12:50 PM 'It's an old person's worst nightmare,' says SNL's clever, yet accurate, commercial spoof

Sarah Thomas, Director, Women in Comms

February 13, 2012

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Verizon LTE Gets Spoofed

12:50 PM -- Verizon Wireless is working hard and spending a lot to convince consumers of the value of its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, but all they're hearing may be a jumble of buzzwords and acronyms -- and new handsets ... lots of them.

At least that’s what the clever writers at Saturday Night Live suggested in a skit over the weekend, and I can't say I disagree.

Check out the video below to see why Verizon and its competitors' sales reps may have a hard time explaining to customers (and probably not just the old ones) why LTE is anything but faster than 3G. (See Sprint's Got Some Explaining to Do.)





— Sarah Reedy, Senior Reporter, Light Reading Mobile

About the Author(s)

Sarah Thomas

Director, Women in Comms

Sarah Thomas's love affair with communications began in 2003 when she bought her first cellphone, a pink RAZR, which she duly "bedazzled" with the help of superglue and her dad.

She joined the editorial staff at Light Reading in 2010 and has been covering mobile technologies ever since. Sarah got her start covering telecom in 2007 at Telephony, later Connected Planet, may it rest in peace. Her non-telecom work experience includes a brief foray into public relations at Fleishman-Hillard (her cussin' upset the clients) and a hodge-podge of internships, including spells at Ingram's (Kansas City's business magazine), American Spa magazine (where she was Chief Hot-Tub Correspondent), and the tweens' quiz bible, QuizFest, in NYC.

As Editorial Operations Director, a role she took on in January 2015, Sarah is responsible for the day-to-day management of the non-news content elements on Light Reading.

Sarah received her Bachelor's in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She lives in Chicago with her 3DTV, her iPad and a drawer full of smartphone cords.

Away from the world of telecom journalism, Sarah likes to dabble in monster truck racing, becoming part of Team Bigfoot in 2009.

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