Verizon Flips the Switch on its 4G/LTE Network December 5, $50 for 5GB
by Anand Lal Shimpi on December 1, 2010 12:20 PM EST- Posted in
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Verizon just announced that on this Sunday, December 5, Verizon will launch its LTE network in the US. The network will launch in 39 cities around the country (listed below) alongside LG's VL600 USB 3G/LTE modem.
The modem will be available in Verizon stores for $99.99 after a $50 rebate with a new 2-year agreement. Service will set you back $50 per month for up to 5GB of data transfers or $80 for 10GB. Overages are billed at $10 per GB.
Verzion stated that speeds on a fully loaded LTE network will range between 5 - 12Mbps down and 2 - 5Mbps up. Latency should be roughly half what it is today on VZW's 3G network.
We'll see more LTE modems ship before the end of the year and LTE enabled smartphones towards the middle of 2011, with devices being announced at CES in January.
What about the rest of the country? Verizon plans to have its current 3G network covered by LTE before the end of 2013.
Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Initial Major Metropolitan Area Deployment (Dec. 5, 2010)
Akron, Ohio
Athens, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Baltimore, Maryland
Boston, Massachusetts
Charlotte, North Carolina
Chicago, Illinois
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex, Dallas, Texas
Denver, Colorado
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Houston, Texas
Jacksonville, Florida
Las Vegas, Nevada
Los Angeles, California
Miami, Florida
Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota
Nashville, Tennessee
New Orleans, Louisiana
New York, New York
Oakland, California
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Orlando, Florida
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phoenix, Arizona
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rochester, New York
San Antonio, Texas
San Diego, California
San Francisco, California
San Jose, California
Seattle/Tacoma, Washington
St. Louis, Missouri
Tampa, Florida
Washington, D.C.
West Lafayette, Indiana
West Palm Beach, Florida
Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Initial Commercial Airport Deployment (Airport Name, City, State) Dec. 5, 2010
Austin-Bergstrom International, Austin, Texas
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshal, Glen Burnie, Maryland
Bob Hope, Burbank, California
Boeing Field/King County International, Seattle, Washington
Charlotte/Douglas International, Charlotte, North Carolina
Chicago Midway International, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago O’Hare International, Chicago, Illinois
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, Covington, Kentucky
Cleveland-Hopkins International, Cleveland, Ohio
Dallas Love Field, Dallas, Texas
Dallas/Fort Worth International, Fort Worth, Texas
Denver International, Denver, Colorado
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
George Bush Intercontinental/Houston, Houston, Texas
Greater Rochester International, Rochester, New York
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, Atlanta, Georgia
Honolulu International, Honolulu, Hawaii
Jacksonville International, Jacksonville, Florida
John F. Kennedy International, New York, New York
John Wayne Airport-Orange County, Santa Ana, California
Kansas City International, Kansas City, Missouri
La Guardia, New York, New York
Lambert-St. Louis International, St. Louis, Missouri
Laurence G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts
Long Beach/Daugherty Field, Long Beach, California
Los Angeles International, Los Angeles, California
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, Metairie, Louisiana
McCarran International, Las Vegas, Nevada
Memphis International, Memphis, Tennessee
Metropolitan Oakland International, Oakland, California
Miami International, Miami, Florida
Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nashville International, Nashville, Tennessee
New Castle, Wilmington, Delaware
Newark Liberty International, Newark, New Jersey
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International, San Jose, California
North Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Orlando International, Orlando, Florida
Orlando Sanford International, Sanford, Florida
Palm Beach International, West Palm Beach, Florida
Philadelphia International, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phoenix Sky Harbor International, Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, Mesa, Arizona
Pittsburgh International, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Port Columbus International, Columbus, Ohio
Portland International, Portland, Oregon
Rickenbacker International, Columbus, Ohio
Ronald Reagan Washington National, Arlington, Virginia
Sacramento International, Sacramento, California
Salt Lake City International, Salt Lake City, Utah
San Antonio International, San Antonio, Texas
San Diego International, San Diego, California
San Francisco International, San Francisco, California
Seattle-Tacoma International, Seattle, Washington
St. Augustine, Saint Augustine, Florida
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International, Clearwater, Florida
Tampa International, Tampa, Florida
Teterboro, Teterboro, New Jersey
Trenton Mercer, Trenton, New Jersey
Washington Dulles International, Dulles International Airport, Washington, D.C.
Will Rogers World, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
William P. Hobby, Houston, Texas
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ajp_anton - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - link
America sucks at high speed internet.StevoLincolnite - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - link
Just shows how poor the USA's 3G speeds really are... I obtain 27mbps on Aussie Telstra 3G (Out of a max of 48mbps).absolyte - Thursday, December 2, 2010 - link
"Over 500KB/s is about 3G speed? Do you live inside the 3G tower? I've never seen a 3G test get over 200KB/s"Yeah ))) I'm living in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia ))
MTS & BeeLine(Vimpelcom) 3G net are pretty good )) not Verizon, but...
usually about 200-300 KByte per sec, sometimes may be 400-450 KByte per sec.
Limitations - 1Gb per 24 Hour. Next 24 hour you have new 1 Gb.
Summary - 30-31 Gb in month.
Price - 350 рублей, 350 RUR, near 12.5 $.
you can connect me absolyte@mail.ru )) sorry my bad english )))
Osamede - Friday, December 3, 2010 - link
You got that right. They are shooting themselves in the foot. This kind of pricing will only hinder adoption, which is incredibly stupid after investion billions to create the network.Not a shock - the telecoms industry is run be greedy idiots who learn nothing.
Conficio - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - link
Hmm,so the Metropolitan area of Boston is covered, but the Airport in the center of the area is not?
It all depends on what metropolitan area means. You can quote me on that :-)
Hrel - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - link
Wow, talk about overpriced. Wireless providers really are getting out of hand. Sprint has the right idea with the all you use talk/text/data for 50 bucks a month. I understand ATT/Verizon are bigger companies, but for all practical purposes coverage is the same. If Verizon could get an all you can eat deal going fro 60 bucks per month or so that'd be good. But this whole 100+ per month for fucking cell phones is outrageous. I REALLY want everyone who uses cell phones to just say ENOUGH and all together refuse to pay more than 60 bucks a month, only way it's ever gonna happen sadly.scottaw - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - link
The connectivity people (whether it be wireless phones, internet both wired and unwired, and tv such as FIOS, cable, and satellite) are all living in a dreamland where there is no recession and people aren't trying to make ends meet.Seriously, $50 for 5GB?
It's to the point where there's no room left for anyone to afford extra services. We're all already paying $100/mo for iphone service, $100/mo for tv + internet... it's painful.
RadioHead84 - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - link
What is the point of having a faster internet connection to watch videos and stream music on the go when you have a 5gb cap. Watching a few movies and streaming Pandora would put you over this cap, and even if it doesn't who wants to stress about using the internet too much?Unless their service blows Sprint's speeds and reliability out of the water, they will have some trouble.
basbrian - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - link
So, T-Mobile claims to have 4G using HSPA+ (The same 3G technology ATT has had in several major cities for over a year. Now, Verizon is making its shoddy claim with LTE. None of these technologies are 4G, and in case you care, the latency and reliability over cellular data connections is far from spectacular as well.I know some of my fellow neighbors are not the sharpest tools in the shed, but do they really think Americans are that... uneducated? We pay more and get slower speeds across the board for internet access. To make it worse, we are clueless. It is okay for a politician to lie. So, it is now okay for companies?
How do we fix the problem? Simple, we all buy "4G" products and service, then sue the heck out of these companies when it does not meet the 4G spec... or we could all boycott our smart-phones =)
sinPiEqualsZero - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - link
You guys really need a press release section. I clicked on this hoping for some kind of performance evaluation or some other "anandtech-y" piece. Can't you put three tabs in the "Latest from Anandtech" section on the front: Daily Tech, Twitter, and Press Releases?Heck, anything other than letting them share space with your usual thoughtful analyses...