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When could we expect to see other 4G markets to launch in WV,currently the only area in WV with 4G coverage is Charleston. I reside in the Clarksburg area (26301) which is close to Morgantown. ( West Virginia University ) We have no EVDO coverage in the entire North Central portion of WV. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

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AntonioC_VZW

richrcp wrote:
When could we expect to see other 4G markets to launch in WV,currently the only area in WV with 4G coverage is Charleston. I reside in the Clarksburg area (26301) which is close to Morgantown. ( West Virginia University ) We have no EVDO coverage in the entire North Central portion of WV. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Hi richrcp,

I understand your desire for 4G coverage in your area. We're excited to expand our 4G coverage as quickly as technologically possible. While we do not have any specifics of the 4G coverage expansion, please keep in mind that any news regarding 4G technology and expansion is listed first online at VZW 4G.

chrislipscomb

Adding to our frustration in Clarksburg, WV, is that we do not even have access to 3G service while we wait! I would hope that this would put us nearer to the top of the list of 4G upgrades.

I am using a Droid 2 on a 1X system! Does that make me look foolish for spending the money on the device and the wireless hotspot feature? Or does it make Verizon look complacent and foolish for selling these devices which will likely become obsolete before the network here can handle them.

To add insult to injury, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find phones which do not require data packages (even though we have only 1X data coverage) for my secondary phone.

I purchased this Droid 2, 1.5 years ago based on my past experience with Verizon being so quick to expand services, and I am beginning to feel as though North Central West Virginia is off the grid. I will certainly not be extending my contract or upgrading my devices until I have more certainty. As a matter of fact, with two other carriers already having 3G here, and our best hope being end of 2013, I have time to carry a full contract with another carrier so I can at least have 3G while I wait!!!

chrislipscomb

Just to update this post and give a huge thank you to Verizon Wireless!!! Clarksburg, WV and Bridgeport, WV now have 3G service!!! I am hearing 4G may be here by mid-2012 and that there is work already in Monongalia and Marion counties.

wvu2012

hey do you know when Morgantown WV will receive 3g service?

sclivingst

Waiting in Martinsburg for Verizon coverage. They piggyback off of U.S.Cellular towers in the area. I get 10 miles out of town towards Winchester and I pick up 3g. the only info about our area getting Verizon is a press release from 2010. Come on Verizon, getting you stuff together already!

HouseRulz1

There was a story from WBOY saying that 4G will be available in Morgantown mid-summer. No one from Verizon has actually confirmed this though.

wvu2012

here is the link for that story http://www.wboy.com/story/17149285/plans-for-verizon-wireless-4g-service-in-morgantown-underway

do you think that there is any truth to this story?

HouseRulz1

The permits have all been filed with the Morgantown City Planning Board (or whatever it is called), and the Hotel Morgan (where the towers are going to be erected) has agreed to allow the construction. Further, Verizon said in 2010 that they wanted 3G (or better) in towns with the 100 largest universities by the end of 2012. So I would say yes.

BURG

They have been working on the tower for the past few weeks. I assume they will have everything ready to go mid july.

Nhutwelker

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i have had 3g with Verizon since Saturday

Nhutwelker

i think its already up i have full service now

CLerae

Im in Morgantown and still only getting 1X :smileysad:

CLerae

Just hit airplane mode on then off and the 3G popped up!!!! YESSSSSS! Finally!

BURG

I still have 1X...i work at the hotel and I'm guessing they are still working on getting the 4G up and running.

Verizon_Support

BURG, thanks for your input because I understand how important 4g service is for all of us. Yes, we are expanding 4G service all the time and plan to have more areas equipped to handle our 4G network by the end of this year. Everyone can stay updated by signing up for our email alerts via our official 4G page. This page has updated info about areas that already have service and areas that are coming soon. We also have info about our devices and videos to keep our customer informed. Here is a link to that page http://bit.ly/LI6g4N . Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns. ^KH

Nhutwelker

I don't care about 4g right now I just want to have Verizon service or 3G at least lol

Nhutwelker

The hotel is the only 4g tower they are adding many mor 3G towers I finally got a answer from Verizon there are 42 new towers not 4g towers tho not yet they have been testing them around midnight

tremontij

I think 4G in West Virginia is improving dramatically. I live in Huntington, WV and I already have 4G on my phone. Good job Verizon!

tremontij

I was looking at your thunderbolt (well it looks like it...) which I have as well. I was kind of curious on how you got 5 signal bars on there. When I only have 4? Thanks!

Nhutwelker

i have droid incredible 2 i don't know how many bars are available on the thunderbolt if it is possible try *228 then option 2

Ann154

The Thunderbolt displays the signal in a four bar signal symbol. It can't be changed.

wvu2012

wait so does Morgantown WV have 4G or not?

Gmancometh

Does anybody have any updates on the 3G/4G situation in Morgantown? I don't understand why Verizon can't post more detailed information on new markets and at least a timeframe on when we can see these projects finished.

Gmancometh

I was just told by the manager of Radioshack at the Morgantown Mall location that we are looking at Jan-Mar 2013 now :-( I guess Verizon and Frontier are in some type of disagreement and erecting the towers hasn't happened yet. I'm totally sick of this crap. I may pay the $175 early termination fee and jump on board with AT&T :-\

SWriverstone

NO. Morgantown does NOT have 4G (as of August 15, 2012) and Morgantown also does NOT even have 3G. It's pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. Here we have a city with a major research university, one of the top 100 universities in the nation, and also the smartest city and county in West Virginia (in terms of residents with college degrees) and Verizon has left us in the dark ages.

Completely LAME.

If you have an iPhone and do the "Airplane mode trick" (turn on Airplane mode, then turn it back off) you will have 3G service for 2-3 minutes...then it disappears. When I asked a Verizon tech support guy why this happens, he believes it is because the iPhone initially locks onto a distant Verizon tower with a good data (3G) signal...but with a bad voice signal. So when the iPhone realizes it has a bad voice signal, it defaults to a local tower in Morgantown that does NOT have 3G. (I asked if there is any way to FORCE the iPhone to use the tower with the 3G data signal, and he said no.)

So all of us here in Morgantown that are on VZW are screwed for the foreseeable future---even while just down the road in Grafton, WV and Clarksburg, WV...there is 3G.

Absolutely pathetic.

Scott

oilfieldmudman

Im looking into starting an online petition for verizon to improve coverage and to also bring 4g lte to the people of north central west virginia. Would you guys be willing to participate in something like that? Also another thing I have been doing is sending several emails a week asking questions about coverage and lte, the more people that inquire and show interest, i think we stand a better chance at getting noticed. Come on Verizon show some love for this part of the state!

BURG

They seem to be finished working at the hotel....just waiting for verizon to activate the towers.

wvu2012

O ok it really stinks becuz I got the new Samsung Galaxy S3 and the phone is basically worthless. Lets see what everyone thinks of this situation. So everyone on Verizon is on extended network which essentially means that we are using US Cellular towers in Morgantown. They have an agreement with Verizon that lets them do that for their customers. Apparently US Cellular is getting 4G in October of this year. Does this mean that all of the Verizon customers will be using US Cellular's 4G network? I ran this by a Verizon rep and they said yes, not too sure tho.

richrcp

There is actually 2 different rumors as to why there is no 4G in Morgantown at this time. Both have been relayed to me by Radio Shack, and the VZW authorized agent locations. 1.) The severe weather that we had last month has put everything behind and delayed the launch for at least 2 months. 2.) VZW is in a dispute with US Cellular over rights to the area which they have until february 2013 ( Morgantown will launch at that time????? ) I live in Clarksburg, and was told in December 2011 when 3G launched here that we would have 4G by June 2012. Everything I have read states WV will be completed by the end of 2013, save yourself the frustration and look for the launch at that time!!!!

oilfieldmudman

For those of you that would like to see better Verizon Wireless coverage in north central West Virginia please send an email to the following address (edited post to removed email address to comply with) she is the public relations manager for Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Laura will respond quickly to your emails. We need all the support we can get on this matter so please take a few minutes and email her and tell her why having better Verizon Wireless Coverage is important to you. And please get as many of your friends, family and co-workers involved if they feel we could benefit from improved Verizon Wireless coverage!

Thank You All

Kindest Regards

Jason E.

Message was edited by: Verizon Moderator

WeirtonMikeD

Here in weirton we are slowly getting 4g coverage. On the hills of weirton heights and marland heights we have either 4g extended or complete 4g coverage and the maps have updated to show that.

I like the fact that I have 4g in weirton 65% of the time. Sad thing is follansbee, wheeling, new cumberland and steubenville only have 3g.

WeirtonMikeD

the verizon wireless page NOW shows morgantown having 3g.

DroidRoot

Windstream is stringing new fiber optic cable for 4g service from Morgantown to Huntington. They were going through Clarksburg last week.

Gmancometh

What does that have to do with Verizon Wireless 4gLTE service? Educate me.

richrcp

What does Windstream have to do with Verizon Wireless Service??? Last week Straight Cable/Tower Service from Fairmont WV & Lumus was pulling Fiber in Stonewood WV, but that had nothing to do with VZW. They were installing Fiber for US Cellular's 4G network which goes live this month in Morgantown, Preston County, Fairmont, Bridgeport, Clarksburg. After US Cellular's LTE network goes live in North Central WV all of the VZW customer's with marginal coverage will become US Cellular customer's .

d10m27

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This is obviously from a few weeks ago. I am not sure if this (magical 4g) has been happening with anyone else's phone, but it has been happening with my phone frequently (a few times a week). This typically occurs on the Evansdale Campus of WVU, although it has occurred elsewhere. My phone will work fine on the 4g data network, and acts as though it is on Verizon (although I still can't send more than 160 character texts, another frustration). Then the next second, literally, my phone will revert back to the 'extended network' and the dial up of the mobile data world, 1x. Not sure why, maybe it is testing, and still probably no one will be informed until the 4g network becomes live in Morgantown, WV (if it ever happens at this point).

Also, my phone is a Droid 4, and on my sister's phone, the iPhone 4, at the exact same time my phone says 4g, hers still says extended. Once again, no idea why this is happening and would love to know.

ccsears1981

It could be from testing the towers before they turn them on or it could be what I was experiencing. When I restart my phone and turn it back on it picks up 3G for a few minutes and even has 3G speed then reverts back to 1X. I was told its because it picks up the 3G tower from either AT&T or Sprint then once it finds the US Celluar tower it conects to it since they have the contract with Verizon.

The 160 character problem is with the phone itself not signal related. My Galaxy S3 does the same thing. What the problem is the new phones they didn't program the SMS to break up the text messages automaticly into different messages. If you look at different SMS apps to download like Handcent or GoSMS Pro they are programed to break the message body down into multiple messages and send them if they are over 160.

ccsears1981

Where did you get the information that VZW customers will become US Cellular customers? It seems odd they would do this when they have built a VZW Tower in Morgantown that will be 4G.

richrcp

I was just refering to the fact that vzw customers are frustrated with thier service especially in Morgantown. Actually this whole LTE launch in Morgantown, Fairmont, Bridgeport, & Clarksburg may not happen until mid to late 2013. That info was based on a 2012 vzw press release when the initial Charleston launch and WV plan was announced. When US Cellular launches LTE it will with its sizeable footprint it will hurt verizons business. Go to US Cellular's site it actually shows the entire planned 4G launch area it's impressive!!!

HouseRulz1

4G LTE coverage is coming to Morgantown on October 17th as per VZW press release: http://news.verizonwireless.com/news/2012/10/pr2012-10-09c.html

d10m27

Well that seems pretty official, however I will still believe it when it happens, as similar things have been said before and not happened.

Ann154

HouseRulz wrote:
4G LTE coverage is coming to Morgantown on October 17th as per VZW press release: http://news.verizonwireless.com/news/2012/10/pr2012-10-09c.html

Well, that's officially official. It will definitely be live on that date. You might even see it before then. This is based on my experience with light-up dates for LTE.

B33

If you haven't tried it Install Motorola's Restore Connectivity and once downloaded run it through see if helps restore 4G b33

WeirtonMikeD

Any information on when weirton will stop relying on a tower in Pennsylvania for 4g? Relying on that tower makes 4g coverage difficult to predict PLUS I can't get 4g downtown or in steubenville.

B33

Were is you Live Mike.?

richrcp

Mike D

Does not look like any other WV launches for the remainder of 2012!! The remainder of the WV launches are supposed to be completed by end end of next year!!!

Here are the market that will get 4G LTE by the end of the year:

Selma, Ala.; Blytheville, Ark.; Flagstaff, Nogales, Prescott and Sierra Vista/Douglas, Ariz.; Eureka, Calif.; Grand Junction, Colo.; Lewiston/Moscow, Idaho; Vincennes/Washington, Ind.; Fort Dodge and Ottumwa/Oskaloosa, Iowa; Petoskey, Mich.; Willmar/Marshall, Minn.; Butte, Mont.; Grand Island/Kearney and Hastings, Neb.; Lebanon/Claremont, N.H.; Farmington and Gallup, N.M.; East Liverpool/Salem, Ohio; Muskogee, Okla.; Pendleton and Roseburg, Ore.; Sumter, S.C.; Abilene, Texas; Keene, N.H./Brattleboro, Vt.; Kennewick/Pasco/Richland, Port Angeles, Wenatchee and Yakima, Wash.; and Riverton and Rock Springs, Wyo.

wvbig12

I have a brand new Droid razr m and am not getting any 4g as of today. It was supposed to be up today in the downtown morgantown area and im like 100 yards from there now, Whats going on? I tried to get that restore connectivity app but it says it isnt compatible with my phone.

Gmancometh

That's strange wvbig12, because even their website officially shows that Morgantown should be lit up with 4G LT mf'n E. I'd call and ask what's up. I'll be able to check it out tomorrow night. In Pittsburgh until then.

ccsears1981

I have the Samsung S3 and as of Tuesday I have had 4G LTE singal from Sabraton all the way to Star City. I would try restarting the phone to see if it picks up the tower if not give tech support a call or go to the VZW store.

lauram

I'd like to help. Please email your phone # to me at laura.merritt@verizonwireless.com and we'll take a look.

Kacta1344

I'm excited about the 4g launch in Morgantown and its even better now that its taking place in Clarksburg. But does anyone know about Fairmont, WV? Its right in the middle and along I-79 and where I spend most of my time. I have the Razr Maxx and would love to use it at its full potential. Also I know that was issues in the past with Verizon getting permission to service the area in the past, is that still in effect?

oilfieldmudman

Kacta1344, my guess would be its in the "works" there is probably a license issue with Marion County it's a good idea to check with Verizon Wireless in the meadowbrooke mall they have been a good source of info for me in the past, just make sure you speak to a supervisor and not some high school kid. You can also email Laura Merritt her email address can be found in this discussion. And get as many people involved as you can I send email a couple times a week about service in my area.

oilfieldmudman

Still no native verizon wireless coverage east on I79 towards Buckhannon and Elkins!! Will this area ever get blessed with native coverage or Rely on Us Cellular to pick up the slack for UNUSABLE 1x data rates? Verizon has down right neglected this area forever and I don't see any change in the future, so goodbye Verizon Hello Us Cellular or AT&T.

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