comments on: FCC Gives Dish Network Approval to Build Own LTE Network

By: SockKitty

SockKitty — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 03:36:00 +0000

You’re both wrong. Austin is where it’s at.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:46:00 +0000

Dish needs Google as a partner, especially for financial backing. The FCC will now auction off more spectrum that Dish and Sprint will be bidding for, and If Dish Gets Google to commit, there will be no way Sprint could out bid both of them for the spectrum, and the spectrum is one that both dish has and sprint uses only keeping other carriers out.

I too would love it though, hopefully it will be branded The Nexus Carrier.

By: Chase Chick

Chase Chick — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:50:00 +0000

Work for Dish much?

By: cloud36426

cloud36426 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:13:00 +0000

I don’t have any T-MO service here. Doesn’t Straight Talk throttle after 2 GB? I am on Verizon Unlimited now and the are testing LTE here now. I was thinking about the Nexus 4 buy only prepay options are AT&T or Straight Talk. I don’t know about AT&T prepay but would imagine it is just as expensive as what I have on Verizon now. Kinda thinking that I am pretty much stuck with Verizon as far as coverage and unlimited go.

By: Traci Johnson

Traci Johnson — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:53:00 +0000

We were paying ~130 before tax for Verizon. With these plans, I’m saving $1320 over the two year contract.… http://youtubeGoogleAmericanJob.qr.net/jVwS/watch?v=lQPBSI0W9o4R

By: Luxferro

Luxferro — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:32:00 +0000

I’m up for some Google Wireless LTE, if they have comparative prices to T-Mobiles $30 pre-paid plans… which is something they’d probably do if they wanted to convert the masses – or at least a good portion of them.

By: gutbucketrider

gutbucketrider — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:28:00 +0000

I’m sure the intent is to offer Highspeed wireless internet that would squash what Direct offers… Somehow I doubt they’re looking to get into the phone business.

By: Learned

Learned — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:57:00 +0000

Couldn’t care less…. saying “you could care less” indicates you have care and have the ability to care less… saying “you couldn’t care less” indicates you have zero care and is impossible to care less than what you do.

By: fixxmyhead

fixxmyhead — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:33:00 +0000

its cuz u were brainwashed by gayrizon to think that. nexus 4 and tmobile prepaid is the way to go. hspa+ is plenty fast enough

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:08:00 +0000

I switched to DirecTV from Dish 4 months ago and it was a huge mistake… Everytime I had a problem with Dish their customer service treated me right… DirecTV has been a pain in my backside… I also think people are looking too far into this, without anything set in stone this could be more of a home internet option for people

By: Droidzilla

Droidzilla — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:06:00 +0000

Yes, but I use my Google Voice number for everything so it wasn’t an issue for me.

By: T4rd

T4rd — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:05:00 +0000

I’ve been considering doing this. Did you have to lose your phone number when you did this too?

By: JasonIvers

JasonIvers — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:55:00 +0000

AWS-4, yep. The exact (and only) LTE that the Nexus 4 supports.

By: Droidzilla

Droidzilla — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:53:00 +0000

Yep; battery life is awesome if you give it a few days! I get 15 hours with 1-2 hours of screen on time, 1-2 hours of streaming music, 30 minutes of GPS, etc. Pretty darned good.

By: moelsen8

moelsen8 — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:47:00 +0000

my vzw account was just disabled today! i did the same thing, ported to google voice. have both a tmo and straight talk account at the moment while i’m testing. both are pretty awesome in the area i live.. HSPA+ is faster than i really believed based on what i read.. it really is plenty fast for me (besides the slight delay when you start downloading a web page or file, i wouldn’t be able to tell you if the connection were LTE or HSPA+). and the battery life is killer so far. exciting times.