Last year Verizon decided to sell off their older DSL equipment to Frontier, which allowed them to focus more energy into their FIOS deployments. With their recently launched 4G LTE network, which is capable of providing download speeds around 5-12Mbps, they now have a wireless service capable of outperforming the DSL connections they previously sold. Late last year there were rumors of 4G fixed installs that would allow customers to mount a MIMO style antenna outside to take advantage of the growing 4G LTE network. Within the rumor there was speculation that Verizon was working with DirecTV on designing a fixed LTE system for rural areas.
Verizon CTO Dick Lynch has already made it clear that fixed LTE for home use is in their plans for residential broadband use. Lynch also said, “In wireless, I see a great opportunity within the LTE plans we have to begin to service the customers who don’t have broadband today … They will be able to have mobile LTE and also to be able to have fixed broadband." At this time there have been no prices given, however, with current wireless service capped at 5GB for $50/mo or 10GB of data for $80/mo we'd anticipate the pricing will be linear. We'd like to see a more forgiving cap with LTE for home users, as you can quickly chew through 5GB with the type of speeds capable from Verizon's LTE network.
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