Kevin Bostic
In another 16 markets, users of Apple's iPhone 5 and LTE-enabled iPads will now find that their devices are able to access much greater speeds, as AT&T has taken its 4G LTE coverage live in more areas across the U.S.
Customers in assorted markets in Arizona, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington will now be able to access AT&T's high-speed data network. This latest rollout is part of a larger effort on the part of AT&T to expand its network to 79 new markets over the course of the summer.
AT&T's 4G LTE network provides data speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G. In recent tests, PC World found AT&T's network, which covers 288 million people across the United States, to be the fastest among all providers in terms of download speeds.
The markets now able to access 4G LTE connections are as follows:
- Asheville, N.C.
- Casa Grande, Ariz.
- Culpepper, Va.
- Dover, Del.
- Fredericksburg, Va.
- Goldsboro, N.C.
- Leonardtown, Md.
- Linglestown, Pa.
- Longview, Wash.
- Ocean City, Md.
- Port Townsend-North Whidbey Island-Camano Island, Wash.
- Prince Frederick and Calvert County, Md.
- Roanoke, Va.
- Salem, Ore.
- Schenectady, N.Y.
- Shelton, Wash.
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18 Comments
Just got LTE in Red Bank, NJ and I'm sorry we did. It's only a few megs faster according to speedtest.net (cant really tell while surfing) but my iphone 5 is dead by mid afternoon, whereas it would last a day and a half with just "the other 4G". Maybe they're still tweaking it?
Just got LTE in Red Bank, NJ and I'm sorry we did. It's only a few megs faster according to speedtest.net (cant really tell while surfing) but my iphone 5 is dead by mid afternoon, whereas it would last a day and a half with just "the other 4G". Maybe they're still tweaking it?
Something is horribly wrong, then. LTE just launched in Aiken, SC where I live, and it went from 8 mbps to 50 mbps. Huge difference. And I don't notice a hit to my battery life at all.
Now, that said, there's an easy battery fix for you. Go into your settings, choose General, then Cellular Data. Turn off LTE, and now you're back to always using 4G.
They need better coverage where they already have LTE. If I stand in my front yard I only have one bar of 4G. If I stand in my back yard I have one bar of LTE. That is with no buildings or other obstructions nearby. If I go inside my house I have zero bars of No Service. This is in the center of one of SoCal's most densely populated areas. A few miles away I get fantastic signal. They just don't seem to have enough towers.
...Go into your settings, choose General, then Cellular Data. Turn off LTE, and now you're back to always using 4G.
This is also the fix for cases where you want to control your data usage. I find that LTE downloads all the advertising (and other) videos faster than I can close them or before I decide to stop watching, and so the data gets used and wasted.
Got LTE in Castle Pines, CO 37Mbps download :)