Rogers 4G LTE "Will They/Won't They" Saga Continues!
So yesterday we linked to Zach Epstein's story over at BGR, the one about an internal Rogers briefing call that claimed Vancouver would be enjoying some 4G LTE at 50Mbps+ just in time for the Winter Olympics.
Rogers contacted us almost immediately to say the story was inaccurate and the call never happened, and we contacted Zach who was gracious enough to get back to us, reaffirming the story. Now the BGR has kicked it up another notch, posting audio from the supposed call online.
Real? Fake? A "leak it so we sound innovative but deny it so if it doesn't launch we had coverage" tactic? Take a listen to the recording and tell us what you think...
Editor-in-Chief of iMore, Executive Producer at Mobile Nations, co-host of Iterate and ZEN and TECH, cook, grappler, photon wrangler.
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There seems to be quite a bit in there that Janet Random Hacker would not know about, or would not phrase in that way.
It might not be Rogers, could be a sub-contractor, but this sounds believable to me.
"Sega" was a pretty good gaming console.
I'm feeling the leak to sound innovative.
Fixed, thanks!
Just keeping you in check;). Keep up the good work I enjoy wasting my time at work reading yours.
strategically planned leak, great way to boost interest and sales
Very well planned lol
You present some solid points. Great post!
Great news! Just a quick update to say we’ve officially lit up Canada’s first Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in Ottawa. Details on our Redboard blog!