AT&T 4G LTE - Latest markets launching and speculation

[matt110]

Now that the LTE rollout is picking up its pace...comment or speculate on where LTE will come next.


If you see AT&T replacing panels, or hear anything from anyone...speculate below!

The majority of the market launches will probably come in the second half of the year

[RCtennis3811]

Miami/Fort Lauderdale should be up pretty soon.

[WeatherPilot]

What do the new LTE panels look like?

[matt110]

What do the new LTE panels look like?

they are a lot longer than the current panels. just go to any verizon lte cell site and you'll see what Im talking about.

[ilvla2]

I'd like them to move the LTE north from San Francisco into Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake Counties. We're waiting on LTE from three companies up here, AT&T, Verizon and U.S. Cellular in Mendocino and Lake Counties.

[formercanuck]

I'd like them to move the LTE north from San Francisco into Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake Counties. We're waiting on LTE from three companies up here, AT&T, Verizon and U.S. Cellular in Mendocino and Lake Counties.

Personally, I'd expect to see them 'add' new markets before they expand existing, unless its a spectrum starved market for GSM/HSPA. Markets like Santa Fe, NM didn't have much in the past.

[ilvla2]

Personally, I'd expect to see them 'add' new markets before they expand existing, unless its a spectrum starved market for GSM/HSPA. Markets like Santa Fe, NM didn't have much in the past.

We're a different CMA up here though, RSA 344, though we are part of the same BTA, 404.

[formercanuck]

In my area, less than 1/2 of Los Angeles city limits are actually LTE... only the southern half in the basin are covered.

[ilvla2]

In my area, less than 1/2 of Los Angeles city limits are actually LTE... only the southern half in the basin are covered.

Yeah, I know, they still haven't covered the San Gabriel Valley, Pomona Valley or Inland Empire. For now, the LTE rollout will most likely go like this here-

1.Verizon-2012
2.U.S. Cellular-2013
3.AT&T-?
4.T-Mobile-? (Remember, they are still EDGE and GPRS here, no 3G anywhere in RSA 344 with them)
5.Metro PCS-? (No 3G with them here either, they are still 1X)

[formercanuck]

You forgot Sprint

[ilvla2]

You forgot Sprint

Sprint doesn't have service here, beyond roaming on USCC.

[formercanuck]

didn't they have a wimax site up there?

[ilvla2]

didn't they have a wimax site up there?

Clear has a site up and running in Ukiah, but you can't subscribe to it as they haven't officially launched service. Clear has the same thing in Santa Rosa, Eureka, Marysville and Yuba City, sites putting out signal that nobody can use.

Edit-Sprint does have one teeny, tiny site near Lakeport in Lake County, but it basically only serves the town of Lakeport, and NOTHING else. I imagine Sprint just put it up to keep their license in RSA 344, because if they had been serious about covering us they would have done Ukiah first, Mendocino County has 20,000 more residents than Lake County, and Ukiah is the biggest city in RSA 344, as well as a regional shopping, employment and transit (Rail, Road, Air) hub for Mendocino, Lake, Northern Sonoma and Southern Humboldt Counties. So on the main corridor, US 101 there is no Sprint service between Cloverdale in Sonoma County and Eureka in Humboldt County.

[ggore]

http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/12/28...leans-and-nine

Cleveland, OH
Akron, OH
Canton, OH
Naples, FL
Bloomington, IN
Lafayette, IN
Muncie, IN
Baton Rouge, LA
New Orleans, LA
St. Louis, MO
Bryan-College Station, TX
Staten Island, NYC

Coming this year, this list takes us through May. Nothing west of the Mississippi other than the Texas A&M hometown, oddly enough.

[parsec]

Nothing west of the Mississippi other than the Texas A&M hometown, oddly enough.

Compared to what's already covered in Texas, it doesn't take much to add College Station. Even though Texas is a huge state, easily 80%+ of the population will be covered after this. Believe it or not, I actually think AT&T would receive some political heat if they covered UT (Austin is already covered) but not A&M. That's how strong the rivalry between those two schools is in this state. I would imagine that once College Station is finished we'll see them slow the pace in Texas in order to speed things up elsewhere.