EV-DO in NYC?
By Peter Rojas 
posted Aug 27th 2004 11:46AM
posted Aug 27th 2004 11:46AM
We don't want to get anyone's hopes up (including our own, sadly), but is Verizon Wireless expanding their
high-speed EV-DO network to New York City? There are reports that the cellular towers are in place and that people with
compatible handsets are getting EV-DO coverage when in the area. Not too massively shocking since you know they've got
to be testing EV-DO all around the country, but could they be close to offering it here in the Big Apple?
[Via GigaOm]
UPDATE: Ok, now we're hearing that Verizon will switch on EV-DO in Philadelphia, possibly within the next week.
Philly up in the next two weeks... more to come soon
DO was launched in the Midwest in 2002. We had it in 7 cities. It was amazing - throughput of about 50-800K (although specs are 2.1 Meg. Rough going in these smaller cities, but as one very important man said, "If you have the means, I highly recommend it."
Had EVDO the whole train ride home on NJ Transit from NY Penn tonight.