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Verizon's Wireless Road Warriors

Posted by michael on from the surprisingly-mediocre dept.

Joey Patterson writes "CNN has an article about how Verizon Wireless uses technicians who drive around the country in station wagons filled with wireless gear to look for holes in the company's cell phone network and analyze the service of its competitors. This program isn't cheap (the cars cost $270,000 and $15/mile to operate), but it definitely helps Verizon find out where they stand relative to their competitors."

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  1. Verizon Internet. by garcia · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Honestly, if they are going to spend that much money ($275k + $15/mile) they should sink a ton more into DSL.

    When I had DSL the service absolutely blew. 1000+ms pings everywhere and only 70k/s for 768/128.

    I don't own a cell phone, none of that shit is important to me. They need to fix other problems first.