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Verizon Brings 5G Ultra Wideband To Portions Of The Pensacola Area
March 2, 2021
Verizon customers now have access to 5G Ultra Wideband service in select portions of the Pensacola area.
According to Verizon’s coverage map, the service is available in portions of downtown Pensacola between A Street and 19 Avenue south of Gonzalez Street, parts of East Hill, around Airport Boulevard and Davis Highway, Cordova Park, Langley and College Parkway, around Summit Boulevard, and parts of Gulf Breeze and Pensacola Beach. To view the 5G areas, search for Pensacola and zoom in on Verizon’s coverage map.
“Verizon continues its aggressive expansion and technological advancements of 5G Ultra Wideband service, the 21st century platform for innovation,” said Kyle Malady, Verizon’s chief technology officer. “Customers in these cities can now take advantage of revolutionary, game-changing technology, with access to download speeds and bandwidth that can power the future of wireless and home broadband applications and solutions.”
5G Ultra Wideband uses small cells and is much faster than Verizon’s Nationwide 5G product that can be found in much of Escambia County south of Kingsfield Road and in a portion of the Molino area.
Built for industrial and commercial use cases, Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband boasts ultra-low lag and throughputs many times faster than 4G. As the technology continues to mature, it is expected to eventually handle data volumes 100 times larger than today’s capabilities. Verizon’s use of mmWave spectrum, the backbone of 5G Ultra Wideband, is essential to these revolutionary capabilities as is being used in parts of the Pensacola area.
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6 Responses to “Verizon Brings 5G Ultra Wideband To Portions Of The Pensacola Area”
Does anyone know if the 5G green poles on Pensacola Beach are operational yet? If so, what carrier? I have heard both AT&T and Verizon. Maybe are shared?
my iphone works fine in flomaton and century. atmore is another thing. that place is pitiful. i have no trouble on the road to pensacola.
Glad to know I’m not the only one that issues with their 4G phone.. just paid it off and the only time it works great is in the house.. outside on our 12 acres im lucky to be able to use it whatsoever.. Heaven forbid if there is an emergency and I need help.. I will have to make it back to house and hope that Spectrums internet is working so I can place a call to ambulance, fire or whichever group is needed… it used to work great but I also noticed a tower on jacks branch is now empty of satellites.. most calls drop outside my house
The 5G Nationwide is a marketing thing. I can get 20-30 Mbps on “5G Nationwide” around Pensacola. But on 4G you can get 80-100 Mbps or more. 5G Nationwide lights up the little indicator on your phone and Verizon charges you more. It’s not faster.
But 5G ultrawideband is awesome, as long as you don’t mind a Verizon antenna in your front yard radiating your family.
Well that’s nice. Try driving through Century with Verizon. Or Bay Springs. Or Highway 97 between Walnut Hill and Molino. No 5G, no 4G, no 3G, no service.
How about some tower upgrades to have at least 4g on the north end. It is terrible in the 95a/cottage hill area.