Talk:United States/@comment-26674008-20160303074940

The LTE band situation in the US continues to get more complex. AT&T is now unrolling band 12 and 29, both in the 700 MHz range. To add further confusion, it seems as band 17 is being reclassified into band 12; now that conflicts over use of most the 700MHz domain have been resolved, the future should be that all new devices will support band 12. Existing devices can continute to use band 17, or might even be enabled to band 12 with a software update. Amongst all the changes, it is more difficult now than ever to explain network/device compatibility.

What is the conclusion? If you want good LTE coverage on AT&T or its MVNOs, your phone should at least support most bands of 2, 4, 5, 17, but you might even get some coverage with only one of those. However, the best or highest speed LTE coverage might only come on devices capable of additional bands.