The folks and businesses in Detroit will soon enjoy the benefits of the Verizon Wireless LTE 4G network. The carrier has announced that more than 80 percent of the population in the metropolitan Detroit area will be able to access its LTE 4G network starting on Feb. 17. This next generation wireless network can offer average data rates of 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps) on the downlink and 2 to 5 Mbps on the uplink.

The following cities and towns will experience speeds up to 10 times faster than existing 3G networks: 

• Allen Park
• Birmingham
• Bloomfield Hills
• Bloomfield Township
• Canton
• Centerline
• Clarkston
• Clawson
• Clinton Township
• Dearborn
• Dearborn Heights
• Detroit
• Drayton Plains
• Eastpointe
• Ecorse
• Farmington
• Farmington Hills
• Ferndale
• Franklin
• Fraser
• Garden City
• Grosse Pointe
• Grosse Pointe Farms
• Grosse Pointe Park
• Grosse Pointe Shores
• Grosse Pointe Woods
• Hamtramck
• Harper Woods
• Hazel Park
• Highland Park
• Huntington Woods
• Inkster
• Keego Harbor
• Lathrup Village
• Lincoln Park
• Livonia
• Macomb
• Milford at the GM Proving Grounds
• Mount Clemens
• Melvindale
• Northville
• Novi
• Oak Park
• Pleasant Ridge
• Pontiac
• Redford
• River Rouge
• Riverview
• Rochester
• Rochester Hills
• Romulus
• Roseville
• Royal Oak
• Saint Clair Shores
• Shelby Township
• Southfield
• Southgate
• Sterling Heights
• Taylor
• Troy
• Walled Lake
• Warren
• Washington
• Wayne
• West Bloomfield
• Westland
• Wyandotte
   

In addition to the expansion of its LTE 4G network into Detroit, Verizon Wireless has also added six  regional, rural wireless providers to its Long Term Evolution Rural America initiative. Bluegrass Cellular, Cellcom, Cross Wireless, Pioneer Cellular, Strata Networks and Thumb Wireless have agreed to  build-out LTE 4G networks in their regions using Verizon Wireless's 700MHz spectrum.