Well, that's not very nice.
Folks in the UK have been waiting for 4G LTE for a long time. Prayers were somewhat answered when UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom gave EE permission to repurpose some of its existing spectrum for 4G service. This gave EE a headstart on its competitors, which were left waiting for Ofcom's spectrum auction. However, it seems Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao believes the majority of people aren't that interested in 4G.
Mobile News reports that while speaking during a media conference call, Colao said he hadn't heard anyone mention that they needed the service and that it was 'of a limited interest to the majority.' That's not all, though. Colao went on to say that when he visited one of competitor EE's branches, it was filled with "technofreaks."
"I haven't seen any figures but when I visited an EE store to see how fast it was all I saw was technofreaks in there," Colao is quoted as saying.
Of course, EE has jumped on the bandwagon, tweeting the picture you see above with a message that reads, "In case you were curious, everyone is welcome on #4GEE...including "technofreaks."
Despite the CEO's statements, Vodafone UK does plan to enter the 4G market later this year. The company was listed as one of the parties bidding for 4G spectrum in Ofcom's auction. We imagine the CEO might change his tune when it comes time to launch the company's own 4G service. Something about being on the bleeding edge of technology, no doubt.
They frighten me so.
They frighten me so.
LOL!
I'd rather be a "colonial" any day. Its the 4th of July all year long fools!
That's $20, not $50.
I hate people who think that an interest in technology is something "freaky".
Don't know what to say to this really, there is too much i want to say in response to this, the first part of your comment is plain racist, we in the UK currently ALREADY have 4G, we don't have "horrible teeth" we get free healthcare including dental care from the government.
I can't be asked to explain why I would much rather live in the UK than the USA anyday, heres a list of a few:
http://cagematch.dvorak.org/index.php?topic=202.0
Not racist. Kidding. Just like telling women to go to the kitchen.
Ah, yes, that famous UK National Health System
http://www.christianpost.com/news/uk-doctor-claims-state-hospitals-killing-elderly-patients-to-free-up-beds-77052/
Forty-three hospital patients starved to death last year and 111 died of thirst while being treated on wards, new figures disclose today.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9591814/Patients-starve-and-die-of-thirst-on-hospital-wards.html
Now that IS a model for the world to emulate.
users, not many technofreaks among them, LOVE THE HECK OUT OF IT.
a big winner in the normalfreak market.
even cloud work benefits from faster bandwidth.
maybe Vodafone is going there...?
I pay the same amount for 30 Mbps down and 15 Mbps up. What is your latency on that and how reliable is it. Whenever I tried using my GS3 as a Tether it pulls fast data but it is unusable for gaming due to latency and connection consistency issues.
Nice try, but fail. That is why I put up a Telegraph Article. There are more that any simple google search would pull up. If you cared to look.
Considering that the USA spends 2.4x what the UK does on healthcare per person - http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=average+healthcare+spend+uk+usa - yes, it is. Better all over healthcare, no people who can't afford healthcare..... Oh no such a shame, let's just have healthcare run as a business. I'd much rather spend only 40% of what I do on healthcare. That'll save me thousands per year. I don't know about you but I WANT THOSE THOUSANDS.
Unless you are Australia, they have a amazing economy and the women aren't half bad. (Accents are terrible though).