Thursday, April 23, 2020

AT&T expands its low-band 5G network to 90 new markets

Remember when Sprint sued AT&T for misleading consumers with the “5G E” branding but later settled the dispute? In a cruel twist of fate, now a bunch of Sprint phones are going to lose their 5G connectivity following the merger with T-Mobile. Meanwhile, AT&T continues to expand its 5G network across the US. As a quick refresher, AT&T originally initiated the rollout last year, and later partially introduced its mmWave network last month. The carrier has now added a whopping 90 new cities under the 5G umbrella.

The list of new cities goes as follows:

  • Alabama
    • 1. Franklin County
  • Arkansas
    • 2. Fayetteville-Springdale
    • 3. Fort Smith
  • California
    • 4. Chico
    • 5. El Dorado County
    • 6. Redding
    • 7. Sacramento
    • 8. Tehama County
    • 9. Yuba City
  • Colorado
    • 10. Colorado Springs
  • Connecticut
    • 11. New London-Norwich
  • Florida
    • 12. Bradenton
    • 13. Dixie County
    • 14. Fort Pierce
    • 15. Hamilton County
    • 16. Hardee County
    • 17. Ocala
    • 18. Pensacola
    • 19. Sarasota
    • 20. Tampa
  • Georgia
    • 21. Dawson County
    • 22. Marion County
  • Idaho
    • 23. Boise City
    • 24. Boundary County
  • Illinois
    • 25. Chicago
    • 26. Mason County
  • Indiana
    • 27. Elkhart-Goshen
    • 28. Evansville
    • 29. Fort Wayne
    • 30. Gary
    • 31. South Bend
  • Kansas
    • 32. Brown County
  • Kentucky
    • 33. Fulton County
    • 34. Mason County
    • 35. Meade County
    • 36. Trimble County
  • Louisiana
    • 37. Beauregard Parish
    • 38. Houma-Thibodaux
    • 39. Lake Charles
    • 40. New Orleans
    • 41. Shreveport
  • Massachusetts
    • 42. Springfield
  • Michigan
    • 43. Cass County
  • Minnesota
    • 44. Duluth
    • 45. Le Sueur County
    • 46. St. Cloud
  • Missouri
    • 47. Bates County
    • 48. Callaway County
    • 49. De Kalb County
    • 50. Joplin
    • 51. Saline County
    • 52. St. Joseph
  • Montana
    • 53. Billings
    • 54. Mineral County
  • New Hampshire
    • 55. Portsmouth
  • New Jersey
    • 56. Vineland
  • New York
    • 57. Yates County
  • Ohio
    • 58. Clinton County
    • 59. Mercer County
    • 60. Morrow County
    • 61. Perry County
    • 62. Steubenville
  • Oklahoma
    • 63. Grant County
  • Oregon
    • 64. Clatsop County
  • Pennsylvania
    • 65. Greene County
    • 66. Johnstown
    • 67. Union County
    • 68. Wayne County
    • 69. Williamsport
  • Texas
    • 70. Abilene
    • 71. Beaumont
    • 72. Concho County
    • 73. Fannin County
    • 74. Lubbock
    • 75. Newton County
    • 76. Sherman-Denison
    • 77. Waco
  • Virginia
    • 78. Frederick County
  • Washington
    • 79. Bellingham
    • 80. Clallam County
    • 81. Ferry County
    • 82. Kittitas County
    • 83. Richland-Kennewick
    • 84. Seattle
    • 85. Tacoma
    • 86. Yakima
  • West Virginia
    • 87. Monongalia County
    • 88. Parkersburg-Marietta
    • 89. Wheeling
  • Wisconsin
    • 90. Madison

According to AT&T, they are covering “… more than 120 million people” with the latest expansion which is based on low-band spectrum. On the other hand, mmWave 5G, which is branded as “5G+” by AT&T, is based on ultra high-band frequencies and can offer much faster speed than low-band 5G. However, the scope of mmWave is extremely limited (you should be in very specific locations to connect properly), thus upgrading existing LTE infrastructure to low-band 5G is indeed an effective measure.


Source: AT&T

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