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Originally Posted by vector
I heard recently that in my area, near Harrisburg, PA, you can already use GSM phones on verizon. It surprised me. Has anyone else heard this? What's LTE and where does it fit in? Why is Verizon bothering with LTE if it's not GSM?
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I think whoever told you that was mistaken. You can't use GSM phones on Verizon. Nor will you be able to even in a few years after they move to LTE, since current GSM phones aren't compatible.
The confusion may stem from the fact that Verizon recently bought out Unicel, which is a regional provider in the Northeast that owns some GSM networks.
Verizon is bothering with LTE because they don't want to go with WiMAX for a 4G network. LTE is the only other alternative that will offer speeds upwards of 20 megabits for a next-generation network.