The 4G Race *OLD DRAFT UPDATED*
BACK IN 2012 Since 2010, US cell carriers have been working on building next-gen, faster data networks. In the start, Sprint bet on WiMax technology, while Verizon went for LTE. AT&T and T-Mobile worked on HSPA+ (which is technically super-fast 3G). Fast forward to 2012, and the "Big Three" have 4G LTE networks, and even regional carriers are getting into the fast lane. For a large portion of Americans, these networks are at their disposal...but rural customers are still in a waiting game. I've mentioned before that I live in North-Central Wisconsin and I happen to live within "cell coverage distance" of Highway 29, a main highway connecting Green Bay, Wausau, Eau Claire, and eventually the Twin Cities. This is a main corridor, and so cell coverage is easy to come by nearby. By that I mean that Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint have networks along it...T-Mobile has no network at all built beyo...