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Verizon Wireless Broadband
EV-DO expands to more cities
(old news - 06:30PM Wednesday Sep 22 2004)
tags: wireless
While it had been rumored for a while, Verizon Wireless today officially announced (Wireless Week) they'd be expanding their EV-DO wireless broadband service to 14 cities and 24 major airports by year's end. The service generally offers 300-500kbps/128kbps speeds for $80 a month with no data caps. Up until this point, it had only been available in San Diego, Washington DC, and Las Vegas. Late last year RBC Capital Markets tested the service in 20 locations throughout San Diego and found the speeds to be as advertised.

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kapil
The Kapil

join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL

Milwaukee and Kansas City???

...but no Chicago? Chicago is one of the largest wireless markets in the country. Is VZW afraid that it won't be able to keep up with demand?

...and I highly doubt that people buying this service are doing so to replace their home broadband service. 500k for 80 bucks or 6000kbps for 45...which one would you pick.
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permalink · 2004-09-22 19:16:50 · Reply to this

techie
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Canada
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Re: Milwaukee and Kansas City???

said by kapil See Profile:
...but no Chicago? Chicago is one of the largest wireless markets in the country. Is VZW afraid that it won't be able to keep up with demand?

...and I highly doubt that people buying this service are doing so to replace their home broadband service. 500k for 80 bucks or 6000kbps for 45...which one would you pick.
Maybe some cows can use it on the farm.
permalink · 2004-09-22 19:27:31 · Print · Reply to this
mishaq
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Richardson, TX
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Re: Milwaukee and Kansas City???

Well I'd thing its more for traveling professionals who need internet access outside where ever they go on their laptop or pocket pc.
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permalink · 2004-09-22 19:29:34 · Reply to this
Sniper3142
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join:2002-01-25
Tustin, CA

Re: Milwaukee and Kansas City???

Actually DSLReports has the speeds wrong.

I've been getting between 720 and 935 kbps download speeds so far.
permalink · 2004-09-22 20:13:54 · Reply to this

wifi4milez
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join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
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 The only problem is that the only card they currently sell is pcmcia. This means that only laptops can use it. (there are SOME pocket pc's that support pcmcia, but probably less than 5% of the market). This service is currently only meant for use by business customers who travel with their laptop. Verizon "should" be releasing phones that support ev-do in early 2005, but I do not see ev-do SD cards or even CF cards coming out ever, or at least for a loooooong time!
permalink · 2004-09-23 12:22:06 · Reply to this

pende_tim
Premium
join:2004-01-04
Andover, NJ		 Since my only option is ISDN or 26.4 dial up(Broadband is not as ubiquitous as some may believe:( )this looks pretty good considering it is portable.

Any one know if you can do ICS with this technology?
permalink · 2004-09-22 20:15:41 · Reply to this

bokamba
Chengdu Rocks
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join:2002-04-05
Falls Church, VA

My neighbor's got that

My neighbor in the DC area got that service from Verizon since he wasn't able to get DSL. He's pretty happy with it, since he can go almost anywhere in his house with it, as well as anywhere around town.
permalink · 2004-09-22 19:33:17 · Reply to this
evoxfan
Waiting On Dsl Or Cable

join:2004-02-12
Daleville, AL

No Data Caps??? Not True

Verizon has turned people's service off for using their 1X RTT data service too much. They will do the same with EV-DO I'm sure.
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permalink · 2004-09-22 20:38:16 · Reply to this

alanhdsl
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join:1999-10-09
Phoenix, AZ

Re: No Data Caps??? Not True

I was just going to mention that. Verizon seems to have a 100MB soft cap on their "unlimited" plan -- see this person's experience.
permalink · 2004-09-22 20:40:49 · Reply to this
yossisiegel

join:2003-07-15
Lakewood, NJ

Re: No Data Caps??? Not True

anyone know exactly what is meant by the new york market? does it cover just new york city, or alot of the outlying areas like nj, etc
permalink · 2004-09-22 23:21:22 · Reply to this
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