Verizon Wireless is having yet another LTE service outage, a situation that contrasts sharply with the carrier’s relentless “most reliable network” marketing, observes Fierce Wireless.
“VZW is investigating customer issues in connecting to the 4G LTE data network. 3G data, voice and text services are operating reliably,” Verizon said in a Twitter statement.
Verizon experienced three brief LTE outages in December and four overall in 2011. In December, Verizon explained that the 2011 outages were due to technical problems with Verizon’s IP Multimedia Subsystem architecture. Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Siemens Networks are the key suppliers for Verizon’s IMS network, says FierceWireless.
The Public Safety Broadband Trust says they can build and operate a more reliable nationwide, 4G network dedicated exclusively for first responders, by harnessing the power of government bureaucracy.
Only time will tell whether that network, which may cost taxpayers upwards of $15 billion, proves to be an expensive mistake or a wise investment.
