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To Your Success,
Marc
Uncomplicating Mobile Internet
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Verizon 4G Wireless Broadband (LTE) Rollout in 4Q of 2009

Verizon might be shifting up plans to get the jump on the competition. It may start deploying Long Term Evolution as early as the end of the year.What does that mean for you?

Average speeds of 16-25 Mbps ...wirelessly. Sexy. Just downright sexy.

via Boy Genius Report

Verizon Leaves AT&T in the dust of Phoenix, Arizona

Kevin over at jkOnTheRun decided to run a quick test. Verizon's EVDO vs. AT&T's HSDPA. The no holds barred brawl took place in the dusty sands of Phoenix, Arizona (more like in his air-conditioned hotel room actually).

The mighty warriors who stepped forward were Verizon's USB727 and AT&T's USB Quicksilver. Not living up to it's name, the Quicksilver lost in downlink, uplink and ping. The USB727 came triumphant with DSL speeds.

via jkOnTheRun

Verizon pours $155 million into Florida's network

More coverage and better redundancy for all 3G fans out there. Seems like more justification as to why they got ranked the #1 mobile broadband carrier this year. Now if only they'd ease up off that 3G cap we could think about replacing our hard wire connections at home. You know, sorta like how 18% of you only have cell phones? Same thing but for internet connections.

via North Florida News Daily

The Definitive Coast-To-Coast 3G Data Test

So the guys over at Gizmodo has what they're calling the Definitive Coast-To-Coast 3G Data Test. They compared the networks of Sprint, Verizon and AT&T (T-Mobile's 3G network is too tiny and Alltel got bought out by Verizon).

"The USB dongles we used for testing were typical 3G cards from the carriers: AT&T's Sierra USBConnect 881, Sprint's Sierra Wireless Compass 597 and Verizon Wireless's Novatel USB727

A quick sum-up of the results shows Sprint being the fastest for downloading while AT&T being the fastest for uploading. Guess they'll have to scrap the part of their commercials that keep toting "the fastest 3G network"...coming to think of it, Verizon was kinda doing the same thing too...

Pretty cool to know that they more or less re-confirmed the rankings of the 2008 Wireless Broadband Service Comparison. One time for Sprint doing something right. Despite all the bad press they get, I've got a grandfathered unlimited 3G plan with them that gets excellent speeds.

It's been my primary connection for months and it's going great.

Hope it stays that way.

Alltel Upgrading 3G Network to EVDO Rev. A

Falling right on the heels of an announced Verizon-Alltel merger, the 5th largest nationwide carrier has announced that it is upgrading its 3G network from EVDO Revision 0 to EVDO Revision A. Of course that only makes sense to do if they're really talking about merging the networks. To see how that puts them on par with Sprint and Verizon, compare the mobile broadband carriers.


Just what will become of Sprint who currently has a 10 year roaming contract with Alltel? Stay tuned...

details via informationweek

Verizon Wireless 3G network to cover all of North Carolina

Verizon Wireless is investing $75 million dollars into the North Carolina marketplace to make voice and data service better.

"With this investment Verizon reportedly now covers approximately 30,345 square miles across the state". The goal is to cover the entire state of North Carolina.

Seems like a good time for Verizon Wireless Broadband users!

Via tradingmarkets.com