Verizon Wireless Customers In Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma, Spokane, And Vancouver, Washington, Get Faster New Wireless Broadband Network

Verizon Wireless Customers In Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma, Spokane, And Vancouver, Washington, Get Faster New Wireless Broadband Network

Verizon Wireless customers in Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma, Spokane, and Vancouver can now access e-mail, everyday corporate data, and the Internet at faster speeds with the company’s next generation high-speed broadband network. Based on CDMA 1x Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) technology, the enhanced wireless broadband network provides Verizon Wireless customers with data uplink speeds five to six times faster than its EV-DO network, as well as faster download speeds.

The company’s existing EV-DO network enables customers to access BroadbandAccess on their laptops, e-mail on their PDAs, and V CAST Video and Music on their wireless phones. The company’s national wireless broadband network, the first in the nation, is already available to more than 200 million Americans in 242 major metropolitan areas and 180 major airports from coast to coast. It was rolled out in Washington in June 2005. “Our existing wireless broadband network has enabled customers to work remotely and stay entertained in unprecedented ways; now we’re taking wireless to the next level by introducing technology that helps them work faster,” said Kelley Kurtzman, regional president for Verizon Wireless.

The company’s flagship business data service, BroadbandAccess, will run faster and more efficiently with the new network enhancements. Customers in enhanced coverage areas can take advantage of the faster upload speeds plus interact with Web-based applications with improved latency for a better customer experience. For example, BroadbandAccess customers in enhanced wireless broadband coverage areas can expect average download speeds of 450-800 kilobits per second (kbps) and average upload speeds of 300-400 kbps, which translates to being able to download a 1 Megabyte e-mail attachment – the equivalent of a small PowerPoint® presentation or a large PDF file – in less than 15 seconds and upload the same size file in less than 25 seconds. The enhanced network coverage areas allow Verizon Wireless customers to download files approximately six times faster than customers of wireless service providers who use non-EV-DO technology.

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