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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 match T-Mobile’s new installment payment offering 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 promised to roll out HD Voice support later this year.
Here are the new AT&T markets getting LTE today:
Alabama
Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers
Fort Smith
California
Florida
Palm Coast
Lakeland-Winter Haven
Fort Pierce
Mount Dora
Illinois
Louisana
Michigan
Missouri
New Mexico
New York
Texas
Washington
You can check out AT&T’s LTE coverage map and a list of LTE cities here.
At the time of this writing, AT&T’s LTE was available in the following cities:
Alabama
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham
Mobile
Alaska
Anchorage
Juneau
Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers
Harrison
Jonesboro
Little Rock
Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson
California
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Modesto
Monterey and Salinas
Oakland
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Hartford
New Haven
Colorado
Boulder
Denver
Delaware
Wilmington
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C
Florida
Daytona Beach
Ft. Lauderdale
Ft. Myers
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Melbourne
Miami
Naples
Orlando
Pensacola
Sarasota-Bradenton
Sebring
Tallahassee
Tampa-St. Petersburg
West Palm Beach
Georgia
Albany
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Brunswick
Calhoun
Dalton
Gainesville
Macon
Savannah
Hawaii
Honolulu
Idaho
Boise
Moscow
Illinois
Chicago
Indiana
Bloomington
Evansville
Gary
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Muncie
South Bend-Mishawaka
Kansas
Lawrence
Wichita
Kentucky
Bowling Green
Lexington
Louisville
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Monroe
New Orleans
Maine
Portland
Maryland
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Boston
Springfield
Worcester
Michigan
Beaumont
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Mississippi
Hattiesburg
Jackson
Oxford
Starkville
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha
Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno
New Hampshire
Nashua
New Mexico
Albuquerque
New York
Albany
Buffalo
Ithaca
New York City
Rochester
Saratoga Springs
Syracuse
North Carolina
Burlington
Chapel Hill
Charlotte
Fayetteville
Greensboro-Winston-Salem
Raleigh-Durham
Wilmington
Ohio
Akron
Athens
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Oregon
Corvallis
Eugene
Portland
Pennsylvania
Allentown-Bethlehem
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Reading
Wilkes-Barre
York
Puerto Rico
Guayama
San German-Cabo Rojo
San Juan
Yauco
Rhode Island
Providence
South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
Hilton Head-Blufton
Tennessee
Cleveland
Dyersburg-Ripley
Knoxville
Lawrenceburg
Memphis
Nashville
Tri-Cities
Texas
Austin
Bryan-College Station
Corpus Christi
Dallas-Fort Worth
El Paso
Houston
Lubbock
San Antonio
Waco
Utah
Ogden-Clearfield
Provo-Orem
Salt Lake City
Virginia
Norfolk-Virginia Beach
Richmond
Washington
Pullman
Seattle
Tacoma
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Madison
Milwaukee
Both Consumer Reports and Rootmetrics agree that AT&T’s LTE is the fastest among major U.S. telcos, though Verizon’s LTE is available in more places.
Financial Times reported 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-needed entree into the European market.