Is your hometown iPhone 3G ready?
FORTUNE - July 4, 2008, 9:06 am
Gear Diary created a minor stir Thursday when it posted the map at left (click to enlarge) purporting to show the extent of AT&T’s current 3G coverage. On the map, blue represents 3G, dark orange is AT&T’s old EDGE network and light orange its original GPRS data service.
Not much blue there, which could be a concern for the customers expected to line up outside Apple and AT&T stores next week. The iPhone 3G, which goes on sale Friday July 11 at 8:00 a.m., is Steve Jobs’ answer to complaints about how slow the original iPhone was when downloading data over AT&T’s sluggish EDGE network. Customers who don’t have 3G would pay AT&T’s new rate for data ($10 more per month) but get it at the same old speed.
“If you live in one of these uncovered areas and already have an iPhone, I wouldn’t jump on the iPhone 3G wagon,” writes Christopher Spera, who posted the map. “I’d stick with my current iPhone (WITH my grandfathered data plan) and save $200-$300 bucks.” (link)
Is he right?
Perhaps, but it would be a mistake to base your decision on Spera’s map. First of all, it shows 3G voice coverage, not data, as Scott McNulty of The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) discovered after he posted virtually the same map on June 10 (see here). Second, both maps were created using AT&T’s coverage viewer tools using data that were last updated March 31, 2008, before AT&T’s big spring build-out (see AT&T: 3G network will be ready in 275 markets by June 30).
In fact, AT&T’s tools can be used to show data (as opposed to voice) coverage. Here, for example, is a map that shows 3G (dark blue) and EDGE (light blue) data coverage from Jackson, Miss., to Albany, N.Y. But this map, too, is out of date.
If you really want to know if you can take full advantage of the iPhone 3G’s capabilities where you live, your best bet is to see if your hometown appears on AT&T current list of “cities supporting AT&T 3G/mobile broadband” here. The list, current as of Friday, July 4, appears below the fold.
Note that neither Apple (AAPL) nor AT&T (T) can guarantee 3G reception in any particular area. There is too much radio interference and too many tall buildings to consider.
Cities Supporting AT&T 3G/Mobile Broadband
- Alabama
- Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery
- Arizona
- Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Tucson
- Arkansas
- Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Little Rock
- California
- Anaheim, Arden-Arcade, Bakersfield, Berkeley, Burbank, Chula Vista, Concord, Daly City, East Los Angeles, Escondido, Fairfield, Fremont, Fresno, Glendale, Hayward, Irvine, Lake Tahoe, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Modesto, Monterey, Norwalk, Oakland, Oceanside, Ontario, Oxnard, Pasadena, Pomona, Richmond, Roseville, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, Stockton, Sunnyvale, Vallejo
- Colorado
- Colorado Springs, Denver
- Connecticut
- Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, New London
- Delaware
- Wilmington
- District of Columbia
- Washington, DC
- Florida
- Cape Canaveral, Clearwater, Coral Springs, Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, Gainesville, Hialeah, Hollywood, Indian River, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Miramar, Orlando, Pembroke Pines, St. Petersburg, Southwest Florida, Tallahassee, Tampa, The Keys, West Palm Beach
- Georgia
- Athens, Atlanta, Columbus, Savannah
- Hawaii
- Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Maui
- Idaho
- Boise, Coeur d’Alene
- Illinois
- Bloomington, Chicago, Elgin, Joliet, Springfield
- Indiana
- Evansville, Gary, Indianapolis
- Kansas
- Kansas City, Olathe, Overland Park, Topeka
- Kentucky
- Lexington, Louisville
- Louisiana
- Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Metairie, New Orleans, Shreveport
- Maryland
- Baltimore
- Massachusetts
- Boston, Cambridge, Hyannis, Lowell, Springfield, Worcester
- Michigan
- Clinton, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Livonia, Sterling Heights, Warren
- Minnesota
- Minneapolis, Rochester, St. Cloud
- Mississippi
- Jackson
- Missouri
- Columbia, Independence, Jefferson City, Kansas City, Springfield, St. Louis
- Nevada
- Carson City, Henderson, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Paradise, Reno, Spring Valley, Sunrise Manor
- New Jersey
- Atlantic City, Elizabeth, Jersey City, Long Branch, Newark, New Brunswick, Ocean County, Trenton
- New Mexico
- Albuquerque
- New York
- Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Hamptons, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, Watertown
- North Carolina
- Cary, Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Jacksonville, Raleigh, Winston-Salem
- Ohio
- Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City, Tulsa
- Oregon
- Eugene, Medford, Oregon Coast, Portland, Salem
- Pennsylvania
- Allentown, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Northeast-Scranton, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, State College
- Puerto Rico
- Bayamon, Carolina, Ponce, San Juan
- Rhode Island
- Providence
- South Carolina
- Charleston, Columbia, Greenville
- Tennessee
- Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville
- Texas
- Arlington, Austin, Beaumont, Bryan, College Station, Carrollton, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth, Garland, Grand Prairie, Houston, Irving, Longview, Marshall, McAllen, Mesquite, Pasadena, Plano, Richardson, San Antonio, Tyler, Victoria, Waco
- Utah
- Logan/Cache Valley, Provo, Salt Lake City, St. George, West Valley
- Virginia
- Alexandria, Arlington, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond
- Washington
- Bellevue, Bellingham, Mount Vernon, Olympia, Pullman, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver
- West Virginia
- Charleston, Huntington
- Wisconsin
- Madison, Milwaukee
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