According to a recent press release, AT&T is upgrading to 4G speeds in the Twin Cities. Here is their definition of 4G speeds…

4G speeds delivered by HSPA+ with enhanced backhaul. Available in limited areas. Availability increasing with ongoing backhaul deployment. Requires 4G device.

Here are the overall plans..

Bob Bass, president of AT&T Minnesota, says AT&T plans the following network improvements in the Twin Cities area in 2011:

• Deploying enhanced backhaul connections to more than 300 cell sites to enable 4G speeds and add capacity to support more mobile traffic, like adding traffic lanes to a highway
• Installing more than 10 new cell sites to improve network coverage
• Adding spectrum carriers to 45 cell sites to support more traffic
• Deploying and upgrading Distributed Antenna System (DAS) networks at high-traffic venues, such as sports facilities and airports to enhance network coverage

Marry this deployment with wireless adoption I wrote about earlier today to get some more good ideas on what to do with that added broadband.