Don’t cut that fiber just yet  Mon, 12/19/2011 - 2:00pm Andrew
Berg, Wireless Week  Verizon Wireless' LTE network is currently
available in 190 markets, covering more than 200 million people
across the United States. Verizon boasts LTE download speeds of
5 to 12 Mbps and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps. That's better
than, or in line with, some fixed-line connections. So will end
users opt to cut the data cord in the same way they've cut their
voice landlines?  While it might sound improbable, and to some
degree making an LTE hotspot your sole connection to the
Internet simply doesn't make sense, the technology is certainly
capable of providing such a service. Still, users might want to
hold off on getting rid of their fixed-line data just yet, as
moving to LTE for all of your online needs has its drawbacks.
The going price of a bit Peter Rysavy, industry veteran and
founder of Rysavy Research, says that while there are parallels
between what happened with voice and what could happen with
data, there are also m