<p> Verizon may have been the first to roll out a blazing 4G cellular network using LTE technology but AT&T is hot on Big Red's heels. Today the <a href="http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=22196&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=33623&mapcode=wireless-networks-general|consumer" rel="nofollow">carrier announced</a> it now has expanded its own LTE service to 11 new markets now covering New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. </p>  <p> This brings the total number of regions under the carrier's LTE umbrella to 26 and comes as great news for loyal AT&T customers frustrated with the carrier's <shortcode shortcode="link" link-text="much-maligned infrastructure" asset-type="article" uuid="7313b662-8c86-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d" slug="friday-poll-is-at-t-really-that-bad" edition="us" data-key="link_bulk_key" api="{"id":"7313b662-8c86-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d","slug":"friday-poll-is-at-t-really-that-bad","contentType":null,"edition":"us","topic":{"slug":"culture"},"metaData":{"typeTitle":null,"hubTopicPathString":"Culture","reviewType":null},"section":"news"}"> </shortcode>. It's also a harbinger for possibly some hot new LTE 4G equipped handsets to hit <shortcode shortcode="link" link-text="AT&T perhaps as soon as CES 2012" asset-type="article" uuid="731528f8-8c86-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d" slug="at-t-to-get-the-first-4g-lte-windows-phones" edition="us" data-key="link_bulk_key" api="{"id":"731528f8-8c86-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d","slug":"at-t-to-get-the-first-4g-lte-windows-phones","contentType":null,"edition":"us","topic":{"slug":"mobile"},"metaData":{"typeTitle":null,"hubTopicPathString":"Mobile","reviewType":null},"section":"news"}"> </shortcode> next week. </p> <p> What will also put a spring in the step of AT&T users is the speed of its network, which our Jessica Dolcourt <shortcode shortcode="link" link-text="clocked in San Francisco" asset-type="article" uuid="6f831f24-8c86-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d" slug="up-close-with-at-ts-4g-lte-speeds-in-san-francisco" edition="us" data-key="link_bulk_key" api="{"id":"6f831f24-8c86-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d","slug":"up-close-with-at-ts-4g-lte-speeds-in-san-francisco","contentType":null,"edition":"us","topic":{"slug":"mobile"},"metaData":{"typeTitle":null,"hubTopicPathString":"Mobile","reviewType":null},"section":"news"}"> </shortcode> at data download rates of 14 to 15 Mbps, peaking at times to a blistering 30Mbps. Watch out, Verizon, that's on par with your vaunted airwaves. </p> <p> Handsets expected to surf on AT&T's new LTE system are the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/htc-vivid-black-at/4505-6454_7-35055816.html?tag=mncol;lst" rel="follow">HTC Vivid</a>, <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/samsung-galaxy-s-ii/4505-6452_7-35055815.html?tag=mncol;lst" rel="follow">Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket</a>, <shortcode shortcode="link" link-text="LG Nitro HD" asset-type="review" uuid="b256907c-9d89-11e2-853d-0291187978f3" slug="lg-nitro-hd-at-t" edition="us" data-key="link_bulk_key" api="{"id":"b256907c-9d89-11e2-853d-0291187978f3","slug":"lg-nitro-hd-at-t","contentType":null,"edition":"us","topic":{"slug":"phones"},"metaData":{"typeTitle":"In Depth","hubTopicPathString":"Mobile^Phones","reviewType":"In Depth"},"section":"reviews"}"> </shortcode>, along with the <shortcode shortcode="link" link-text="HTC Jetstream" asset-type="review" uuid="b256638f-9d89-11e2-853d-0291187978f3" slug="htc-jetstream" edition="us" data-key="link_bulk_key" api="{"id":"b256638f-9d89-11e2-853d-0291187978f3","slug":"htc-jetstream","contentType":null,"edition":"us","topic":{"slug":"tablets"},"metaData":{"typeTitle":"In Depth","hubTopicPathString":"Mobile^Tablets","reviewType":"In Depth"},"section":"reviews"}"> </shortcode> and <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/samsung-galaxy-tab-8/4505-3126_7-35015649.html?tag=mncol;lst;2" rel="follow">Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9</a> Android tablets. </p> </article></body></html>

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