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Da-Chief
06-23-2008, 18:01
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Alltel today announced (http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080623005891&newsLang=en) that the company has finally got around to seriously upgrading their 3G wireless broadband network with EVDO Revision A technology. The upgrades will increase average downstream speeds from 400-700kbps to between 600kbps and 1.4Mbps. Upstream speeds will jump from an average of 50-70kbps to 500-800kbps. Alltel CEO Scott Ford has also this week been discussing the acquisition by Verizon Wireless in more detail, saying that Alltel tried to buy several companies, including Sprint (http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2008/06/22/News/346790.html) (three times).
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