October 29, 2004
Florida can you hear me now?
Like political candidates crisscrossing the Sunshine State in the final days before Election Day, November 2, teams of Verizon Wireless technicians have been canvassing Florida to test and boost wireless coverage for residents and the thousands of visitors now descending on the important political battleground state.
Verizon Wireless has added capacity to key cell sites, deployed mobile transmission units and dispatched crews of real-life "test men" to fine-tune its network for voice and high-speed wireless data calls, according to a company press release.
Over the past four years, Verizon Wireless has spent more than $800 million building, testing and enhancing its digital network in Florida alone. The network now covers more than 25,000 square miles and serves nearly 15.5 million of Florida's 17 million residents.
The specially equipped Verizon Wireless test vehicles simultaneously test seven wireless providers, using a computerized program to generate phonically diverse "conversations" as well as data transmissions..
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