Verizon is building the future for our customers in Kentucky, investing more than $259M since 2015
September 21 2018 - 10:00AM
Ongoing investment in its
industry-leading networks for an unmatched customer
experience
We know our customers across the country rely on us to keep them
connected—when and where they need it most. To ensure our customers
have the network experience they deserve, Verizon invests billions
of dollars each year in our networks. Since 2015, in Kentucky
alone, Verizon has invested more than $259 million to meet and
exceed our customers’ growing needs and also build for the future.
Always Innovating
Your life moves fast and so do we. To ensure we
continue delivering the value and performance you deserve, we’re
investing heavily in our networks and deploying the most innovative
technology available in the industry today. These innovations
include:
- Carrier aggregation which combines multiple bands of spectrum,
maximizing speed and efficiencies.
- 4x4 MIMO antenna technology which allows your device to use
multiple antennae to boost data speeds.
- Enhanced software like 256 QAM, which allows your phone to
exchange larger amounts of information for significantly faster
data speeds.
- The combination of these three powerful technologies—4x4 MIMO,
256 QAM and carrier aggregation drive our LTE Advanced network,
significantly impacting available capacity and data speeds for our
customers in 1,100 U.S. cities today.
- AWS-3 as well as other spectrum, made available through the
decommissioning of CDMA technology, to add 4G LTE capacity for our
customers.
- Small cell deployment in cities across the country to support
growing demand today and to lay the groundwork for our upcoming 5G
network.
- In Kentucky, Verizon’s network improvements have supported
events at Keeneland Race Course (a National Historic Landmark),
Thunder over Louisville (the annual kickoff event of the Kentucky
Derby Festival) and Churchill Downs Racetrack (home of the Kentucky
Derby).
- With the addition of small cells, macro cells, enhanced
wireless capacity, additional zones of coverage and enhancements to
Distributed Antenna Systems, the city of Louisville has benefitted
with Verizon’s permanent infrastructure improvements for some of
the top horse racing attractions in the state – and the
nation.
- More people – tourists as well as residents – are able to
connect simultaneously for these notable thoroughbred racing events
to do what they want, when they want, with their mobile
devices.
What does this mean for you?
“Consumers, businesses, first responders and local governments
all want an ever-improving network experience—and we can deliver,”
said John Granby, Great Lakes Market President at Verizon. “Our
consistent investment in the latest tech, year-round planning and
industry-leading team of dedicated and passionate engineers ensure
the best reliability, 4G LTE coverage, speed and streaming
experience. And, it’s why we continue to have an overwhelming lead
over the competition across the vast majority of third party
tests.”
No matter how you test it, Verizon’s
wireless network is the industry leader
In Kentucky and nationwide, we are consistently
recognized for providing a superior network experience by a wide
range of independent third parties. According to RootMetrics by IHS
Markit’s new National RootScore® Report* released in late July,
Verizon’s wireless network was ranked #1 nationally and in Kentucky
for the seventh consecutive time. And, that’s not all. Other third
parties have shared their results in recent months. These
include:
- Verizon ranked highest wireless network quality performance in
all six regions and, for the 21st time in a row, received more
awards than any other wireless provider according to the latest
J.D. Power Wireless Network Quality Performance Study**
- Best in video streaming, based on analysis of data collected
nationally by Nielsen***
- Verizon’s network download speeds were 20% faster in Kentucky
than the other three national providers according to Tutela's
real-world download speed tests taken in July 2018****
Building the future
2018 is an exciting year for network innovations by
Verizon including our launch of the first 5G wireless residential
broadband internet service in four cities, Sacramento, LA, Houston
and Indianapolis. By continuing to invest in our networks and
delivering several technology firsts, Verizon is leading the way in
transforming how we live, learn, work and play right here
in Kentucky and across the country. To learn
more about some of those improvements and about the work our
engineers are doing, check out these videos on why we’re Best
For a Good Reason.
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* Rankings based on the RootMetrics by IHS Markit US National
and State 1H 2018. Tested with best commercially available
smartphones on 4 national mobile networks across all available
network types. Your experiences may vary. The RootMetrics award is
not an endorsement of Verizon. Visit www.rootmetrics.com for more
details.
** Verizon Wireless received the highest numerical score among
wireless service providers in the J.D. Power 2017 (V1 & V2)
& 2018 (V1 & V2) U.S. Wireless Network Quality Performance
Studies rating it Highest Wireless Network Quality Performance
across the Nation. 2018 V2 study is based on 36,320 total
responses, measuring the network quality experienced by customers
with wireless phones, surveyed January – June 2018. Your
experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com.
*** Based on Nielsen Video Network Scores using data collected
nationally between 1.1.18 and 6.30.18.
**** Verizon customers received the best overall download speeds
across the U.S., according to the study of United States’ mobile
performance in July 2018 by Tutela, a widely installed network
testing software that collects more than 2 billion network quality
measurements every day in the USA.
Media contact: Andy Choi
224.622.6344andy.choi@verizon.comTwitter:
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