Verizon EV-DO To Double Coverage in 2005

Michael

There are some interesting items reported in this article.

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Michael

According to the article below, Verizon has accellerated their deployment schedule and instead of reaching 150 million by the end of 2005, they will reach it by the middle of 2005.

http://www.thestreet.com/tech/scottmoritz/10217678_2.html
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Chuck · EVDO Heavy User Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 149

I knew Sprint jumping in would cause good things for us... if only they could expand the Miami coverage a few more miles south I would be golden!

Incase the link gets the axe soon, here is a clipping:
According to an investor presentation the company made in late January, the EV-DO network was then available to 75 million people, and EV-DO subscribers totaled 75,000.

One insider, who asked not to be identified, says the company is stepping up its commitment to the new offering and is accelerating the network buildout. This person says that under the new plan, Verizon Wireless will reach by midyear its 2005-end goal of having the EV-DO network available to 150 million people.

Dog-One · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 8:28 pm Post subject: Grain of Salt

Verizon has cashed over $1000 of my checks to put towards their expansion and I've only used EVDO for 1 hour in Jacksonville, FL while traveling. So I surely do hope they remember me while they're planning their expansion. If there are several thousand more folks out there like myself, all this "new stuff" should be paid for by now.

My gut feeling is: I'll be very surprised to see EVDO here in Greenville, SC by Christmas, whether it be Verizon or Sprint. With BellSouth so strong in this region, the likelyhood of UTMS via Cingular is probably greater. Probably my fault for not doing enough research first, but it's kind of like the lottery--you have to pay to play.

Chuck · EVDO Heavy User Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 149

Good Lord I hope it does make it to greenville, that is one of the cities I work in and yes it is slow... I make sure my hotel has a T1/Cable connection before I get there.

Personally I am surprised that the Space Coast of Florida does not have it. There is NASA, Harris, etc. with all those geeky techs that would jump on this service if made available.

Dog-One · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:39 pm Post subject: