Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 22 November 2011
Verizon has done a great job, largely because of these three parts...
Part of it is because 700MHz is faster to deploy because of it's much larger coverage area (approximately 5 times greater than 2500MHz). Having to deploy only one fifth the number of sites that Clearwire had to per market makes for faster and less expensive deployment.
Part of it is because they planned it out far in advance. They committed to LTE 2 years in advance of deployment, waited for pricing to come down so their money would go farther and detailed everything to the Nth degree.
The last part is because Verizon is a well run carrier.
I have no idea who specifically maintains Verizon's network.