Verizon picks hurricane-buffetted Panama City in Florida as its fifth fixed 5G city.

Dan Jones, Mobile Editor

October 25, 2018

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Verizon Names Panama City as Its Fifth 5G Market

Verizon named Panama City, Fla., as its fifth 5G market, even as the area recovers from a category 4 battering from Hurricane Michael earlier this month.

Verizon launched its home-grown fixed-wireless "Home 5G" service on October 1. The other initial markets are Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Sacramento. (See Verizon to Launch Fixed 5G Service on Oct. 1.)

Verizon is pitching the 5G Home service as an alternative to cable offerings in the US. It says the download capabilities clock between 300 Mbits/s and 1 Gigabit/s.

Verizon is planning a wider rollout of 5G market in 2019, with standards-based mobile 5G coming "sometime" next year.

We asked Verizon if the hurricane has affected its 5G deployment; The carrier is looking into an answer for us.

Major rival AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said Wednesday that it will have its first 5G mobile market -- or markets -- launched in November. (See AT&T Promises Initial Mobile 5G Launch in 'Weeks'.)

— Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, Light Reading

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Dan Jones

Mobile Editor

Dan is to hats what Will.I.Am is to ridiculous eyewear. Fedora, trilby, tam-o-shanter -- all have graced the Jones pate during his career as the go-to purveyor of mobile essentials.

But hey, Dan is so much more than 4G maps and state-of-the-art headgear. Before joining the Light Reading team in 2002 he was an award-winning cult hit on Broadway (with four 'Toni' awards, two 'Emma' gongs and a 'Brian' to his name) with his one-man show, "Dan Sings the Show Tunes."

His perfectly crafted blogs, falling under the "Jonestown" banner, have been compared to the works of Chekhov. But only by Dan.

He lives in Brooklyn with cats.

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