As of today, Verizon Wireless has announced plans to expand its 4G LTE market to 6 more cities, including Clarksville, TN; Hopkinsville, KY; Cleveland, TN; Columbia and Hilton Head, SC; Wilmington, NC; and the Greater Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania. These new additions will bring the total list of 4G covered areas to 47:
· Phoenix, Ariz.
· Los Angeles, Calif.
· Oakland, Calif.
· San Diego, Calif.
· San Francisco, Calif.
· San Jose, Calif.
· Denver, Colo.
· Washington, D.C.
· Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
· Jacksonville, Fla.
· Miami, Fla.
· Orlando, Fla.
· Tampa, Fla.
· West Palm Beach, Fla.
· Athens, Ga.
· Atlanta, Ga.
· Chicago, Ill.
· West Lafayette, Ind.
· Hopkinsville, Ky.
· New Orleans, La.
· Baltimore, Md.
· Boston, Mass.
· Detroit, Mich.
· Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.
· St. Louis, Mo.
· Las Vegas, Nev.
· New York, N.Y.
· Rochester, N.Y.
· Charlotte, N.C.
· Wilmington, N.C.
· Akron, Ohio
· Cincinnati, Ohio
· Cleveland, Ohio
· Columbus, Ohio
· Oklahoma City, Okla.
· Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, Pa.
· Philadelphia, Pa.
· Pittsburgh, Pa.
· Columbia, S.C.
· Hilton Head, S.C.
· Clarksville, Tenn.
· Cleveland, Tenn.
· Nashville, Tenn.
· Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
· Houston, Texas
· San Antonio, Texas
· Seattle/Tacoma, Wash.
This puts VZW's 4G coverage area at close to one-third the size of of its 3G area, which covers roughly 290 million Americans. It's definitely exciting news for those that will be getting the 4G rollout, I just wish that my city was on that list.
Source: VZW PR