They were working on the Verizon towers back in December changing out antennas, and the latest one they were working on was over near the airport. According to one of the regional directors at Verizon (this was back in December), he said they were hoping to get 4G turned on here in January, but now of course they have pushed it back to February or early March. The IT guy working for the Sheriff's office was told by the Verizon rep that all of the towers had been converted over already. They've definitely started on 4G in Greenville. You can look at Verizon towers and tell that there are new antennas up there (700 Mhz is what they are using for 4G). Hopefully within a month we'll see something.
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4g lte in greenville nc
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I just happened to be at the corporate Verizon store one day in December, and there were 3 Verizon big wigs visiting. One was the regional director, and then a lady that was that guys boss, and the other one of their assistants I suppose. The guy told me they were going to start testing the 4G network here in Greenville in January, and to keep an eye on my phone.
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4G is coming on my phone and staying on just low signal and then it switches to 3g. Its coming guys!
That's interesting... I thought I was the one who told him about 4G in greenville! Glad someone else knows about this, too!
My family member works for VZW and heard back at a sales rally in Greensboro, NC (in January) that 4G is coming to Greenville (among other markets like Jacksonville and other Eastern NC cities) this year in 2012. Then a few weeks ago I heard that 4G is coming to Greenville "soon" so I sent in a tip to Kellex. Then, just this past week I heard February 16th and Februry 21st both as days for 4G being turned on... so I think it'll be here very soon!
I've been having TERRIBLE battery drain on my Galaxy Nexus in Greenville the past day or so; I am almost positive this is the result of poor network performance as they mess with the towers to turn on 4G for us (finally). I think we'll see it soon, I have a really good feeling!!!
Well looks like the 21st could be the day now. No 4G this morning when I woke up 
. The press release that Verizon released yesterday only mentioned Cookeville, Tenn. as a new 4G market being turned on today...so looks like we're still playing the waiting game unfortunately.
. The press release that Verizon released yesterday only mentioned Cookeville, Tenn. as a new 4G market being turned on today...so looks like we're still playing the waiting game unfortunately.aqworldthunder
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Well looks like the 21st could be the day now. No 4G this morning when I woke up
I know the feeling...Unleash the power to us all already!! ( with the capable devices of course) lol
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Ok, update. Heard a few things for us Greenville folks... here's what I learned!
First, the "go ahead" will be given by the end of February for 4G to be flipped on in Greenville. There are towers by ECU campus and the hospital all ready to go, and they are all set to flip the switch - antennas are installed and have been tested. The guys are getting 43 mbps download speeds right on ECU campus, but they realize the speeds will decrease as more people jump onto the network. That's good news, though! Also, they seem to be testing the towers early in the morning, between 2 and 6 am.
Potentially bad news is that there have been some issue with the towers by Pitt County Memorial Hospital (PCMH) with the fiber optics lines going to the towers. They suspect maybe some water leaked into the lines or something like that, but they're not sure and need to look into it. It's giving them some 3G/4G issues in that area.
Further, the 4G coverage in Greenville will be pretty wide-reaching, actually. It'll blanket basically the entire town, and down past Winterville all the way to the edges of Ayden (that's pretty nice). Washington, NC will also have 4G around the same time, it'll be included in what they call the "expansion" part of the network. Winterville will also be part of the "expansion." The expansion just means "extended coverage areas" which will get 4G but the signal will be weaker. Right now, they're saying 10-15 mbps in these expansion zones, and 20-40 in the main zones (Greenville). The one bad thing to note about Winterville is that it'll be almost right in the middle of a few towers' 4G signals, so some people will get poor building penetration the network guys said. However, walking outside you should get really fast speeds again, it's just that indoor coverage may be a bit poor for some people.
Finally, the network team knows about the problems on ECU's campus and in other parts of town where 3G service is poor. This is attributed to too few towers, too little backhaul (fiber optics) running to existing towers, and too many people/devices connecting to the 3G towers. This will be remedied some when 4G is lit up in less than 2 weeks, but the problem will probably still be there by and large. They have already laid the steel for additional towers (yes, we'll be getting additional towers in Greenville!!!) and they'll be built up within the next year, so we'll have better 3G coverage relatively soon. Add in the fact that many people will jump over to the 4G network when it turns on and 3G service should mildly improve soon and majorly improve in the near future.
First, the "go ahead" will be given by the end of February for 4G to be flipped on in Greenville. There are towers by ECU campus and the hospital all ready to go, and they are all set to flip the switch - antennas are installed and have been tested. The guys are getting 43 mbps download speeds right on ECU campus, but they realize the speeds will decrease as more people jump onto the network. That's good news, though! Also, they seem to be testing the towers early in the morning, between 2 and 6 am.
Potentially bad news is that there have been some issue with the towers by Pitt County Memorial Hospital (PCMH) with the fiber optics lines going to the towers. They suspect maybe some water leaked into the lines or something like that, but they're not sure and need to look into it. It's giving them some 3G/4G issues in that area.
Further, the 4G coverage in Greenville will be pretty wide-reaching, actually. It'll blanket basically the entire town, and down past Winterville all the way to the edges of Ayden (that's pretty nice). Washington, NC will also have 4G around the same time, it'll be included in what they call the "expansion" part of the network. Winterville will also be part of the "expansion." The expansion just means "extended coverage areas" which will get 4G but the signal will be weaker. Right now, they're saying 10-15 mbps in these expansion zones, and 20-40 in the main zones (Greenville). The one bad thing to note about Winterville is that it'll be almost right in the middle of a few towers' 4G signals, so some people will get poor building penetration the network guys said. However, walking outside you should get really fast speeds again, it's just that indoor coverage may be a bit poor for some people.
Finally, the network team knows about the problems on ECU's campus and in other parts of town where 3G service is poor. This is attributed to too few towers, too little backhaul (fiber optics) running to existing towers, and too many people/devices connecting to the 3G towers. This will be remedied some when 4G is lit up in less than 2 weeks, but the problem will probably still be there by and large. They have already laid the steel for additional towers (yes, we'll be getting additional towers in Greenville!!!) and they'll be built up within the next year, so we'll have better 3G coverage relatively soon. Add in the fact that many people will jump over to the 4G network when it turns on and 3G service should mildly improve soon and majorly improve in the near future.