At long last Verizon publishes its 5G coverage maps

T-Mobile CEO John Legere has recently been taking the mickey out of Verizon for its failure to publish a 5G coverage map. Verizon plans on sticking to its ultra-high-band mmWave spectrum to build its 5G network for now, but these signals don't travel as far, or penetrate buildings as well as low and mid-range spectrum do. So Legere is insinuating that Verizon is lagging behind T-Mobile which plans on using a combination of low-band, mid-band, and mmWave signals. The nation's third-largest carrier will be the first with a nationwide 5G network covering 200 million Americans on December 6th. On the other hand, Verizon says that slow and steady will win the race; mmWave signals have larger capacities and faster data speeds.
Today, Verizon finally published 5G coverage maps (via The Verge) for the 18 cities where it currently offers 5G service. Those 18 include:
- Atlanta
- Boise
- Boston
- Chicago
- Dallas
- Denver
- Detroit
- Houston
- Indianapolis
- Minneapolis
- New York City
- Omaha
- Panama City
- Phoenix
- Providence
- Sioux Falls
- St. Paul
- Washington D.C.
By the end of the year, Verizon will have 30 cities covered by its 5G signals. 5G is the next generation of wireless connectivity and will deliver download data speeds 10 times faster than those available with a 4G LTE network. The faster data speeds will lead to wonderful new capabilities like self-driving cars; we also will see the creation of new industries and businesses that we cannot even dream of right now.