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[Daniel Clem <clem11388@xxxxxxxxx>]

No Problem, I bout fell over when I read it! :-)  we really need to spread the word about this as there are probably ALOT of people that are on Verizon or Sprint that looked, seen it was most likely was GSM and moved on. 

OMG Ububtu needs to cover this with a BIG article and include at least one if not multiple source stating Verizon will completely switch to LTE.  More recent the better.

Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>That's astonishing. I thought it would be about 2016 before LTE would
>be
>used for voice and texting, but apparently Verizon is moving things
>along
>quite rapidly:
>http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57591213-94/verizon-says-first-lte-only-phones-to-arrive-in-late-2014/
>
>That says late 2014. This is a short production run of an ultra
>advanced
>product. A few months early is less than surprising. So yes, this
>sounds
>like it will work on Verizon. I apologize for being wrong earlier, I
>had no
>idea that they would roll this out.
>On Jul 29, 2013 7:05 PM, "Daniel Clem" <clem11388@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> NEW UPDATE!!! The Indiegogo page now states specifically states the
>Edge
>> will work with "LTE and GSM networks, including Verizon and Sprint”
>!!!
>>
>> Taking it exactly as it reads, that means it will not work on CDMA
>3G. But
>> once Verizon's LTE spreads to rural areas, the both voice and data
>will
>> most likely switch to all LTE and phase out CDMA over a few years
>until all
>> the (at that point) 3G legacy phones are no longer uses.
>>
>> What do you guys think??
>>
>> Daniel Clem <clem11388@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> I deleted the more relevant mail already, so sorry for being out of
>>> order. But we have a GSM phone and account from a pay as you go
>company
>>> called "Tracfone”. Is this Sim card compatible with?? If so I will
>>> definitely pledge one I have 830 saved.
>>>
>>> "Omar B." <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Nice, thx for recording the data and the graph.
>>>>
>>>> did you get any data on individuals who may had purchased multiple
>times
>>>> consecutively? , how many each individual got ?
>>>>
>>>> I Think indiegogo only lets you select one perk even if you add
>more
>>>> cash to the amount.
>>>>
>>>> So it wouldn't be a surprise if some made multiple purchases
>>>> consecutively.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway this will be a crucial week, hope their double edge and
>other
>>>> perks get mass acceptance.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> From: coder543@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:41:00 -0500
>>>> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Ubuntu Edge (the Ubuntu handset)
>>>> To: estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> CC: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> Actually, this will probably help. This is the amount of funding
>the
>>>> project had received over time. The data was sampled at a rate of
>once
>>>> every 90 seconds. You can clearly see the moment when the $600
>phone option
>>>> ran out. Calculating the trend line for the second half of the
>graph
>>>> indicates that the campaign will raise about $20,000,000 total over
>the
>>>> full period of the campaign, which is not enough. I believe that
>this is
>>>> the reason Canonical introduced the Double Edge option a few
>minutes ago,
>>>> which might boost sales by a little bit more. Hopefully this
>clarifies my
>>>> point. There lines are very smooth. If a company bought 100 units
>all at
>>>> once, there would be a visible blip on the graph, in my opinion.
>That would
>>>> be $60,000 in pledges all at once, which would break the monotony
>of the
>>>> graph.
>>>>
>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Josh Leverette
><coder543@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm not saying companies *couldn't* buy from the indiegogo deal.
>I'm
>>>> just saying the companies with the money to buy from this
>fundraiser
>>>> wouldn't be able to move fast enough to have gotten in on the 1st
>day of
>>>> sales. Companies move slowly for the most part, and I was watching
>the
>>>> sales figures carefully. I've even plotted them on a graph over
>time as the
>>>> data has come in, starting at about $1.5million dollars in sales. I
>>>> should've started the data collection earlier, but I stupidly
>didn't think
>>>> to. I watched the number from the start though, even though they
>weren't
>>>> being recorded. The rates were constant. There was no bulk purchase
>done by
>>>> any one company. If you would like to review my numbers, I can send
>you the
>>>> spreadsheet.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >Stores and resellers were not purchasing from indiegogo yesterday.
>>>> There might have been one or two, but that's simply not what
>happened. This
>>>> whole campaign is all about individuals buying these phones. I
>don't want
>>>> to see this campaign fail anymore than you do. People will either
>buy them
>>>> at $830, or they won't.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> yes... sure.
>>>>
>>>> I didn't see anywhere that said limited one per client.
>>>>
>>>> Or that you shouldn't get involved with business reasons in mind
>and get
>>>> a bunch of them.
>>>>
>>>> There's nothing to lose at the moment, which makes it even better.
>In
>>>> fact anyone can come in and buy most of the 35k remaining, I don't
>think
>>>> its prohibited.
>>>>
>>>> I believe even companies got into the discounted 600 tier and took
>their
>>>> share and is why you see 0 in the enterprise tier. Why would you as
>a
>>>> company pay 80/160k when you can pay 60/120k right there (Big
>discount in
>>>> one go), is a no brainer, they wouldn't survive as companies by
>being dumb
>>>> about $, specially on this economy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>     Josh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>     Josh
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