
Sprint has Monday announced that 22 new cities in the United States now have access to 4G LTE cellular coverage. Currently Sprint has 4G LTE coverage in 110 United States cities and expects to have 200 cities covered by the end of 2013. The 22 lucky cities that now have Sprint's 4G LTE coverage include:
- Baton Rouge, La.
- Centralia, Wash.
- Clarksville, Tenn.
- Corsicana, Texas
- Dalton, Ga.
- Dunn, N.C.
- Fond du Lac, Wis.
- Gainesville, Fla.
- Henderson, N.C.
- Kingsport, Tenn.
- Lansing/East Lansing, Mich.
- Longview, Wash.
- Miami
- Napa, Calif.
- New Orleans
- Palatka, Fla.
- Raleigh, N.C.
- Sebring, Fla.
- St. Cloud, Minn.
- St. Joseph/Benton Harbor, Mich.
- Tampa, Fla.
- Warsaw, Ind.
In the near future, the following locations will also be getting Sprint's 4G LTE cellular coverage:
- Grand Rapids, Mich.
- Aberdeen, Wash.
- Allegan, Mich.
- Ann Arbor, Mich.
- Battle Creek, Mich.
- Corpus Christi, Texas
- Eagle Pass, Texas
- Flint, Mich.
- Laredo, Texas
- Marshfield/Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
- Mount Pleasant, Mich.
- Oak Harbor, Wash.
- Watertown/Fort Atkinson, Wis.
While Sprint is working on adding new 4G LTE locations, users may notice 4G LTE coverage before it is officially announced. Sprint notes that users are welcome to use the 4G LTE network if it becomes available in their area before it is officially announced.
4G LTE offers a theoretical download speed of about 100Mb/s, but because of the unfortunate realities of network congestion, download speeds on 4G LTE in real life situations on most carriers are more or less about 20-60Mb/s. Sprint has a track record of being significantly slower, but on the other hand, Sprint continues to offer unlimited data for its users. Many of Apple's latest devices, including the iPhone 5, iPad Mini, and iPad with retina display can take advantage of 4G LTE speeds.
Sources: Sprint
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