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Carrier AT&T LTE new market thread (post sightings, etc here)

We switched to AT&T last night and can't be happier. Speeds not as good as these at home or work but leagues better than Tmobile. This speed test is from the Youngstown area.

Bye bye Tmobile!
 

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http://www.androidcentral.com/att-expands-lte-coverage-9-new-markets

Another weekly LTE expansion pushing towards nationwide availability

AT&T announced a couple of weeks back that it had hit a pretty big milestone of 365 total LTE markets, but that doesn't mean that the nation's second-largest carrier is slowing its rollout. This week 13 additional markets (and four expansions) are coming online with the newest high-speed technology. Users in the following markets with an LTE device and the proper provisioning on their account should see the network live now:

Moultrie, GA
Tifton, GA
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Mayfield, KY
Paducah, KY
Tupelo, MS
Corning, NY
Springfield, OH
Longview, TX
Marshall, TX
Tyler, TX
Stevens Point, WI
Whitewater-Lake Geneva, WI

That gives AT&T a total of 383 LTE-enabled markets.
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AT&T announced fourteen new LTE markets on Wednesday, September 4. Six of the fourteen launches were pre-announced, from AT&T's "50 before year's end" list. The other eight markets were surprise launches. AT&T continues to sprinkle in some very small markets and launches alongside the bigger metros.

#234: Greenville, NC (172,554) (September 4, 2013) [Pre-announced]
#244: Abilene, TX (166,963) (September 4, 2013) [Pre-announced]
#260: Alexandria, LA (154,441) (September 4, 2013) [Pre-announced]
#307: Logan, UT-ID (128,306) (September 4, 2013)
#330: Morristown, TN (114,937) (September 4, 2013)
#___: Sandusky, OH (25,793) (September 4, 2013) [Pre-announced]
#___: Columbus, MS (23,798) (September 4, 2013)
#___: Rolla, MO (19,559) (September 4, 2013) [Pre-announced]
#___: Murray, KY (17,741) (September 4, 2013)
#___: Albemarle, NC (15,680) (September 4, 2013)
#___: Waycross, GA (14,725) (September 4, 2013) [Pre-announced]
#___: Yazoo City, MS (11,403) (September 4, 2013)
#___: Vidalia, GA (10,491) (September 4, 2013)
#___: Morehead City, NC (8,661) (September 4, 2013)



397 markets now
 
Here's a question for those who have been in a recently announced market. Does the LTE show up before the announcement or does it just magically appear the day the announcement is made?
 
hawkfromnorwalk said:
Here's a question for those who have been in a recently announced market. Does the LTE show up before the announcement or does it just magically appear the day the announcement is made?
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For me we haven't been announced that I've seen. Our LTE goes in and out. Gets stronger everyday.
 
hawkfromnorwalk said:
Here's a question for those who have been in a recently announced market. Does the LTE show up before the announcement or does it just magically appear the day the announcement is made?
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It varies. Sometimes it's months before, weeks before, or even hours before. For example, Portsmouth, NH went up months before it was announced.
 
AutoUnion39 said:
It varies. Sometimes it's months before, weeks before, or even hours before. For example, Portsmouth, NH went up months before it was announced.
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I'm in amarillo, TX and LTE turned on last night around 8:00. I'm guessing we will be officially announced by AT&T tomorrow. So a couple days in advance of AT&T's new market announcements on Wednesday seems like a safe bet.
 
LTE for the Joplin,MO area went live overnight. Was shocked to see it this morning.
 
LTE turned on here tonight at about 8-8:30 pm in Ankeny, IA. Not sure about Des Moines....will find out in the morning on my commute to work. Will post back if I still have it. :D

**Confirmed, downtown Des Moines, IA has LTE as well. Finally**
 
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bluedukies8 said:
LTE turned on here tonight at about 8-8:30 pm in Ankeny, IA. Not sure about Des Moines....will find out in the morning on my commute to work. Will post back if I still have it. :D

**Confirmed, downtown Des Moines, IA has LTE as well. Finally**
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No LTE in Urbandale where I live and WDM where I work. Bummer!
 
I saw this last night as I was heading back into town from Marshalltown. I got near Carlisle on the Highway 65/5 bypass and LTE kicked in. I had it all the way to my house in Norwalk (my house is literally in a three house radius dead zone so I get jack ***** at my house). Anyway, I have it right now in downtown Des Moines where I work at and the whole drive in along Fluer Dr. Finally...
 
Has anyone heard any LTE coverage coming to the Palm Springs, CA area anytime soon?
 
bluedukies8 said:
LTE turned on here tonight at about 8-8:30 pm in Ankeny, IA. Not sure about Des Moines....will find out in the morning on my commute to work. Will post back if I still have it. :D

**Confirmed, downtown Des Moines, IA has LTE as well. Finally**
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Yea I live in Johnston and I saw LTE turn on and off.
Did a speed test and only got 3mbps down/1mbps up same as HSPA+ :(
I work in WDSM and I don't have LTE now.
 
hawkfromnorwalk said:
I saw this last night as I was heading back into town from Marshalltown. I got near Carlisle on the Highway 65/5 bypass and LTE kicked in. I had it all the way to my house in Norwalk (my house is literally in a three house radius dead zone so I get jack ***** at my house). Anyway, I have it right now in downtown Des Moines where I work at and the whole drive in along Fluer Dr. Finally...
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How are the speeds so far?
 
Saw LTE pop up when I was near Downtown Des Moines (on Ingersoll), but the signal was not very strong.
 
3 new markets up today. Not to mention, tons of new LTE spotting

We're at the 400 market milestone right now.

I'll post up more when I'm back on a computer
 
Last night when I noticed it I ran a speed test and was hitting 15 Mbps down and 5 Mbps up. I told some friends and they were getting a little bit lower speeds.

I just ran one while in my building on Locust and hit 9.5 Mbps down but upload speed was crap at under 1 Mbps.
 
When I was getting full bars I was pulling around 9 Mbps down and about 2 Mbps up. Here at my work building downtown I am getting two bars with 1.5 Mbps down and .1 Mbps up.
 
I am in West Des Moines, and it keeps on switching between 4G and LTE...however on LTE the speed is around 3Mbs and the reception is a lot worse than 4G.

Makes me wonder, does LTE have worse signal penetration than 4G?
 
zemaker said:
I am in West Des Moines, and it keeps on switching between 4G and LTE...however on LTE the speed is around 3Mbs and the reception is a lot worse than 4G.

Makes me wonder, does LTE have worse signal penetration than 4G?
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That would be my assumption. I used to get full bars on 4G in my workplace and now I am getting 2 on LTE. If I walk outside I get full 5 bars on LTE.
 
http://www.androidcentral.com/att-launches-400th-lte-market-covering-almost-240-million-people

AT&T has launched its LTE network in three new markets today, which puts its total number of markets over 400, covering almost 240 million people nationwide. Those three lucky markets pushing the total to 400 are:

Alexander City, Alabama
Concord, New Hampshire
Jamestown, New York
On top of these new markets, AT&T says that it has also expanded LTE coverage in 11 more markets around the country:

Fresno, California
San Francisco, California
Stockton, California
Washington, D.C.
Springfield, Missouri
Columbus, Ohio
Nashville, Tennessee
Houston, Texas
Tacoma, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Charleston, West Virginia
AT&T (just like the other carriers) still has lots of work to do to get its coverage to everyone in the US, but crossing over the 400 market mark is a big deal.
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I was in Madison, NJ the other day and noticed that LTE is there now.

Still don't know why the Bridgewater/Somerville/Basking Ridge area doesn't have it yet. This is a huge pharma/corporate area- you'd think that they would have LTE here now! It is in Sparta, NJ but not Bridgewater? Come on AT&T
 
triscuitbiscuit said:
I was in Madison, NJ the other day and noticed that LTE is there now.

Still don't know why the Bridgewater/Somerville/Basking Ridge area doesn't have it yet. This is a huge pharma/corporate area- you'd think that they would have LTE here now! It is in Sparta, NJ but not Bridgewater? Come on AT&T
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It's testing in the Bridgewater area. Antennas are already up on most towers.

It let me connect to it VERY briefly a few weeks ago. Phone preferred the stronger HSPA+ network. Give it a few weeks for full launch.
 
It seems like here in Denver, the maximum LTE speeds I can get are just over 10Mbps down. Upload is about 7-8. Not sure what happened to the 41Mbps I once got in my iPad Mini back in July when LTE was enabled here.

T-Mobile seems to be much faster down with 35Mbps and even on HSPA+ I am getting about 17-26.
 
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