Verizon announces the first cities to get LTE service

Verizon wireless has announced the first cities that will be getting its new and super fast LTE network. The networks kicked off yesterday in a bunch of cities all around the country. You can see if your area is covered by LTE with Verizon by going to the Verizon LTE page here.

We have talked a bit about the LTE plans at Verizon already with new LTE data plans starting at $50 monthly for 5GB of data and $80 monthly for 10GB. Each plan will cost you an extra $10 per GB for overages. Verizon has some new LTE modems coming for working with your notebook and desktops as well with prices at about $100.

The cities to get the networks as of last weekend include:

Akron, Ohio

Athens, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Baltimore, Maryland

Boston, Massachusetts

Charlotte, North Carolina

Chicago, Illinois

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas

Denver, Colorado

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Houston, Texas

Jacksonville, Florida

Las Vegas, Nevada

Los Angeles, California

Miami, Florida

Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota

Nashville, Tennessee

New Orleans, Louisiana

New York, New York

Oakland, California

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Orlando, Florida

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Phoenix, Arizona

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Rochester, New York

San Antonio, Texas

San Diego, California

San Francisco, California

San Jose, California

Seattle/Tacoma, Washington

St. Louis, Missouri

Tampa, Florida

Washington, D.C.

West Lafayette, Indiana

West Palm Beach, Florida