At last year's CTIA, Verizon Wireless was kind enough to provide me with a demo of their EV-DO network in New Orleans. Since I was located in a hotel that didn't have any broadband network access, I gladly took them up on the offer and found a great, broadband-like experience.
So I was glad again this year to try out their EV-DO network (branded by Verizon Wireless as Broadband Access), which the company has enhanced with compression and a year of experience behind them. Once again, the experience is like having a broadband connection in the hotel room. I could download my e-mail, surf the Internet easily and even download large files without tearing my hair out.
Even though I had free Wi-Fi in my hotel room, I preferred using the EV-DO card, as the connection to the Wi-Fi access points were spotty at best.
Our unscientific test results (using the NetPerSec application) showed:
The company announced today it hopes to roll out the service to one-third of its U.S. wireless customers by the end of this year. If you happen to be in that one-third of the country, consider yourself lucky.
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