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| said by juicelee:
Smaller cities=less dense urban areas.
Not necessarily. Most of Rochester's population is concentrated in the city itself, and the immediate ring of suburbs around it. The usual suburbanization of American cities goes on there, of course; however, it's still concentrated in that ring of close-in suburbs (Greece, Brighton, Irondequoit, etc.), a few suburbs that a couple interstate-equivalent highways run through (Webster, Ogden, Victor, etc.), and a few rich suburbs (e.g., the "P-Towns" - Penfield, Pittsford, Perinton).
Verizon Wireless is probably deploying in Rochester because:
1) As I mentioned, the area of deployment needed is fairly small, so "beta testing" (which is really what they're doing) is fairly manageable.
2) Rochester is the hometown of Frontier Cellular. Frontier Cellular had coverage over most of upstate New York; it was actually NYNEX/Bell Atlantic/whatever's "preferred" cellular provider in the area. Then, Bell Atlantic and GTE merged into Verizon, created Verizon Wireless, and Verizon Wireless bought Frontier Cellular. So, most of Verizon Wireless' upstate New York operations are still located in Rochester. Troubleshooting problems locally is easier than doing so remotely.
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