{"id":4741,"date":"2013-07-17T12:19:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T16:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=4741"},"modified":"2013-07-17T12:40:26","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T16:40:26","slug":"att-4g-lte-now-in-valdosta-vlcia-2013-07-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/att-4g-lte-now-in-valdosta-vlcia-2013-07-16.html","title":{"rendered":"AT&amp;T 4G LTE now in Valdosta @ VLCIA 2013-07-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nVerizon won&#8217;t be the only 4G LTE access in Valdosta anymore:<br \/>\nAT&amp;T has turned theirs on.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not clear how far out of town that extends (looks to me<br \/>\nlike I still need to go stand by my west gate if I want on),<br \/>\nbut at least it&#8217;s a start of competition, and maybe T will<br \/>\nget around to increasing<br \/>\nits coverage (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/coverage-t-vs-vz-for-4g-lte.html\">next post<\/a>).<br \/>\nIf<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/softbank-buying-sprint-buying-clearwire-for-better-internet.html\"><br \/>\nSoftbank + Sprint + Clearwire<\/a> comes here, as well,<br \/>\nmaybe we&#8217;ll see something like a competitive market.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not clear even that will be enough to get fast affordable<br \/>\naccess everywhere in south Georgia.<br \/>\nFor that, maybe our local elected and appointed officials<br \/>\nwill continue with<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/broadband-on-the-table-vlcia-2013-02-19.html\"><br \/>\nthe advocacy they started back in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9309358254\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Andrea Schruijer and the AT&#038;T 4G LTE PR\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7292\/9309358254_d615eb4825_n.jpg\" alt=\"Andrea Schruijer and the AT&#038;T 4G LTE PR\"><\/a><br \/>\nAs mentioned at the Industrial Authority yesterday evening by<br \/>\nExecutive Director Andrea Schruijer (video to come), here&#8217;s<br \/>\nAT&amp;T&#8217;s PR of 2 July 2013,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/att-4g-lte-available-in-valdosta-213935111.html\"><br \/>\nAT&amp;T 4G LTE Available In Valdosta:<br \/>\nCustomers to benefit from nation&#8217;s fastest 4G LTE network on the latest devices<\/a>,\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nVALDOSTA, Ga., July 2, 2013 \/PRNewswire\/ &mdash; AT&amp;T* has turned on<br \/>\nthe nation&#8217;s fastest 4G LTE network** in Valdosta, bringing<br \/>\ncustomers the latest generation of wireless network technology.<br \/>\nWatch here to see several of the benefits AT&amp;T 4G LTE provides,<br \/>\nincluding:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nFaster speeds. LTE technology is capable of delivering mobile<br \/>\nInternet speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G***. Customers can<br \/>\nstream, download, upload and game faster than ever before.<\/p>\n<li>\nCool new<br \/>\ndevices. AT&amp;T offers several LTE-compatible devices, including new<br \/>\nAT&amp;T 4G LTE smartphones and tablets.<\/p>\n<li>\nFaster response time. LTE<br \/>\ntechnology offers lower latency, or the processing time it takes to<br \/>\nmove data through a network, such as how long it takes to start<br \/>\ndownloading a webpage or file once you&#8217;ve sent the request. Lower<br \/>\nlatency helps to improve services like mobile gaming, two-way video<br \/>\ncalling and telemedicine.<\/p>\n<li>\nMore efficient use of spectrum. Wireless<br \/>\nspectrum is a finite resource, and LTE uses spectrum more<br \/>\nefficiently than other technologies, creating more space to carry<br \/>\ndata traffic and services and to deliver a better network<br \/>\nexperience.\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n&#8220;Wireless infrastructure investment is critical to Georgia&#8217;s future<br \/>\nand I am very pleased to see AT&amp;T investing in Valdosta and Lowndes<br \/>\nCounty and bringing LTE service to our community,&#8221; said Andrea<br \/>\nSchruijer, Executive Director of the Valdosta-Lowndes County<br \/>\nIndustrial Authority. &#8220;Advanced technology like LTE will help<br \/>\nstimulate our economy and provide new tools and services that we<br \/>\nneed to compete for business.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;We continue<!--more--> to see demand for mobile Internet skyrocket, and our 4G<br \/>\nLTE network in Valdosta responds to what customers want from their<br \/>\nmobile experience &mdash; more, faster, on the best devices,&#8221; said<br \/>\nCourtney Brinson, AT&amp;T Regional Director of External Affairs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAT&amp;T&#8217;s 4G Network\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAT&amp;T&#8217;s innovation and investment have resulted in the nation&#8217;s<br \/>\nlargest 4G network, covering more than 292 million people with<br \/>\nultra-fast speeds and a more consistent user experience. Our 4G LTE<br \/>\nnetwork delivered faster average download and upload speeds than any<br \/>\nof our competitors in PCWorld\/TechHive&#8217;s most recent 20-market speed<br \/>\ntests.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAT&amp;T&#8217;s 4G LTE network delivers speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G,<br \/>\nas well as multiple innovations that optimize the network for<br \/>\nperformance. Our network&#8217;s radio components are placed close to the<br \/>\nantenna at most cell sites, instead of inside the base station,<br \/>\nwhich helps minimize power loss between the base station and antenna<br \/>\nand, in turn, improves the performance of our 4G LTE network. The<br \/>\nnetwork also is designed with its core elements distributed across<br \/>\nthe country, which helps reduce latency, or the delay when using the<br \/>\nInternet, because your request isn&#8217;t traveling as far.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nEven as AT&amp;T continues to expand its 4G LTE coverage, customers can<br \/>\nget 4G speeds outside of 4G LTE areas on our 4G HSPA+ network,<br \/>\nunlike some competitors, where smartphone customers may fall back to<br \/>\nslower 3G technologies when outside of LTE coverage.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe PR has more boilerplate about T&#8217;s 4G LTE network and about the company.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verizon won&#8217;t be the only 4G LTE access in Valdosta anymore: AT&amp;T has turned theirs on. It&#8217;s not clear how far out of town that extends (looks to me like I still need to go stand by my west gate if I want on), but at least it&#8217;s a start of competition, and maybe T [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,2,132,178],"tags":[6677,517,193,187,883,190,184,1352,192,8704,188,8701,8699,8741,189,186,548,8702,12,7,197,185,181,198,194,196,502,183,195,878,818,182,191,6,180,516,8749],"class_list":["post-4741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-government","category-internet-access-speed","category-vlcia","tag-16-july-2013","tag-4g-lte","tag-allan-ricketts","tag-andrea-schruijer","tag-att","tag-attorney","tag-chairman","tag-coverage","tag-cpa","tag-economy","tag-executive-director","tag-georgia","tag-government","tag-internet-access-speed","tag-j-stephen-gupton","tag-jerry-jennett","tag-john-s-quarterman","tag-lake","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lu-williams","tag-mary-gooding","tag-norman-bennett","tag-operations-manager","tag-project-manager","tag-public-relations-marketing-manager","tag-regular-meeting","tag-roy-copeland","tag-s-meghan-duke","tag-softbank","tag-sprint","tag-tom-call","tag-tom-davis","tag-valdosta","tag-valdosta-lowndes-county-industrial-authority","tag-verizon","tag-vlcia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4741"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4749,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4741\/revisions\/4749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}