4G LTE networks kicking on by Verizon and AT&T

Nothing like waking up one morning to see the little LTE symbol on your device. It is a nice thing to see, and makes a guy wonder how that happened. That would only happen if you had a supporting device though. On the bright side, both Verizon and AT&T are flipping the so-called switch in a few new areas to offer up some 4G LTE goodness to more people. Here’s the breakdown:

Verizon will kick on the high-speed service tomorrow in –

Little Rock, Arkansas
Rapid City, South Dakota
San Antonio, Texas
Cookeville, Tennessee (expanded)

That moves the total number of markets covered up to 196. According to Verizon, customers in the new markets as well as current markets can expect speeds ranging from 5 -12 Mbps down and 2 – 5 Mbps up. That is a pretty wide range of expected speeds. Faster is faster though, right?

AT&T lit up, well… just one. Tampa-St. Pete, Florida. Which isn’t much to get all that excited about. This announcement puts AT&T at a total of 20 markets. Wait, only 20? Ya, they are way behind Big Red. They must be spending more time defending their unlimited data stance instead of increasing speeds. Then again, what good would faster speeds be to unlimited customers, they would just hit the 2GB throttling point faster and that wouldn’t be good for anyone.

Source: Androinica