AT&T makes huge LTE push with 35 new markets
Verizon has reached its goal of covering nearly all of its current 3G markets with 4G LTE by the end of 2013, but its biggest competitor — AT&T — won’t sit by idly. The company has been launching anywhere from half to a full dozen markets every week for quite some time, and now we’re faced with its biggest push yet. AT&T has announced the addition of 35 new 4G LTE markets today, as well as expansions in 17 more. Check out the massive list:
Pine Bluff, Ark.; Searcy, Ark.; Chico-Oroville, Calif.; Grand Junction, Col.; Silverthorne, Col.; Homosassa Springs, Fla.; Palatka, Fla.; Milledgeville, Ga.; Valdosta, Ga.; Lafayette, La.; Morgan City, La.; New Iberia, La.; Cape Cod, Mass.; New Ulm, Minn.; Corinth-New Albany, Miss.; Greenwood-Cleveland, Miss.; Grenada, Miss.; Meridian, Miss.; Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Atlantic City-Toms River, N.J.; Batavia, N.Y.; Dunn, N.C.; Lawton, Okla.; Dillon, S.C.; Midland, Texas; Odessa, Texas; Sherman-Denison, Texas; Victoria, Texas; St. Croix, US Virgin Islands; St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands; Bremerton, Wash.; Moses Lake, Wash.;Yakima, Wash.; Beckley, W.V.; and Oak Hill, W.V.
To top that off, expansions in major areas such as Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Atlanta are rolling out. Many folks doubted AT&T’s ability to meet its goal of covering a vast majority of its 3G network with 4G LTE by the end of 2013, especially considering Verizon had such a huge head start. Well, I don’t think anyone’s doubting them anymore after this. Check the list to see if your city made it, and be sure to give the network a good workout if you are living in one of them.