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
