Nation’s Most Reliable Network

Verizon Wireless has invested $30 billion since the company was formed in 2000 to build, maintain and expand its high-quality network nationwide. Verizon Wireless currently serves 53 million customers.

‘Test Man’ Isn’t Just a Commercial Character

The company's 'most reliable network' claim is based on network studies performed by real-life test men and test women who inspired the company's national advertising campaign. These engineers conduct more than 750,000 voice call attempts and more than 1.4 million data tests quarterly on Verizon Wireless' and other national wireless carriers' networks while traveling some 225,000 miles of the most frequently traveled roadways nationwide in specially equipped, company-owned quality test vehicles.

Ensuring the Network Meets High Call Quality Standards

Each call is tabulated on computers inside the test vehicle as either a successful call, an ineffective attempt (a call that is blocked) or a lost call (a call that connects, but drops). After the test vehicles complete their routes, the network teams download the test results onto computers at our network test centers for compilation and analysis.

The Results

The network reliability test results have consistently shown that the number of ineffective attempts for the Verizon Wireless national network, in major metropolitan centers and some remote areas, is lower than any other national carrier. The test results also indicate that calls that connect on the Verizon Wireless network are more likely to stay connected for the duration of the call.