The system's reliability is improved due to the return of a nuclear generating unit in New Brunswick that had been offline for several years, the planned addition of a 660-megawatt transmission line between Manhattan and New Jersey, and added transmission lines in New England.
All Sprint 3G customers in these areas, including the company's prepaid customers on Assurance Wireless, Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile, can expect to see better coverage and improved network reliability and voice quality once the improvements come to their areas.
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Railtrack, for its part, points out that it has improved its punctuality and reliability by 45% over the past four years while that of the train operators has deteriorated.
As the next 150 machines rolled out, reliability improved, but not nearly enough.
Reliability last year improved on 41 routes, stayed the same on nine and worsened on 27.
"We would like to see reliability initially improved markedly and we want to see the journey time reduced, " he said.
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In recent years the underground's finances have improved even though its punctuality and reliability leaves much to be desired.
With the design changes and the cost advantages of high-volume production, GE improved reliability (uptime) from 85 percent to 97 percent at a price advantage to customers.
With a one-head platform design and fewer mechanical parts, the reliability and acoustic features of the Spinpoint F4 have been improved.
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The planes, set to arrive between 2014 and 2018, will provide improved reliability, a 30% increase in fuel efficiency, and a 20% reduction in unit operating costs.
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The project also includes significant improvement in customers' 3G network experience, including expanded coverage, improved network reliability, better voice quality, and faster 3G data speeds.
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The new standard will enable next generation systems to achieve greater performance, significantly increased packaging density and improved reliability - with lower power consumption.
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