By Allen Tsai | Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:42 am |
Verizon Wireless, owner and operator of the only national wide-area wireless broadband network in the United States, has again fulfilled its promise to expand its EV-DO wireless broadband network to more customers as it added seven new markets today to the growing list of areas where its two EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) based services, BroadbandAccess and VCAST, are available. In addition, the company announced its success with its business service in existing markets has enabled it to offer Verizon Wireless customers with any monthly voice plan unlimited BroadbandAccess for $59.99 monthly access, a savings of 25% per month.
Dick Lynch, executive vice president and chief technical officer for Verizon Wireless, said: "We made the promise that Verizon Wireless' broadband network would be widely-available by the end of 2005, and here we are today, fulfilling that promise. It should come as no surprise that we are ahead of schedule - after all, this is what we do, we build networks. We are confident that our deployment and network technology will enable customers to reap the benefits of the nation's only national wireless broadband network."Today, Verizon Wireless' EV-DO network now includes the major metropolitan areas and airports in Baton Rouge, LA; Charlotte and Raleigh Durham, NC; Denver; Louisville, KY; and San Francisco and Sacramento, CA. Customers in these and other major metropolitan areas from coast to coast can now access the only national wireless broadband network currently available in the U.S. Verizon Wireless' EV-DO network is currently available in the following major metropolitan markets: Arizona 1. Phoenix California 2. Los Angeles (includes Burbank and Ontario) 3. Orange County 4. Sacramento* 5. San Diego 6. San Francisco* Colorado 7. Denver* Connecticut 8. Hartford 9. New Haven 10. New London Delaware 11. Wilmington District of Columbia 12. Greater Washington Florida 13. Ft. Lauderdale 14. Jacksonville 15. Miami 16. Orlando 17. Tampa/St. Petersburg 18. West Palm Beach Georgia 19. Athens 20. Atlanta Illinois 21. Chicago Indiana 22. Indianapolis Kansas 23. Kansas City (includes Overland Park) (also in MO) Kentucky 24. Louisville* Louisiana 25. Baton Rouge* 26. Lake Charles 27. New Orleans Maryland 28. Baltimore Massachusetts 29. Boston Michigan 30. Detroit Minnesota 31. Minneapolis Missouri Kansas City (also in KS) 32. St. Louis Nevada 33. Las Vegas New Jersey 34. Newark/Jersey City 35. Trenton New York 36. Long Island (Suffolk and Nassau counties) 37. New York 38. Rochester 39. Syracuse North Carolina 40. Charlotte* 41. Raleigh Durham* Ohio 42. Akron 43. Cincinnati 44. Cleveland 45. Columbus 46. Dayton Oregon 47. Portland Pennsylvania 48. Philadelphia 49. Pittsburgh Rhode Island 50. Providence Tennessee 51. Knoxville Texas 52. Austin 53. Beaumont 54. Dallas 55. Fort Worth 56. Houston 57. San Antonio Virginia 58. Richmond Washington 59. Seattle Wisconsin 60. Madison 61. Milwaukee *New market as of August 29, 2005
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