sonicmerlin
join:2009-05-24
Cleveland, OH | 4G?
Can we please force the carriers to stop throwing around the 4G term when the service provides nothing close to actual 4G speeds? |
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jeffjs
join:2000-12-11
US | 4G is more than just speed. |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | Price advantage
According to this there is no price advantage. Its easier to tether, and pay the same amount, and have existing nationwide coverage. Plus Wimax isnt considered 4g in some groups. |
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dmelling
join:2009-02-26
New Paris, OH | What Markets?
What are they going to do......just rebrand in every city that Clearwire launches.....Atanta...Las Vegas? This is not helping those of us that are looking for a provider to have more coverage......... |
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MichaelWacey
OwlSaver
Premium
join:2005-01-30
Berwyn, PA
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Comcast
| I think this is great news
It sounds like you get mobile broadband and home Internet for a cost of $70. Since Verizon currently charges $60 just for mobile broadband, this could be a serious challenge. I hope Verizon competes with this.
It will be interesting to see how you can use the WiMax service. Are you locked into only using a Comcast device? Can you buy a device and use a VOIP application to make the device your cell phone. I think that would be a real game changer. For $70 a month, you would be getting home internet, mobile broadband, and cell phone.
I am interested to see how this plays out. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
|  Plans data only; wonder if smartphones planned in future
After reading the news and the Comcast press release, it looks to me like these are data only plans for laptops, netbooks, etc and bundled with home internet access as well. The prices look very good for that. Pay $42.95/month for home HSI only and for $49.99 you get mobile data access at home and on the go in your metropolitan area.
I wonder if they plan on having some smartphone option as well as just the data card option for laptops in the future? Of course, that would get Comcast in to the mobile cellphone business in league with Sprint. Is that a step they want to take?
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anjorusso
@speakeasy.net
| wimax is pretty cheap..doesn't matter if it's not too fast
you can get 2 mobile unlimited accounts for $50...so it's $25 per unlimited account....which you could also by the way use as home internet....who cares if it's cold 3g, 4g, 5G or 60000G? it's unlimited internet on the go for a price comparable to the cheapest dsl connection out there....stop being greedy people....wimax is not that cheap but it's cheap enough...but wimax, lte, 3G will go belly up once white space devices come to the market in a couple of years from now... |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
| reply to DaveNJ
Re: Price advantage
said by DaveNJ  :According to this there is no price advantage. Its easier to tether, and pay the same amount, and have existing nationwide coverage. Plus Wimax isnt considered 4g in some groups. The plans they announced INCLUDE home wired HSI internet access as well as the mobile portion. The metro plan would only add about $7/mo to your bill. That sounds like a price advantage to me.
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DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX | reply to sonicmerlin
Re: 4G?
sorry they can and will trough 4G around until they start it all over again with 5G |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
| reply to MichaelWacey
Re: I think this is great news
said by MichaelWacey :It will be interesting to see how you can use the WiMax service. Are you locked into only using a Comcast device? Can you buy a device and use a VOIP application to make the device your cell phone. I think that would be a real game changer. For $70 a month, you would be getting home internet, mobile broadband, and cell phone.
I am interested to see how this plays out. Me too. There are a lot of possibilities here. Comcast becoming a mobile cell phone provider by them selves or with Sprint? Selling smartphones with VOIP NOT disabled? Becoming a true Quadruple Play seller of internet, TV, landline voice, mobile voice & data?
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baineschile
2600
Premium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI | reply to dmelling
Re: What Markets?
It sounds like areas that have gotten the D3 Launch |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | caps
And what are the caps and P2P throttling and DPI? |
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DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX | I would bet the same 250GB soft cap
and no DPI (they wouldn't dare) |
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fonzbear2000
Premium
join:2005-08-09
Saint Paul, MN
|  reply to patcat88
said by patcat88 :And what are the caps and P2P throttling and DPI? What's DPI?
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to sonicmerlin
Re: 4G?
I think they are using 4g as meaning 'more than what 3g can do'. That said wimax is NOT 4g, 4g is(in sweden anyway) 100/50 some wimax cannot do(I thinik wimax is about 70/I forget the UL) LTE can do 100/50(its what sweden is using). |
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Epikos
Surpass The Usual Or Ordinary
Premium
join:2003-07-27
Portland, OR
| HSI, wimax, and the data card for $50?
So they're bundling 12mbps home HSI and 4mbps WiMax for $49.99/mo for 12 months? And this includes the WiMax data card for a laptop? That sounds like a hell of a deal...
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DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
·Comcast Workplace
·Comcast
| reply to fonzbear2000
Re: caps
said by fonzbear2000 :said by patcat88 :And what are the caps and P2P throttling and DPI? What's DPI? Deep Packet Inspection = Evil |
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DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX | reply to Epikos
Re: HSI, wimax, and the data card for $50?
so then what do you get if you pay for a busi account at your home? |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: I think this is great news
I want to see what happens too, I will admit I am rooting for verizon because I prefer LTE to wimax. |
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benc
Premium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
·Charter Pipeline
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·Callcentric
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to DarkLogix
Re: caps
said by DarkLogix :Deep Packet Inspection = Evil I don't think that DPI is inherently evil.
But I will agree that some of the possibilities that become available with DPI are evil. |
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