AT&T 5G service has now gone live in a further 28 US cities and counties. The carrier says that this takes its 5G coverage to a total of 355 markets, reaching 179 million people …
One of the ways it has done this is using a technology known as dynamic spectrum sharing.
It is a slight stretch to call it 5G without an asterisk, however, as it uses a low-band 850MHz spectrum, but at least it’s not complete nonsense like ‘5G E.’
“DSS is an important steppingstone on our path to nationwide 5G,” said Igal Elbaz, SVP of wireless and access technology. “We were the first U.S. carrier to deploy this technology in our network, and it’s now playing an important role as we work toward a nationwide 5G footprint this summer.”
A recent comparison of 5G speeds and availability from different carriers found that AT&T offered one of the slowest average speeds, at 62.7Mbps, only beating T-Mobile’s 47Mbps. Verizon’s mmWave 5G was fastest, but the very limited availability means you’ll only be able to connect to it about 1% of the time.
The new places to get AT&T 5G service are:
Arkansas
- Ouachita County
Florida
Melbourne
Miami
Orlando
West Palm Beach
Hawaii
- Maui County
Idaho
- Idaho County
Illinois
- Alton-Granite City
Michigan
- Jackson
Missouri
- Columbia
Minnesota
- Chippewa County
North Dakota/Minnesota
- Fargo-Moorhead
Oregon
- Eugene-Springfield
Pennsylvania
- Crawford County
Puerto Rico
Aguadilla
Aibonito Municipality
Arecibo
Mayaguez
Ponce
Rincon Municipality
San Juan
Tennessee
- Lake County
Texas
Austin
Dallas
Navarro County
Victoria
Wilson County
Utah
- Salt Lake City
