Snow, Moose meat and 3G … all in Alaska

Om Malik, Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 4:06 PM PT Comments (2)

Broadband Reports: notes that Alaska gets EV-DO aka 3G before New York City. The site notes that Alaska Communications Systems Group has launched an EV-DO wireless broadband service in the US. While this press release claims speeds “up to” 2.4Mbps, true speeds of these networks usually run around 300-500kbps downstream, with occasional bursts.

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August 8th, 2007
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[...] Juneau but will expand to other parts of the state. The service starts at $19.95 a month. Alaska is bit of a trend setter and one of the most wired states in the [...]

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