Today, July 16 is a great day for Las Vegas dwelling T-Mobile customers. Today is the day T-Mo officially switches on Wideband LTE in Vegas, making it only one of two markets in the Southwest region to have the carrier’s fastest networks speeds.

• What’s Wideband LTE:
  • T-Mobile defines Wideband LTE as LTE with at least 15+15 MHz of spectrum, which has a big impact on overall performance.
  • We’re using multiple bands of spectrum to increase capacity and speeds for everyone on the T-Mobile network.
  • The 15+15 MHz LTE coverage offers theoretical peak download speeds up to 110 Mbps and theoretical peak upload speeds of 38 Mbps.
    • This allows customers to download a 90-minute HD movie in 3 and a half minutes or a whole album in 9 seconds.
  • All T-Mobile LTE devices can receive a speed boost from Wideband LTE.
  • Making the 702 one of T-Mobile’s fastest areas in the country!

As a sort of real-life expectation for those of you in Vegas, Wideband LTE Speed Tests we’ve seen most often usually fit in between 40-75Mbps download speeds. We’ve seen one or two in 20+20 areas peak at above 100Mbps, but that’s not common or consistent enough to suggest that you’ll get that kind of performance.

To celebrate the big day, T-Mo’s team made cake. But more importantly, it now means that Wideband LTE is available in a total of 17 markets across the U.S. They are as follows:

• Atlanta, GA
• Birmingham, AL
• Columbus, OH
• Dallas, TX
• Detroit, MI
• Honolulu, HI
• Houston, TX
• Jacksonville, FL
• Las Vegas, NV
• Los Angeles, CA
• Minneapolis, MN
• Mobile, AL
• Orlando, FL
• Portland, OR
• Seattle, WA
• Tampa, FL
• Upstate, NY

Let us know what performance is like in your area, particularly if your in Vegas. Have you noticed a dramatic improvement in speed recently?