Some Of You Folks in 19 Markets Should Be Waking Up to Verizon 4G
Oh, would you look at that: it’s June 16th. I recall something big was supposed to go down today. Hmm… wonder what that cou– oh, that’s right, Verizon’s big LTE expansion goes down today. In fact, it went down a couple of days ago for some of you as Verizon has been testing the waters and elected to just leave some of those towers on (in south-eastern Wisconsin, anyway).
Verizon lit up 19 new major markets and their surrounding entities today, meaning a bunch of you have just gotten that lightning fast mobile data speed on your 4G phones, MiFis and data sticks. Two new markets were expanded, Detroit and San Francisco, alongside the following additions:
- Milwaukee, WI (woot!); Racine, WI; Madison, WI; Wisconsin Dells, WI; Kenosha, WI; Mequon, WI; More Southeastern Wisconsin cities here. (There are a ton.)
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Boise, ID
- Fresno, CA; San Francisco Bay area (expansion), CA; Sacramento, CA
- Spokane, WA
- Grand Rapis, MI; Flint, MI; Ann Arbor, MI; Lansing, MI
- Hartford, CT
- Indianapolis, IN; Fort Wayne, IN
- State College, PA; Harrisburg, PA; Erie, PA
- Springfield, OH; Dayton, OH
- Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Like I said, a whole lot of you folks. This bring’s Verizon’s 4G market count to 74, just shy of Sprint’s 77. And Sprint has had a hell of a head start, we’d say. Verizon originally planned to get their 4G LTE to their entire coverage area by the end of 2013, and we’d say they’re on pace to do just that.
They’ve met every goal they set when they first announced their 4G network, delivering LTE speeds to markets precisely when they said they would. All of these cities were on the list for a Q2 launch and, well, Q2 doesn’t end for another two weeks.
I hope Verizon keeps the pace up, but I have a feeling we don’t have anything to worry about. Now, excuse me while I go to Lake Michigan and use Verizon’s newfound 4G network in Milwaukee as an excuse to work in the sun.