If hitting the beach for some sun while simultaneously accessing a 4G network sounds like your idea of a fun summer, Verizon has some good news for you. The carrier today announced several new markets that'll soon be gaining 4G LTE coverage, and included in the list are several northeastern beaches and other summer vacation spots. Here are the latest cities named by Verizon, along with information on when the coverage will be going live and which areas will be seeing it:
New markets
- Franktown, Colo. (coming weeks)
- Delaware Shore Points (May 17th, includes Rehoboth Beach, Bethany Beach, and the communities of Lewes and Seaford)
- Ocean City, Md. (May 17th, from Fenwick Island to South Ocean City)
- Maryland’s Eastern Shore (May 17th, includes Queen Anne’s, Kent and Talbot County, along with Chestertown, Queenstown and Easton)
- Cape Cod, Mass. (May 17th, includes Barnstable, Centerville, Cotuit, Hyannis, Marstons Mills, Osterville, West Barnstable, Bourne, Dennis, Falmouth, Mashpee, Sandwich and Yarmouth)
- North Carolina Outer Banks (Memorial Day weekend, from Corolla to Hatteras)
- Williston, N.D. (May 17th)
- Dickinson, N.D. (May 17th)
- Jersey Shore (May 17th, includes Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach, Belmar, Point Pleasant, Toms River, Atlantic City and into Cape May County)
- Southern shore of Long Island, N.Y. (May 17th, includes Nassau County, the Huntington area, south shore, and eastern end of Suffolk County)
- Eugene-Springfield, Ore. (coming weeks)
- Lancaster and York, Pa. (May 17th)
- Northern Vermont (May 17th, includes Barnet, Barre, Brookfield, Burlington, Cambridge, Colchester, Coventry, Ely, Essex, Fairfax, Ferrisburg, Georgia, Jeffersonville, Jericho, Lyndon, Lyndonville, Middlebury, Middlesex, Milton, Montpelier, Morrisville, Newport, Randolph, Saint Albans, Saint Johnsbury, Shelburne, Smugglers Notch, South Burlington, Stowe, Thetford, Underhill, Vergennes and Williston)
- Sheridan, Wyo. (coming weeks)
This is the second batch of 4G LTE expansions announced by Verizon this week, as Big Red revealed a couple of days ago that a handful of other eastern U.S. cities will also be gaining LTE coverage later this month. It's worth noting that the LTE switch occasionally gets flipped in new markets a tad earlier than the date given by Verizon, so if you live in one of the areas listed either today or in the previous post, you may want to begin checking to see if 4G coverage is already live in your neck of the woods. Any of you located in these new markets?
Via Verizon
