INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The clock is ticking on Verizon plans to bring 5G to 30 cities
Short of an actual Christmas miracle, things are looking rough
On the upside, the carrier (and, disclosure, parent of TechCrunch) just brought the next-gen technology to a nineteenth city
Verizon announced this morning that it has flipped the switch on 5G in Los Angeles
You get the usual caveat with Verizon chosen 5G tech here
It fast, coverage is limited
In fact, it limited to such a point that the company has to specify the specific neighborhoods covered by its ultra-wide-band tech.
LA is,
It the second most populous city in the U.S
and twelfth largest by size (Alaska and Montana have a way of skewing those numbers)
It a lot of ground to cover
The company rapidly gentrifying downtown area seems to have gotten most of the love here
Here the per neighborhood breakdown, straight from the carrier mouth:
[P]arts of Downtown, Chinatown, Del Rey, and Venice around landmarks
such as: Grand Park, Los Angeles Convention Center, Union Station, LA Live, Staples Center, and Venice Beach Boardwalk.
Verizon promises
that Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Des Moines, Little Rock, Memphis and Salt Lake City will be added to the list before end of
