Official 4G/WiMAX Coverage Areas

[SoFLO]

If you want the OP updated then PM me, I can't check this thread everyday.

I think we could use this thread to keep track of 4G coverage as Sprint and Clear roll it out as well as rumored 4G spots. Here's a map and list of cities so far Clear has covered.

http://www.clear.com/coverage
http://coverage.sprintpcs.com/IMPACT.jsp?INTNAV=ATG:HE:Cov

Current Live WiMAX Areas (Official and unofficial)

Official: Confirmed by Sprint and/or Clear.
Unofficial: Reported activity by users. Coverage may be very spotty or almost nonexistent.

California
Los Angeles
San Jose (unofficial)
Visalia
Merced
Modesto
Stockton
Hayward (unofficial)
Sherman Oaks (unofficial)
Long Beach (unofficial)
Walnut Creek (unofficial)
San Francisco
Sacramento

Colorado
Denver (unofficial)
Lakewood (unofficial)

Florida
Orlando
Jacksonville
Pembroke Pines (unofficial)
Daytona Beach
Tampa (unofficial)
Miami

Georgia
Atlanta
Milledgeville

Hawaii
Honolulu
Maui

Idaho
Boise

Illinois
Chicago

Maryland
Baltimore

Massachusetts
Boston

Michigan
Grand Rapids

Minnesota
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Rosemount (unofficial)
Hopkins (unofficial)
Woodbury (unofficial)
Shakopee (unofficial)

Missouri
St. Louis

Nevada
Las Vegas

North Carolina
Charlotte
Greensboro
High Point
Raleigh
Winston-Salem

New Jersey
East Rutherford (unofficial)
Newark (unofficial)
Bayonne (unofficial)
Nutley (unofficial)
Bloomfield (unofficial)
Elizabeth (unofficial)
Patterson (unofficial)

New York
New York City
Rochester
Syracuse

Ohio
Columbus
Cincinnati (unofficial)
Cleveland
North Olmsted (unofficial)

Oregon
Portland
Salem
Eugene

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Reading
York
Pittsburgh

Rhode Island
Providence

Tennessee
Nashville

Texas
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Corpus Christi
Dallas/Ft. Worth
Houston
Killeen
Lubbock
Midland/Odessa
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Waco

Utah
Salt Lake City

Virginia
Richmond

Washington
Bellingham
Everett
Kitsap
Tacoma
Seattle
Pasco

Districts/Territories
Washington D.C.

 

[KRD]

I need it in Pittsburgh. Penguins and Steelers all the way!!!!!!

 

[SoFLO]

I need it in Pittsburgh. Penguins and Steelers all the way!!!!!!

Clearwire has job openings for Executive, Manager, and Technician in Pittsburgh.

 

[TheAndroidWorks]

I have heard rumors of Nashville as well.

 

[billsmed]

EDIT: More potential CLEAR cities added below based on Twitter accounts and job listings from Clearwire's website

Tampa Bay - Job Listings: Executive, Rep, Engineering, Tech
Orlando - Job Listings: Executive, Rep, Tech, Sales
Denver - Job Listings: Director, Executive, Sales, Rep, Engineer, Tech
Phoenix
Cincinnati - Job Listings: Manager, Rep
Salt Lake City - Job Listings: Executive, Engineer, Rep, Manager
Detroit
San Diego - Job Listings: Director, Engineer, Sales, Tech

Thanks, SoFLO. I don't know if I could contain myself if Tampa Bay were to get WiMAX and the Supersonic were to come out soon!!!

 

[SoFLO]

I have heard rumors of Nashville as well.

They have one job opening in Nashville: Microwave & Transport Engineer - Nashville/Memphis & Surrounding Area.

No problem Bill!

I looked at the big cities such as NYC and LA....they have two pages of job offereings each which probably either means A) they're just getting started and will get Wimax later than other cities or B) they're just getting started and realized this so they want to catch and surpass other cities

 

[pkpmoa1536]

Clearwire also had recently posted job openings for the Kansas City area.

@KRD I know I live in KC, but been a life-long Steelers fan. This year we get #7!!!!!!!

 

[KRD]

The SuperSonic, 4G, and a seventh Superbowl championship. Sounds good to me.

 

[SoFLO]

how about the oklahoma area LMAO! it'd be nice to have it when im up at school too, and not justwhen i visit home

I don't see any listings or Twitter accounts Oklahoma but I would imagine in time they would get 4G as well, especially with a city like OKC.

 

[neodorian]

As usual I can't get the Clear site to load (great service, terrible website) but last time I looked, it didn't even show Baltimore which was one of the first places to get Sprint's Xohm service. I beta tested it last winter and got a free laptop out of the deal so I'm pretty familiar with it. Seems like their site sucks and the whole division was kind of halfassed (even after rebranding as Clear) but the service is great. Last time I counted, they had at least 30 cities and were adding another 10-15 by year's end this year. They won't be good in the country but by starting in more densely populated areas they can reach the maximum number of people with the least towers so it only makes sense.

 

[twospirits]

Although this really belongs in the Sprint forum, I'll leave it in here for the time being as a sticky since the Supersonic would be the only phone that would utilize the 4G spectrum or until someone objects to it being here.

TS

 

[SoFLO]

Alright that's fine with me.

 

[bimmjo]

I mentioned on another thread, that I have the Clear service in my home now for about two full weeks. I am in the Ft Worth area. I just ran a test from Speedtest.com a couple minutes ago. My download speed on two consecutive tests was over 7 Mbps and the upload speed was right at 1 Mbps. I have peaked on my download at over 9 and upload at a little over 1. I have had it as low as under 1 for my download and .5 for the upload. It is pretty consistently between the 3-6 that they advertise.

I do a test about daily just because the first week I had lots of problems. THey changed out my modem free of charge and since then I have always had five bars and consistent service.

More importantly to me, their customer service has been OUTSTANDING. I have been on the phone with them 3 times and they get 10 stars out of 10 for two of them and about 20 stars on the other. I had one tech that answered my call about an email they sent for something I needed to do with my phone service. He asked me if I was COMPLETELY satisfied and I said no becuase my wireless router was not working. He spent over an hour with me and finally got it going. It had NOTHING to do with the Clear stuff, but when I made the change to them, I was not able to get it working after, so he stayed on until we had it going. He could have easily given up, but I think he enjoyed the challenge.

So for me, that is my Clear experience. If Sprints use of this stuff is as good, I think they will have some leverage with competitors. I for one am a Sprint fan also though because of how they have done me in the Customer Service end of things, and for their lower cost plans.

 

[SoFLO]

Great customer service is always an asset. I've never had Sprint so I don't know about their CS but I heard it's underrated, I'm sure they'll be like the Clear experience as well especially in the beginning trying to sort out any bugs. Those speeds are impressive as well, now I really can't wait

 

[SoFLO]

Organized the thread and added new categories.

 

[billsmed]

Based on this website in Grand Rapids, Michigan, it goes to show you that there are probably many, many more cities we don't know about yet: www.ci.grand-rapids.mi.us/wireless

Thanks for keeping us informed, SoFLO.

 

[SoFLO]

Wow if that's the case I'm going to have my work cut out for me

Added Grand Rapids

 

[neodorian]

Make sure to add Baltimore, MD to this list. I have been using it as Xohm and later Clear for over a year here.

 

[pkpmoa1536]

Confirmed Upcoming Cities
*confirmed by Sprint
**confirmed by Clearwire

Washington, D.C. 1*

California
San Francisco 1*

Colorado
Denver 1*

Kansas
Kansas City 1*

Massachusetts
Boston 1*

Michigan
Grand Rapids 2**

Minnesota
Minneapolis 1*

New York
New York City 1*

Texas
Houston 1*

• Source 1: Sprint Press Kit - Thanks twospirits

• Source 2: City of Grand Rapids Official Website - Thanks billsmed

Rumored/Potential/Speculated Cities

Arizona
Phoenix

California
Los Angeles - Job Listings: Plenty
San Diego - Job Listings: Director, Engineer, Sales, Tech

Florida
Miami - Job Listings: Manager, Technician
Tampa Bay - Job Listings: Executive, Rep, Engineering, Tech
Orlando - Job Listings: Executive, Rep, Tech, Sales

Michigan
Detroit

Ohio
Cincinnati - Job Listings: Manager, Rep

Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh - Job Listings: Executive, Manager, Technician

Tennessee
Memphis/Nashville - Job Listings: Engineer

Utah
Salt Lake City - Job Listings: Executive, Engineer, Rep, Manager

great job with the investigative work soFLO, not to nitpick, but the Kansas City metro area is actually considered Missouri not Kansas. Kansas City, KS is smaller than KCMO, it is considered a suburb up around here. It's really kind of funny because Sprint's World headquarters are in Overland Park, KS, but everything gets all mumbled because of the metro criss-crossing across the two states. Keep up the good work.

 

[subzero123]

so I live in an area with "signal strength varies". Does this mean im screwed? I dont really mind the fact that my tiny little city will never get 4g (Charleston WV), but will I at least be be able to use the SS with decent service? I dont know anyone who has sprint personally, so I cant ask

 

[subzero123]

see if you can "rent" a sprint phone to test service, just tell them you want to carry around a phone for a day to see how service is for your daily commute

pretty great idea, assuming they will let me do this. Ill call tomorrow. Thanks

 

[neodorian]

Pretty sure you get a 30-day window to cancel as well. I'd just as soon wait for the release and buy it. Test it for 30 days and if it works well you can cancel the old phone. If it sucks you can return it (unless I'm mistaken).

 

[subzero123]

Pretty sure you get a 30-day window to cancel as well. I'd just as soon wait for the release and buy it. Test it for 30 days and if it works well you can cancel the old phone. If it sucks you can return it (unless I'm mistaken).

Yea that would be ideal. Im assuming that this would still be applicable even if I were to sign up and order the phone 100% online? Just want to check

 

[momoceio]

Sprint | News Release

 

[twospirits]

^ Also mentioned here.

TS