Here’s what we know:

LTE network launches December 5th.
38 Markets at launch, 60+ airports.
5-12 Mbps download, 2-5 Mbps upload, claiming up to 10 times faster than 3G.
Two USB devices available at launch, $99.99 each after $50 rebate.
5GB plan for $50, 10GB plan for $80, $10/GB overage standard on both plans, no usage limit, no speed throttler
Expected to expand to full coverage by or in 2013.

Here’s what we don’t know:

When an LTE phone will launch.

Verizon will announce it’s first LTE-capable phones at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in January.  In the Q&A they clarified that we would be seeing an LTE smartphone “by” mid-2011, but not necessarily “in” mid-2011.

We’ll update you with more as or if it comes.

I’ve been in the sales portion of this business for a long time.  I’ve worked with irate customers.  I’ve gone through bills with a microscope.  I’ve seen computer glitches, and I’ve seen user errors.  I’ve seen irresponsible parents, and I’ve seen irresponsible spouses.   I’ve experienced a multitude of different scenarios, most of them not very pretty.

It doesn’t have to be this way.