Everything You Need to Know About AT&T 5G!

Being a tech geek has perhaps never been more exciting! We’re right in the midst of a digital revolution and each technological innovation makes us look forward to what more may be in store for us. But, in recent years 5G has sure stolen all the hype. Even before its arrival, and quite regardless of the controversy around health hazards, which some suspect to be associated with its widespread usage, 5G gained quite the attention. And now, after years of speculation about how this Gen-5 tech could transform the digital ecosystem, we finally have the chance to test it out ourselves.

Living in a digitally connected era, we’re always on the lookout for tech tools and innovative means to connect us faster with the world around us. And, AT&T 5G service couldn’t have come at a better time!

Putting multiple technologies in play, AT&T was already delivering pure fiber optic internet, hybrid Fiber-Copper IPBB internet, high-speed fixed wireless internet, and mobile broadband services across the US. Given its dedication to making the fruits of the latest tech accessible to all, the kingpin amongst the biggest internet service providers in the U.S. was, therefore, the first to deliver mobile 5G service to businesses and consumers. By April 2019, AT&T was already providing 5G to early adopters in parts of 19 cities. Moreover, AT&T was also the first to make a 5G device commercially available in the US. Fast forward to 2021, and you have a long list of counties, cities, and towns where AT&T 5G is available, while select parts of certain areas and renowned venues also have access to 5G .

What is 5G & What is 5G ?

Well, 5G is the successor of 4G—the fifth-generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks. Cellular service providers worldwide started deploying the 5G standard in 2019. And, given the increased bandwidth and higher download speeds that 5G is capable of delivering, it is estimated by 2025 5G networks may as well reach an estimated 1.7 billion subscribers around the globe.

The 5G tech comes in quite a few flavors, and each brings a different experience depending on whether the service utilizes a low-band, mid-band, or high-band spectrum. Because the spectrum utilized to deliver the service is what essentially determines the coverage and speed.

While the low-band spectrum makes it possible to provide coverage over a large area, the speed and latency experienced with low-band 5G is only a little better than what a 4G network delivers at its best. With that said, the low-band spectrum does make it possible for the wireless signal to travel farther despite physical obstacles in its way, so it serves the purpose as far as providing better coverage.

The mid-band spectrum gives a combo of coverage and speed—meaning a 5G service when delivered via the mid-band spectrum has a greater ability to transfer bigger volumes of data over longer distances. For this reason, many countries around the globe are planning to use the mid-band spectrum for 5G.

The high-band or millimeter wave spectrum (mmWave) facilitates speeds between 1 and 3 Gbps, and it is estimated eventually high-band 5G will come to support up to 10 Gbps fast internet. But the downside is the signal does not travel far on mmWave. And, is vulnerable to interference from objects in its way—even trees. So, if only you are close to the cell site, you are likely to receive the full advantage of high-band 5G internet, as you’d expect. It is this high-band 5G that AT&T has named 5G .

What is the Difference: AT&T 5G Vs 5G

As we said, the main difference between the two flavors of 5G in use by AT&T springs from whether it is delivered via the low or high band spectrum. At this time, the two layers of the AT&T 5G network are shaped by the sub-6GHz (low-band) and the mmWave (high-band) spectrums. And, the provider is set to build on the sub-6GHz roots of the network, so we can assume the mmWave spectrum will be put into full action more widely in the near future.

The AT&T 5G network delivers lightning-fast speed in high traffic areas such as arenas, campuses, airports, etc., where the extra speed and capacity is needed to enhance business and consumer experience. But, for now, AT&T 5G is available only to enterprises in select parts of its service locations.

On the other hand, the sub-6GHz spectrum has been employed to provide coverage over larger swaths of land across the US. Because, while it does not deliver speeds as fast as 5G , it is able to carry the signal farther out without being interfered with by physical objects in its path—as is the case with 5G .

So—the difference between the two types of 5G, as AT&T likes to categorize them, boils down to the spectrum being used, which in turn creates variation in broadband speed and service coverage.

AT&T 5G Coverage & Availability

AT&T is continuously expanding and enhancing its 5G network—and is set to bring the service to every region in the US. Currently, it offers 5G service in the following areas. If you can’t find your hometown in the list below, click here and learn about AT&T 5G coverage & availability in your area.

Arkansas	New York	Louisiana	Georgia
Little Rock	Chautauqua County	Baton Rouge	Atlanta
Fayetteville-Springdale	Elmira	Caldwell Parish	Bleckley County
Fort Smith	Jefferson County	Claiborne Parish	Early County
Polk County	Poughkeepsie	Iberville Parish	Jasper County
Ouachita County	Yates County	Lafayette	Warren County
Clay County	Albany	Monroe	Dawson County
Cross County	Glen Falls	Morehouse Parish	Marion County
Franklin County	Otsego County	St. James Parish	Athens
Madison County	Syracuse	West Feliciana Parish	Albany
Pope County	Binghamton	Beauregard County	Hancock County
Cleburne County	Orange County	Houma-Thibodaux	Whitfield County
Marion	Utica-Rome	Lake Charles	Chattooga County
Sharp County	Rochester	New Orleans	Macon
Pine Bluff	Binghamton	Shreveport	Liberty
Hempstead County	Buffalo	Massachusetts	Worth
Garland	Columbia County	Plaquemines Parish
	New York City	Springfield

California	Ohio	Florida	Texas
Elmira	Ashtabula County	Melbourne	Austin
Jefferson County	Columbiana County	Miami	Dallas
Alpine County	Lima	Orlando	Navarro County
Fresno	Mansfield	West Palm Beach	Victoria
Kings County	Williams County	Bradenton	Wilson County
Salinas	Youngstown	Dixie County	Amarillo
Sierra County	Clinton County	Fort Pierce	Brownsville
Stockton	Mercer County	Hamilton County	Bryan-College Station
Visalia-Tulare	Morrow County	Hardee County	Galveston
Chico	Perry County	Ocala	Killeen-Temple
El Dorado County	Steubenville	Pensacola	Parmer County
Redding	Hamilton	Sarasota	Runnels County
Sacramento	Dayton	Tampa	Tyler
Tehama County	Columbus	Calhoun County	Abilene
Yuba City	Springfield	Citrus County	Beaumont
Santa Cruz	Ross County,	Collier County	Concho County
Madera County	Hancock County	Fort Myers	Fannin County
Mono County	Sandusky County	Fort Walton Beach	Lubbock
Santa Rosa	Tuscarawas County	Gainesville	Newton County
Vallejo	Cincinnati	Glades County	Sherman-Denison
Bakersfield	Akron	Jefferson County	Waco
Modesto	Cleveland	Lakeland	Atascosa County
Oxnard	Youngstown	Tallahassee	Burleson County
San Luis Obispo		Walton County	Chambers County
Santa Barbara		Daytona Beach	Cherokee County
San Jose		Jacksonville	Corpus Christi
Los Angeles		Putnam County	Edwards County
San Diego			Houston
San Francisco			Laredo
			San Antonio
			Briscoe County
			Desoto
			El Paso
			Hardeman County
			Houston
			Jack County
			Longview
			McAllen
			Texarkana
			Wichita Falls

Michigan	Missouri	Illinois	Indiana
Jackson	Columbia	Alton-Granite City	Bloomington
Alger County	Springfield	Chicago	Decatur County
Allegan County	Kansas City	Mason County	Huntington County
Benton Harbor	St. Louis	Adams County	Kosciusko County
Manistee County	Moniteau County	Aurora-Elgin	Muncie
Muskegon	Bates County	Bureau County	Newton County
Cass County	Callaway County	Champaign-Urbana	Randolph County
Kalamazoo	De Kalb County	Clay County	Warren County
Newaygo	Joplin	Joliet	Brown County
Battle Creek	Saline County	Montgomery County	Elkhart-Goshen
Cheboygan County	St. Joseph	Springfield	Evansville
Detroit	Marion	Vermilion County	Fort Wayne
Gogebic County		Washington County	Gary
Roscommon		Decatur	South Bend
			Indianapolis
			Terre Haute

Kentucky	Kansas	Maryland	Montana
Spencer County	Lawrence	Cumberland	Billings
Fulton County	Brown County	Hagerstown	Mineral County
Mason County	Wichita	Kent County	Deer Lodge County
Meade County	Topeka	Frederick	Great Falls
Trimble County		Garrett County	Beaverhead County
Lexington-Fayette		Baltimore	Lincoln County

Mississippi	Maine	North Carolina	New Hampshire
Jackson	Portland	Anson County	Portsmouth
Leake County		Hickory
Tunica		Charlotte
		Yancey

New Jersey	Minnesota	Massachusetts	New Mexico
Vineland	Chippewa County	Worcester	Lincoln County
Atlantic City	Duluth	Boston	San Juan County
Trenton	Le Sueur County	New Bedford	Colfax County
Hunterdon County	St. Cloud	Barnstable	Grant County
Sussex County	Hubbard County	Franklin	Santa Fe County
Long Branch	Koochiching County	Pittsfield	La Cruces
New Brunswick	Minneapolis
Ocean County	Fargo-Moorhead
	Rochester
	Pipestone
	Lake of the Woods

Utah	Oregon	Connecticut	Colorado
Salt Lake City	Eugene-Springfield	New London-Norwich	Fort Collins-Loveland
Beaver County	Lincoln County	Hartford	Greeley
Provo	Medford	New Haven	Colorado Springs
Box Elder County	The Dalles	Bridgeport	San Miguel County
Carbon County	Clatsop County		Denver

Nevada	Oklahoma	Alaska	Hawaii
Lander County	Grant County	Anchorage	Maui County
Las Vegas	Beckham County	Bethel	Honolulu
Reno	Garvin	Haines	Kauai
Storey County	Tulsa	Wade-Hampton County

Alabama	Pennsylvania	Washington	Puerto Rico
Anniston	Crawford County	Okanogan County	Aguadilla
Dothan	Lancaster	Olympia	Aibonito Municipality
Florence	Allentown	Pacific County	Arecibo
Gadsden	State College	Bellingham	Mayaguez
Mobile	Harrisburg	Clallam County	Ponce
Tuscaloosa	Reading	Ferry County	Rincon Municipality
Franklin County	Northeast	Kittitas County	San Juan
Huntsville	Altoona	Richland-Kennewick	Adjuntas Municipality
Birmingham	Bedford County	Seattle	Ceiba Municipality
Butler	Bradford County	Tacoma	Ciales Municipality
Cleburne County	Huntingdon County	Yakima
Shannon County	Jefferson County	Bremerton
Lamar County	Lawrence County	Skamania
	Lebanon County	Spokane
	Sharon
	York
	Greene County
	Johnstown
	Union County
	Wayne County
	Williamsport
	Philadelphia
	Pittsburgh

South Carolina	Tennessee	West Virginia	Virginia
Anderson	Lake County	Charleston	Caroline County
Calhoun County	Chattanooga	Grant County	Danville
Laurens County	Fayette County	Huntington-Ashland	Frederick County
Oconee County	Giles County	Tucker County	Madison County
Cherokee County	Maury County	Monongalia County	Amelia
	Memphis	Parkersburg-Marietta
	Nashville	Wheeling
		Mason
		Raleigh County
		Wetzel County

Rhode Island	Wisconsin	Idaho	Arizona
Newport County	Kenosha	Idaho County	Gila
Providence	Racine	Elmore County	Mohave County
	Sheboygan	Boise City
	Wood County	Boundary County
	Columbia County	Lemhi County
	Janesville-Beloit
	Madison
	Milwaukee
	Pierce County

North Dakota	Delaware	South Dakota	Iowa/Nebraska
Bismarck	Kent County	Hanson County	Sioux City
Bottineau	Wilmington	Kingsbury County
Divide		Marshall County
Grand Forks		Rapid City
		Sully County

Wyoming	U.S. Virgin Islands
Casper	St. Croix
Converse County	St. Thomas
Sheridan County

AT&T 5G Coverage & Availability

At this time, AT&T 5G is available in select parts of the following cities and venues:

State	Cities/Venues
Arizona	Phoenix
California	Los Angeles, Menlo Park, Oakland, Redwood City, San Bruno, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, West Hollywood Dodger Stadium & Oracle Park
Colorado	Ball Arena (Pepsi Center)
Florida	Jacksonville, Miami, Miami Gardens, Orlando, Tampa Hard Rock Stadium, Raymond James Stadium, & Tampa International Airport
Georgia	Atlanta Mercedes Benz Stadium
Indiana	Indianapolis
Illinois	Chicago United Center Chicago
Kentucky	Louisville
Louisiana	New Orleans
Maryland	Baltimore, Ocean City
Minnesota	U.S. Bank Stadium
Michigan	Detroit
North Carolina	Charlotte, Raleigh Bank of America Stadium & Spectrum Center
Nevada	Las Vegas. Las Vegas Convention Center
New York	New York City
Ohio	Cleveland
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City
Pennsylvania	King of Prussia, Philadelphia
Tennessee	Nashville
Texas	Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Waco AT&T Dallas Stadium, Kay Bailey Hutchins Convention Center & AT&T Center
Wisconsin	Milwaukee Fiserv Forum & Miller Park

How to get AT&T 5G?

AT&T 5G service presents a great solution for all broadband users. And, as the provider continues to build on its 5G network capabilities with an aim to deliver the best mix of speed, latency, and coverage, consumers of the new AT&T 5G service are already reaping the benefits—especially businesses that have recorded significant positive impact on their operations.

For the non-commercial consumer, 5G simply implies faster downloads and very little lag—whether you are at home or on the go—as long as you are covered by the AT&T 5G network, you can stream your TV favorites or play your preferred mobile game with unprecedented ease. And, as AT&T continues to upgrade its 5G network, increasing its capacity and bringing more bandwidth your way, you can expect to connect more and more devices to your 5G internet.

To take advantage of this futuristic service, there are however a few prerequisites you must fulfill: You must be housed in one of the AT&T 5G locations. You must own an AT&T 5G phone. Or a compatible 5G hotspot device if you want to convert your mobile broadband connection to AT&T 5G home internet. And, you must also be subscribed to a qualifying AT&T Wireless Unlimited or Pre-paid plan.

AT&T 5G Phones and Hotspot Device

A number of new cell phones introduced parallel to the rollout of AT&T 5G, support the service. Albeit, some are compatible with low-band 5G, others with high-band 5G , while the likes of Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra support both 5G configurations. The iPhone 12 models are not only compatible with the current range of AT&T 5G spectrum but are said to support the mid-band 5G service too. You can shop for the best-selling AT&T 5G phones here .

The Netgear Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot Pro, was launched in September 2020. The device not only leverages the AT&T 5G network but the latest Wi-Fi 6 protocol. Whether you pick the device because you are always on the go, or you want it to become the source of your new AT&T 5G home internet—either way, you get the best combination of advanced tech.

Netgear gives you a device that is able to squeeze the most advantage from AT&T 5G and Wi-Fi 6—it connects more devices, catches both 5G and 5G signals, and gets you a more powerful in-home Wi-Fi network. With an easy-to-use touchscreen interface and long-lasting powerful battery, the 5G hotspot device gives you the chance to use the fastest available internet for your work and leisure activities at home and away.

AT&T 5G Plans: Wireless & Pre-paid

Once you’ve switched to a 5G supported device, you’d want to make sure you sign up for the right plan so you can enjoy the 5G experience to the fullest. AT&T Wireless and AT&T Pre-paid plans give you options to pick the perfect fit.

As for AT&T Wireless Unlimited plans, all 3 offer 5G access, along with other great service features. While the top of the range AT&T PRE-PAID Unlimited Plus also gets you 5G access. Take a look at the perks and prices of AT&T 5G plans, and sign up for the most suitable one!

AT&T Wireless Plan	Key Features	Price
AT&T UNLIMITED ELITESM	Unlimited talk, text, data with 100GB Premium data Unlimited texting to 120 countries Unlimited talk, text, and data in Mexico & Canada 30GB hotspot data per line per month Advanced Mobile Security HBO Max™ included	$50/mo. per line when you get 4 lines
AT&T UNLIMITED EXTRASM	Unlimited talk, text, data with 50GB Premium data Unlimited texting to 120 countries Unlimited talk, text, and data in Mexico & Canada 15GB hotspot data per line per month	$40/mo. per line when you get 4 lines
AT&T UNLIMITED STARTERSM	Advanced Mobile Security Unlimited talk, text, data Unlimited texting to 120 countries Unlimited talk, text, and data in Mexico & Canada Standard Mobile Security	$35/mo. per line when you get 4 lines
AT&T PRE-PAIDSM Unlimited Plus	Unlimited high-speed data 100GB personal cloud storage 10GB hotspot data Use in Canada & Mexico	$60/mo. with AutoPay

You can also look into other data plans on offer from AT&T which give you 5G access. Although these come with a specified data allowance:

AT&T 5G for Business

AT&T has been actively researching mobility and business-centric solutions to help enterprises move forward. Enhanced business communications are one of the core reasons behind the vigorous development of the AT&T 5G network. AT&T 5G allows you to achieve business goals with ultimate wireless flexibility and enterprise-grade mobility at a super-fast speed. It is for this reason AT&T 5G has been made available only to businesses and corporations at this early stage.

How will AT&T 5G help your business?

You need more than just basic 5G access to fulfill your business needs. You need smart and secure solutions. And, AT&T 5G can reshape the future of your business by redesigning business mobility in the smartest way possible. It will do so by providing:

Improved Connectivity

More devices can connect to the network without slowing down or experiencing performance issues.

Low Latency

Low latency is critical for faster computing of info. 5G increased capacity makes room for more processing capabilities which a business typically needs. Plus, it makes near real-time transfer of data a reality—giving an edge to operations in a great many industries.

Faster and More Reliable Speeds

Combined with ultra-low latency, blazing-fast speeds ensure a strong and reliable connection—one that supports complex apps and services critical to the running of a business.

Better Experiences

5G creates an array of possibilities for businesses, particularly the tech-driven ones. From video support and new flavors of IoT to consumer experience and real-time communication, growth opportunities are endless with 5G. That is why it is believed 5G holds an incredible potential to change the future of businesses in this digital age. With the right tools and strategies put into place at the right time, you can expect to gain an edge as 5G comes to dominate the market.

Final Takeaway

5G access in today's time is nothing less than a digital revolution. With AT&T 5G plans, you can enjoy faster speeds and real-time data transfer which makes for an overall improved online experience! If you don't have 5G available in your area yet, don't fret! AT&T 5G network infrastructure is continuously expanding and is soon expected to cover every city in the United States.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Does AT&T offer 5G access in Mississippi?

Yes AT&T offers 5G internet in Leake County, Jackson and Tunica in the state of Mississippi.

Does AT&T offer 5G access in North Carolina?

Yes, it offers 5G internet in Anson County, Hickory, Charlotte and Yancey.

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