{"id":3000,"date":"2019-09-19T14:35:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T12:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dazzlepop.net\/site\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2019-09-19T14:35:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T12:35:44","slug":"verizon-5g-will-launch-in-new-york-city-on-september-26th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dazzlepop.net\/site\/verizon-5g-will-launch-in-new-york-city-on-september-26th\/","title":{"rendered":"Verizon 5G will launch in New York City on September 26th"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The biggest test of Verizon\u2019s 5G network yet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg\u00a0Photo by Chris Welch \/ The Verge<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verizon\u2019s 5G millimeter wave network will face perhaps its biggest coverage test yet when it launches in \u201cparts of\u201d New York City on September 26th. Today the carrier announced<\/a> that 5G service will reach areas of uptown, midtown, and downtown Manhattan, along with select parts of Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With NYC included, Verizon will have rolled out mobile 5G service to a total of 11 cities. The company aims to reach over 30 cities by the end of this year. \u201cOur goal is to provide 5G network coverage to more than 50 percent of the US by the end of 2020,\u201d Verizon said in a press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, as with its other 5G markets, Verizon isn\u2019t yet providing a coverage map that outlines exactly where customers will be able to get its incredibly fast mmWave speeds. Rival carrier T-Mobile has relentlessly mocked Verizon over this, most recently\u00a0launching a \u201cVerHIDEzon\u201d ad campaign<\/a>\u00a0(complete with\u00a0a Squarespace-made website<\/a>) that blasts its competitor for a lack of transparency. \u201cIt\u2019s about underscoring just how crazy it is to ask customers to pay more and then guess where they can use the thing they\u2019re paying more for,\u201d T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray wrote in a blog post. (Some of Verizon\u2019s unlimited data plans are currently waiving the $10 5G fee.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Millimeter wave offers blazing-fast mobile data speeds, but it has extremely limited reach, requiring nodes on pretty much every street block where service is available \u2014 especially in cities with many high-rise buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T-Mobile has already rolled out mmWave service in New York City<\/a> (with a coverage map.) As they\u2019re built upon the same technology, you can bet we\u2019ll be trying to gauge how the two 5G networks compare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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T-Mobile executives including CEO John Legere have also accused Verizon of having an incomplete, doomed 5G strategy. \u201cI\u2019ve said all along that 5G requires a mix of all spectrum types: high-band (mmWave) for massive capacity over short distances in dense urban areas, mid-band for coverage and capacity depth, and low-band for broad nationwide coverage, including rural America,\u201d Ray wrote, using the opportunity to further hype the T-Mobile \/ Sprint merger and combined spectrum pool the new company will gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verizon has insisted that it knows exactly what it\u2019s doing<\/a> with 5G over the long term, but the company refuses to go into detail about how it will expand upon the millimeter wave technology it\u2019s currently building out. Network VP Heidi Hemmer has said Verizon has a \u201cmulti-spectrum strategy,\u201d but claims it\u2019s not offering specifics to avoid AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint from gaining a \u201ccompetitive edge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What 5G phones does Verizon have?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verizon currently offers three phones that can tap into its 5G millimeter wave network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n