Long Beach Island, N.J., Residents & Vacationers to Benefit From Verizon Wireless Network Expansion
LONG BEACH ISLAND, N.J., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ — In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents and vacationers in Long Beach Island, Verizon Wireless, the leading wireless company with the most reliable voice and data network, has expanded its network with two new cell sites in Ocean County. The new sites in Long Beach and Beach Haven increase coverage and capacity along North Carolina Avenue to 9th Street, around the center of Beach Haven, along the ocean and bay area as well as the southern portion of the island.
This network expansion is part of the company’s aggressive multi-billion dollar network investment each year (more than $1 billion every 90 days) to stay ahead of the growing demand for Verizon Wireless voice and data services. The company has invested more than $120 million this year to enhance and expand its network in southeastern, central and northeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, bringing the network investment in the region to more than $1 billion since 2000.
Verizon Wireless has invested more than $40 billion over the last seven years — $5 billion on average every year since the company was formed — into its national wireless network as part of its commitment to offer customers the most reliable service available, including wireless data services such as picture messaging, text messaging, and the company’s exclusive V CAST service. V CAST brings video clips of TV shows, music on demand and other multimedia services to wireless phones over Verizon Wireless’ high-speed EV-DO network. BroadbandAccess offers customers the nation’s most reliable high-speed wireless broadband network, operating at average speeds between 400 kbps — 700 kbps. BroadbandAccess customers in enhanced wireless broadband coverage areas such as southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware can expect average download speeds of 600 kilobits per second (kbps) to 1.4 megabits and average upload speeds of 500-800 kbps (a 1 Megabyte e-mail attachment — the equivalent of a small PowerPoint(R) presentation or a large PDF file — can be downloaded in about eight seconds and the same-sized file can be uploaded in less than 13 seconds).
Strong demand for Verizon Wireless services continued during the second quarter of 2007 as the company added 1.3 million net new customers. For the 11th consecutive quarter, Verizon Wireless also led the wireless industry in customer loyalty. The company posted a churn (customer turnover) rate of just 1.1%, well below the rate reported by the other major wireless carriers.
Verizon Wireless tests its network and those of its competitors to ensure the Verizon Wireless network remains the nation’s most reliable. Nationally, Verizon Wireless’ real-life test men and women drive 98 specially equipped vehicles almost 1,000,000 miles annually on Interstate, U.S. and state highways as well as major roads and surface streets in high-population areas, based upon U.S. Census counts, to determine if voice calls and data connections are successful on the first attempt and stay connected. Vehicles are equipped with computers that automatically make more than three million voice call attempts and more than 16 million data tests annually on Verizon Wireless’ network and the networks of other carriers.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 62.1 million customers. The largest US wireless company and largest wireless data provider, based on revenues, Verizon Wireless is headquartered in Basking Ridge, NJ, with 67,000 employees nationwide. The company is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at http://www.verizonwireless.com/. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
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