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Last time we checked, AT&T’s fourth-generation Long-Term Evolution (LTE) radio technology covered 288 million people in the United States. Today, the telco is flipping the switch on LTE in fourteen new markets as part of its ongoing network expansion, so that number is bound to go up in the following days.
Unfortunately, AT&T (for now) shows no sign of updating its sales policies to matchT-Mobile’s new installment paymentoffering which entices people to buy the iPhone 5 separate of their wireless service for $99 down plus $20 per month over 24 months…
If it’s any consolation, AT&T did respond to T-Mobile becoming the first major U.S. telco to offer HD Voice, or Wideband Audio, beginning with the iPhone 5 launch on April 12:AT&T on its part promisedto roll out HD Voice support later this year.
Here are the new AT&T markets getting LTE today:
Montgomery
Fayetteville-Springdale-RogersFort Smith
California
Palm CoastLakeland-Winter HavenFort PierceMount Dora
Carbondale-Marion
Houma/Thibodaux
Jefferson City
New Mexico
Las Cruces
Binghamton
Temple/Killeen
Washington
Mount Vernon
you’re able to check out AT&T’s LTE coverage map and a list of LTE citieshere.
At the time of this writing, AT&T’s LTE was available in the following cities:
Auburn-OpelikaBirminghamMobile
AnchorageJuneau
Fayetteville-Springdale-RogersHarrisonJonesboroLittle Rock
PhoenixTucson
BakersfieldLos AngelesModestoMonterey and SalinasOaklandSacramentoSan DiegoSan FranciscoSan Jose
Connecticut
BridgeportHartfordNew Haven
BoulderDenver
Wilmington
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C
Daytona BeachFt. LauderdaleFt. MyersGainesvilleJacksonvilleMelbourneMiamiNaplesOrlandoPensacolaSarasota-BradentonSebringTallahasseeTampa-St. PetersburgWest Palm Beach
AlbanyAthensAtlantaAugustaBrunswickCalhounDaltonGainesvilleMaconSavannah
BoiseMoscow
BloomingtonEvansvilleGaryIndianapolisLafayetteMuncieSouth Bend-Mishawaka
LawrenceWichita
Bowling GreenLexingtonLouisville
Baton RougeMonroeNew Orleans
Massachusetts
BostonSpringfieldWorcester
BeaumontDetroitGrand Rapids
Minneapolis
Mississippi
HattiesburgJacksonOxfordStarkville
Kansas CitySt. Louis
LincolnOmaha
Las VegasReno
New Hampshire
NashuaNew MexicoAlbuquerque
AlbanyBuffaloIthacaNew York CityRochesterSaratoga SpringsSyracuse
North Carolina
BurlingtonChapel HillCharlotteFayettevilleGreensboro-Winston-SalemRaleigh-DurhamWilmington
AkronAthensCantonCincinnatiClevelandColumbusToledo
Oklahoma CityTulsa
CorvallisEugenePortland
Pennsylvania
Allentown-BethlehemHarrisburgLancasterPhiladelphiaPittsburghReadingWilkes-BarreYork
Puerto Rico
GuayamaSan German-Cabo RojoSan JuanYauco
Rhode Island
Providence
South Carolina
CharlestonColumbiaGreenvilleHilton Head-Blufton
ClevelandDyersburg-RipleyKnoxvilleLawrenceburgMemphisNashvilleTri-Cities
AustinBryan-College StationCorpus ChristiDallas-Fort WorthEl PasoHoustonLubbockSan AntonioWaco
Ogden-ClearfieldProvo-OremSalt Lake City
Norfolk-Virginia BeachRichmond
PullmanSeattleTacoma
Green BayMadisonMilwaukee
BothConsumer ReportsandRootmetricsagree that AT&T’s LTE is the fastest among major U.S. telcos, though Verizon’s LTE is available in more places.
Financial Timesreported yesterday that AT&T and Verizon are reportedly joining forces to make a massive bid for Vodafone, the world’s second-largest carrier.
Under the terms of the rumored deal, which hasn’t been finalized yet, Verizon would buy Vodafone’s 45 per cent stake in their Verizon Wireless joint venture and AT&T would take Vodafone’s non-US assets, essentially giving AT&T a much-neededentree into the European market.
