Verizon’s LTE rollout has passed the 200-million-pops-coverage mark, extending the new ultra-fast mobile broadband network’s umbrella to nearly two out of every three Americans. Verizon plans to launch the 4G service in seven new markets on Thursday, bringing its total to 190 cities and towns. Verizon has now exceeded its 2011 target by 15 million, giving it an LTE network three times larger than at of arch rival AT&T.
AT&T is also accelerating its LTE rollout schedule, but isn’t in quite the rush that Verizon is in. AT&T targeted 70 million pops and 15 markets in 2011. It hit the latter target in November, but last week announced it was also expanding to New York City and other markets. AT&T has something Verizon doesn’t, though: a 4G network to back up its 4G network. Distinguishing between the so-called ‘4G’s might be a marketing nightmare, but what it boils down to is AT&T customers will maintain much faster data speeds when they move out of LTE coverage, while Verizon customers are stuck with CDMA EV-DO, a technology that no one argues is against being 3G.
While Verizon is expanding the network at a rapid clip, it’s also hit a few snags along the way. Last week, Verizon experienced its second big LTE outage, shutting down 4G connections across the country. Verizon, however, is the first global operator deploying LTE on a large scale, making it a guinea pig of sorts, encountering the new technology’s bugs as they emerge.
The new Verizon LTE markets are:
- Dover, Del.
- Lafayette, Ind.
- Fitchburg/Leominster, Mass.
- Duluth, The Rochester Area and St. Cloud, Minn.
- Manchester/Nashua, N.H.
- Poughkeepsie, N.Y.;
- Findlay/Tiffin and Youngstown/Warren, Ohio
- Indiana, Pa.
Verizon has also expanded its 4G footprint in San Diego and San Francisco; Washington, D.C.; Savannah, Ga.; Chicago and Baltimore and Hagerstown, Md.
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Verizon’s 4G LTE in San Diego still does not cover Oceanside, Ca which is the third largest city in the San Diego area. Verizon hasn’t been very forthcoming with information as to when the San Diego area will get upgraded. There are also other major cities in Southern California that do not yet have service. Its kind of disappointing that 2/3 of the USA has service but some of the largest cities in California still do not.
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I know you’re counting markets across the country and thats good too but it appears that they don’t cover the entire market(s) . Coverage seems to be spotty at best.
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Your comment about Evdo not being 3g is incorrect, 2g was edge and 1x rtt , 3g is hspda and evdo , evdo can reach 2mbps + .
Also at&t has a major failure too with their 3g/4g hspa+ network the large area that aren’t covered.by.it. And only support edge 200 kbps
1xRTT is a 3G (3rd Generation) technology. Read up on the CDMA articles on wikipedia to learn more. It isnt so much the speeds achieved but the underlying technology being used.
Hi John, I see the confusion. I meant to imply there’s no argument that EV-DO is 3G (unlike HSAP+ or LTE). I cleared that up with strike-thru.
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Verizon 4G coverage in San Diego “proper” is spotty. I live very centrally, in an area named University City, and as of Jan 2012 my home is NOT covered. Their official coverage map shows my home, and an area around it with a diameter of about 100 yards, being “extended 4G” which appears to be VerizonSpeak for “3G for you, bud”. I am VERY impressed with the accuracy of their coverage map, but very UNimpressed by the fact that my home isn’t covered by 4G.