Verizon Wireless Builds Broadband Network In Fresno California

Verizon Wireless is building a new broadband network in metropolitan Fresno, California. This move is part of a push by Verizon to expand the EV-DO capabilities of their nationwide network.

New capabilities come with the downtown Fresno expansion of the company's Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) network, enabling both its BroadbandAccess and V CAST services. Verizon Wireless' EV-DO coverage will be available throughout Fresno before the end of this year. The service is already available in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, the Central Valley and Bakersfield, among other Northern California and Nevada markets.

BroadbandAccess is faster than some other alternatives, with average access speeds of 400-700 kilobits per second (kbps).