It’s not quite the end
of 2004 as some folks were told, but close enough. According to Verizon Wireless Info,
Providence is now live with 1xEV-DO. And holy crap… it’s working here
in Kingston (I was told it would only go as far south as Division
Street, so this is a delightful surprise!). The signal is weak here,
and my external antenna is busted, so I’ll wait until I’m up in Warwick
today to do some serious speed tests.
Update: At TF Green Airport (PVD), I’m getting 382 kilobits/sec on DSL Reports Mobile Speed
Test and 38.6 kilobytes/sec downloading a 384k gzip
file via wget.