This cell tower in North Chattanooga is one of many in Hamilton County.Chattanooga’s AT&T Wireless customers can hold their heads high, no longer relegated to second place when it comes to 4G coverage.
Starting this summer, AT&T Wireless customers in Chattanooga will receive the same Long Term Evolution speeds that Verizon customers have enjoyed since June 2011.
AT&T will boast a theoretically faster wireless connection than both T-Mobile and Sprint, both of which still depend on older HSPA+ technology to achieve 4G speeds.
Though AT&T cannot specify when, exactly, LTE will become available, it will be before the end of summer, said Cathy Lewandowski, spokeswoman for AT&T Corporate Communications.
“We expect that in most markets our 4G LTE download speeds will range from 5 to 12 Mbps, with significantly higher average speeds in many markets, and upload speeds in the 2 to 5 Mbps range,” Lewandowski said.