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New England: Cingular Wireless
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Already in 2005, Verizon Wireless has expanded its BroadBandAccess network into New England. BroadBandAccess, now available in Boston, Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island, Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut, and several local airports, is the fastest wide-area wireless Internet access service available in the nation with typical user download speeds of 300-500 kilobits per second (kbps). The company has ... deployed BroadBandAccess in additional markets nationwide and now offers the nation's fastest, commercially available mobile high-speed wide-area service in more than 30 markets including: Atlanta; Austin, TX; Baltimore; Chicago; Cincinnati; Columbus, OH; Dallas/Ft. Worth; Dayton, OH; Houston; Jacksonville, FL; Kansas City, KS/MO; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Madison, WI; Miami/Fort Lauderdale, FL; Milwaukee; New Orleans; New York City; Newark, NJ; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia; Phoenix; Pittsburgh; San Diego; Tampa, FL; Washington, D.C. and; West Palm Beach, FL. Continued rollouts are planned across the country, throughout the year.
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"We have increased the number of cell sites for Cingular customers in New England by 83 percent since before the merger," said Steve Krom, vice president and general manager for Cingular Wireless in New England. "With the addition of new cell sites and the completion of the integration of the two networks, the wireless experience for our customers has dramatically improved, equal to what other wireless carriers complete over several years."
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WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, operator of the nation's most reliable network, has completed a $330 million investment for 2004 to further enhance the company's network in New England. The multi- million dollar annual investment included updating cell sites and other technology to improve call quality, increase coverage areas, and allow a variety of advanced services such as wireless broadband computing, text and video messaging and other applications.
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