Verizon EVDO Phase 4 Rollout June 22, 2005 Announcement

Michael

I have received a few reports that June 22, 2005 will be the announcement date for Verizon's Phase 4 EVDO rollout.

We are getting close now...
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Brak · EVDO Newbie Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Texas

I can take a look at that and see tomorrow.

Brak · EVDO Newbie Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Texas

I did some looking and I can't confirm or deny that there's going to be an announcement yet as I found no info posted. I'm off on the 22nd but if nothing's posted here I'll have another look in the news at work when I get into the office on the 23rd.

prott1 · EVDO Newbie Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 2

Hey Brak,

Do you have any idea what the phase 4 rollout consist of.. I live in San Bernardino which is about 50-60 miles outside LA... There is coverage going up all around me, and I just wondered if this rollout would involve my area???

Thanks, Paul
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accutronman · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 16

I received a letter from VZW today that indicated 13 new markets to be active this month. The markets are as follows:

Athens, GA
Beaumont,TX
Cleveland, OH
Indianapolis, IN
Lake Charles, LA
New London, CT
Portland, OR
Richmond, VA
Rochester, NY
San Antonio, TX
Seattle, WA
St Louis, MO
Syracuse, NY

Brak · EVDO Newbie Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Texas

As accutronman just posted there will be 13 additional cities to go live. The word I've been hearing on the intranet is this will go into effect within the next few weeks or so.

temporary · EVDO User Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 42

Funnily no city from CA has been included here though we have been hearing about EVDO being active for a few weeks now in downtown SFO. Also San Antonio is already active.

Michael · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:07 am Post subject:

Yes, the list is much larger, AND many cities that were part of the 30 city phase 3 rollout are getting much better coverage (e.g. more suburbs, more sites, better coverage).

The only strange thing, is that Verizon is releasing press releases for new cities day by day, vs. all at once. Perhaps they will get better PR and the rollout will last longer by doing it this way.

For example, they had a press release today announcing Richmond Virginia, San Antonio the other day. So maybe their plans changed, or they are announcing and rolling out coverage for an extended period of time.
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Michael · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:29 am Post subject:

The next 10 days will determine how accurate this is...

New markets launching EVDO in June 2005 include:

San Antonio, TX (6/15); Athens, GA; Beaumont, TX; Cleveland, OH; Indianapolis, IN; Lake Charles, LA; New London, CT; Portland, OR; Richmond, VA; Rochester, NY; San Antonio, TX; Seattle, WA; St. Louis, MO; Syracuse, NY;

Existing markets where EVDO is expanding:

Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Baltimore, MD; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Columbus, OH; Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; Dayton, OH; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Hartford, CT; Houston, TX; Jacksonville, FL; Kansas City, MO; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Madison, WI; Miami, FL; Milwaukee, WI; New Haven-Waterbury, CT; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Providence, RI; San Diego, CA; St. Petersburg, FL; Tampa, FL; Tallahassee, FL; Washington, DC; West Palm Beach, FL.
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Michael · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:28 pm Post subject:

This just in....

The big Phase 4 announcement looks like it may be around 6/27/2005, not 6/22/2005.

Either way, it is coming!
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Chuck · EVDO Heavy User Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 149

Do you think the phase 4 announcemnt will be any different from the letter we all got witht he new ciites?

Michael · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:28 pm Post subject:

What letter???
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temporary · EVDO User Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 42

I think the reference is to the letter talked about in the posting by accutronman on June 20 - see his posting above.

splough · EVDO Newbie Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 5

It amazes me how Sprint is kicking our butts at deploying EVDO. We are loosing more customers on a daily basis than I care to share due to Verizon's lacksy-daisy approach to EVDO deployment. These are customers that are locked into a agreement with Sprint and will not be available for us to reclaim for 1 to 2 years.

Let get a move on Verizon!!

Simultaneously with ACTION (actually and aggressively deploying EVDO rather than just talking about it) we need marketing to start advertising EVDO's accompanying feature set (VCast and BroadBandAccess) in clever ways.

Now is the time to seize the market share. I am not all about just beating the compitition (Sprint). I am all about crushing them!

-Verizon Loyalist

Michael · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject:

From my point of view, Verizon is the one kicking Sprint's butt right now. They have a huge lead in deployment. Sprint hasn't even announced EVDO, all they have done is announced that they are going to announce it. You can purchase an AirCard 580 or Novatel S620 from Sprint today, BUT coverage isn't there yet. I think the next 6 months will be very interesting. From my scorecard, Verizon is in the lead right now.

The REAL winners will be us customers, especially as there is EVDO competition in the marketplace.
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