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At&t just flipped on LTE in Birmingham, Al
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Yes it is
If its anything like 3G rollout....it'll be 2-3 years before it reaches my home town 45 minutes northwest of Birmingham
Yea I had nothing but Edge until around 2 years ago or less. Although I was on wifi at home of course. But man, edge in 2010 is like dial up these days. It's pointless to even attempt to use.
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Actually you're correct. 3G was turned on October 2006 in Birmingham (I know because I worked for Cingular/AT&T)
Wasn't until 2010 it made it 45 minutes northwest.
I'm your neighbor to the north (live in Huntsville), and based on AT&T's website, I had just assumed that it wasn't going to happen for another 6 months or so for Birmingham (glad to hear it hit today)!!
Sadly enough, they don't have Huntsville listed on their plans of adding LTE any time in the near future, so while I preordered an iPhone 5 for AT&T, I am planning to pick one up from Verizon on 9/21 to give it a spin and see if I *need* the LTE (not to mention AT&T has a lot of annoying dead spots here in very populated areas). If I like Verizon, then I'll just cancel the AT&T preorder and pay the ETF.
I hate to give up my Unlimited data plan with AT&T...but it will be worth it since AT&T clearly has no plans of adding Huntsville to their LTE map any time soon.
Sadly enough, they don't have Huntsville listed on their plans of adding LTE any time in the near future, so while I preordered an iPhone 5 for AT&T, I am planning to pick one up from Verizon on 9/21 to give it a spin and see if I *need* the LTE (not to mention AT&T has a lot of annoying dead spots here in very populated areas). If I like Verizon, then I'll just cancel the AT&T preorder and pay the ETF.
I hate to give up my Unlimited data plan with AT&T...but it will be worth it since AT&T clearly has no plans of adding Huntsville to their LTE map any time soon.
I'm in the Huntsville area twice a month to see one of these girls I'm dating
I figure Huntsville would be getting it soon after bham
I figure Huntsville would be getting it soon after bham
I'm in the Huntsville area twice a month to see one of these girls I'm dating
I figure Huntsville would be getting it soon after bham
I would have thought they might...but they aren't on the list of cities coming to AT&T LTE in the near future, so who knows. I think I may call them to see if they have a date for Huntsville. If it is just a few months out, that's one thing...but I don't want to sit with an iPhone 5 for a year+ with no LTE network to use!
Awesome, they say ours will be on in Honolulu by end of the year. I hope it is sooner than later now!! Cant wait.