AT&T expands its low-band 5G network to 90 new markets

Remember when Sprint sued AT&T for misleading consumers with the “5G E” branding but later settled the dispute? In a cruel twist of fate, now a bunch of Sprint phones are going to lose their 5G connectivity following the merger with T-Mobile. Meanwhile, AT&T continues to expand its 5G network across the US. As a quick refresher, AT&T originally initiated the rollout last year, and later partially introduced its mmWave network last month. The carrier has now added a whopping 90 new cities under the 5G umbrella.

The list of new cities goes as follows:

• Alabama
  • 1. Franklin County
• Arkansas
  • 2. Fayetteville-Springdale
  • 3. Fort Smith
• California
  • 4. Chico
  • 5. El Dorado County
  • 6. Redding
  • 7. Sacramento
  • 8. Tehama County
  • 9. Yuba City
• Colorado
  • 10. Colorado Springs
• Connecticut
  • 11. New London-Norwich
• Florida
  • 12. Bradenton
  • 13. Dixie County
  • 14. Fort Pierce
  • 15. Hamilton County
  • 16. Hardee County
  • 17. Ocala
  • 18. Pensacola
  • 19. Sarasota
  • 20. Tampa
• Georgia
  • 21. Dawson County
  • 22. Marion County
• Idaho
  • 23. Boise City
  • 24. Boundary County
• Illinois
  • 25. Chicago
  • 26. Mason County
• Indiana
  • 27. Elkhart-Goshen
  • 28. Evansville
  • 29. Fort Wayne
  • 30. Gary
  • 31. South Bend
• Kansas
  • 32. Brown County
• Kentucky
  • 33. Fulton County
  • 34. Mason County
  • 35. Meade County
  • 36. Trimble County
• Louisiana
  • 37. Beauregard Parish
  • 38. Houma-Thibodaux
  • 39. Lake Charles
  • 40. New Orleans
  • 41. Shreveport
• Massachusetts
  • 42. Springfield
• Michigan
  • 43. Cass County
• Minnesota
  • 44. Duluth
  • 45. Le Sueur County
  • 46. St. Cloud
• Missouri
  • 47. Bates County
  • 48. Callaway County
  • 49. De Kalb County
  • 50. Joplin
  • 51. Saline County
  • 52. St. Joseph
• Montana
  • 53. Billings
  • 54. Mineral County
• New Hampshire
  • 55. Portsmouth
• New Jersey
  • 56. Vineland
• New York
  • 57. Yates County
• Ohio
  • 58. Clinton County
  • 59. Mercer County
  • 60. Morrow County
  • 61. Perry County
  • 62. Steubenville
• Oklahoma
  • 63. Grant County
• Oregon
  • 64. Clatsop County
• Pennsylvania
  • 65. Greene County
  • 66. Johnstown
  • 67. Union County
  • 68. Wayne County
  • 69. Williamsport
• Texas
  • 70. Abilene
  • 71. Beaumont
  • 72. Concho County
  • 73. Fannin County
  • 74. Lubbock
  • 75. Newton County
  • 76. Sherman-Denison
  • 77. Waco
• Virginia
  • 78. Frederick County
• Washington
  • 79. Bellingham
  • 80. Clallam County
  • 81. Ferry County
  • 82. Kittitas County
  • 83. Richland-Kennewick
  • 84. Seattle
  • 85. Tacoma
  • 86. Yakima
• West Virginia
  • 87. Monongalia County
  • 88. Parkersburg-Marietta
  • 89. Wheeling
• Wisconsin
  • 90. Madison

According to AT&T, they are covering “… more than 120 million people” with the latest expansion which is based on low-band spectrum. On the other hand, mmWave 5G, which is branded as “5G+” by AT&T, is based on ultra high-band frequencies and can offer much faster speed than low-band 5G. However, the scope of mmWave is extremely limited (you should be in very specific locations to connect properly), thus upgrading existing LTE infrastructure to low-band 5G is indeed an effective measure.

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Source: AT&T

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