Apple iPad Goes to AT&T, Verizon Nowhere to be Seen [Verizon Misses Out on Apple iPad Deal; Is Big Red Waiting for the CDMA iPhone?]

I really think its rediculous all the flack that att is getting. I mean, think about it, roughly half thier customers are using an iphone. Verizon doesnt have anything that is remotely close to the success of that product. If they did, they would be having “coverage” problems also. I mean, everyone has it because its the best, and att as a good company should is doing everything that they can to keep on top of the demand, but not since the moto razr has there been this much hype about a cell phone. Also, I am glad verizon didnt get the ipad. If you ask me, its just plain stupid to go with verizon for any of their products as verizon is basically a niche techknowlegy. They are the only company that really uses that style of network, additionally, the world uses GSM. So why in the world would they make only cdma version, or even offer it when it is basically a drop in a bucket when it comes to the amount of people that use gsm vs. cdma. Doesnt make sense at all for apple to launch on verizon. Att may lose exclusivity, but I highly doubt they will stop carrying the iphone. Would not make good business sense for anyone. I have an iphone, and I drop calls here and there, and some times my email doesnt work, but for all the joy, and benifits I get out of it most of the time, the occassional bad coverage or whatever is worth it. You gotta think, tons and tons and tons of people have the phone, and are benifiting from it every day like I am, so its like a log jam effect. some will get through, others wont, but it still makes progress. Anyway, I have rambled enough, and I will just leave you with…AM I THE ONLY ONE OUT THERE THAT ACTUALLY LIKES ATT, AND HATES VERIZON!? What a smug company verizon is…they cant even do voice over data at the same time. bunch a chumps if you ask me. yeah, you may cover a percent better overall coverage, but your network cant do anything with itself. anyway, att is getting an android phone soon also, so bye bye ace in the hole at verizon!

The AT&T plan for the iPad does NOT require a contract so you really aren’t switching providers. Also, Apple cannot discuss Verizon as a provider while still under contract with AT&T. That’s business ethics 101. I’m sure they will discuss once exclusivity expires.

No one seems to want to say that Verizon has not taken on the IPad because their network does not have the capacity. Their Map commercials tout 5 times the 3G coverage, but 3G is not a specific transport protocol technology, it is a “term” used to describe the generation of GSM, or CDMA used by a carrier.

How come I cannot talk and search the web simultaneously on the Droid? Why does the network not allow the throughput necessary to do something so straightforward? The Droid multitasks, but the network doesn’t.

AT&T should not be beat up so badly – Apple certainly had no need to do any exclusive partnership with any single carrier – Where is T-Mobile? Where is Sprint with their “4G”? They are lowball pricers? why didn’t they jump into the 14.99 or 29.99 data plan action? Do you think their networks have anything to do with it?

I cover telecom, so here it goes…AT&T will continue to have issues with data capacity as they have only deployed HUDSPA on major metropolitan areas in the US, everywhere else gets EDGE (comparable to Verizon’s 1X). When Verizon first introduced EVDO (1st Gen 3G) they chose to have separate carriers on each tower they installed, the 1X carrier antenna (Verizon’s 2G) would support voice traffic and the EVDO (now updated to EVDO Rev A) would support the data traffic. This is the reason for both Verizon’s criticism and their success, data traffic does not hinder their voice capacity. On the flip side there are two different technologies working on every tower, one for voice and one for data, hence Verizon’s inability to support simultaneous voice and data transmission.

From an unbiased, yet educated in telecom, opinion AT&T is going to continue to have problems well into their 4G roll out. That will be the point where the 2 companies can not haggle with one another about who chose the correct technology as Europe’s Vodaphone, Verizon and AT&T (the 3 largest wireless carriers in the world) have all chosen LTE as the next generation of wireless and every other major carrier in the world has followed suit. The investment that Verizon made in 4G 700 Mhz spectrum was $9 billion vs. AT&T’s $2 billion in the higher frequency spectrum with less in building reach, and again, only in metropolitan areas.

Apple would be foolish to not partner with Verizon as soon as their contractual obligations expire not only for network reasons, but also for the 91 million customers that they will get access to by partnering with the worlds largest cellular provider, and I’m not the only one who thinks so, watch Apple’s stock when a telecom analyst from a major brokerage reports that Verizon and Apple can’t come to an agreement…Steve Jobs is no fool and will not make a business decision that will put Apple in a competitive disadvantage if not contractually bound. I for one wish all carriers had the iPhone, iPad, etc. so that it would breed greater competition and ultimately lower prices for the consumer.

@Jizm – Being an attorney I can most definitely say you are 100% correct. Apple will not mention Verizon until contractually free to do so.

GSM > CDMA
Heres an idea, lets build a network EVERYWHERE in the US that is a completely different technology than the rest of the world. Verizon is a good company with a good business model, but it appears they have painted themselves into a corner so to speak. The countries that produce our cellphones all use GSM, the phones have to be custom made to even work on Verizon’s network. That means at&t has a much brighter future just from a numbers standpoint alone. Sure BetaMax may have had a couple of advantages over VHS, but we see who won that battle. VHS was just more widely available.
I’ll take my Government recommended absorbtion rate of magnetic radiation from a radio type that is used in every country in the world, not one that is used by companies just in the US.
Maybe its a conspiracy by Verizon owner Vodafone to sabatoge the US telecomunications industry by building a company that from the ground up is different from the rest of the planet.
I do work for att, but the company takes care of its employees and is actually owned and operated in the states.