Verizon Wireless Brings EV-DO To Vegas
Jul 29, 2004, 9:34 AM by (staff)
Verizon Wireless yesterday announced the launch of its BroadbandAccess service in Las Vegas. Powered by an Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) third generation (3G) network, BroadbandAccess provides average user speeds of 300-500 kilobits per second (kbps). The service is already available in Washington, DC and San Diego. Verizon Wireless expects to invest $1 billion over the next two years to deploy EV-DO nationally.
Comments
What about EV-DV?
Chamiltor said:
Why would you waste money on a protocol that takes away bandwidth from your voice services when there is one available that is fully retroactive and utilizes bandwidth for both data and voice?
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Chamiltor said:
Why would you waste money on a protocol that takes away bandwidth from your voice services when there is one available ...
Because EV-DV is not available yet. That's why Sprint, which was hold...
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EV-DV support is wanning as well. EV-DO got a nice boost becaue it was...
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Funny, this.
And they had 6 months head start?!
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Exactly how do they choose the markets to roll EV-DO out in?
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1. If you were investing over a billion dollars this year in rolling out high speed wireless connections, where would you begin? Start with major business areas. Yes I know there are other BIG cities but they gotta start somewhere.
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EV-DO support?