Sprint announced an expansion of the 4G service to new cities today.  The Wi-Max service available in the cities of Eugene, Oregon and Tri-Cities and Yakima, Washington.  Sprint will start selling the service on the 11th of July, but the network is active now.

While the company is also rolling out the service to major metro areas such as LA, New York and others, it’s great to see them paying attention to smaller cities as well.

In Oregon, this news now means that 4G is available in Portland, Salem, Corvallis, and Eugene.  As a frequent visitor to Bend, Oregon, I’m hoping Central Oregon is on the company’s list too!

I currently use the U301 to utilize the 4G and regular 3G networks and find Sprint’s speeds to be reliable and quick.