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3 edits |  Wimax will be true competitor; WiFi not so much
Mobile Wimax has the opportunity to be a real competitor to the incumbents 3G systems, but WiFi, even with citywide rollouts, just isn't likely to ever be that competitor. And Sprint Nextel and Clearwire have a nice window of opportunity over the next 2 yrs to steal a march on AT&T and Verizon.
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Michieru2
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WiFi should seriously not be considered for any large scale use as the idea sounds more of a hassle than a solution. WiMAX and EV-DO would make more sense or even WiMAX and CDMA. I just bought myself a SCP-8400 by Sanyo and recently switched over to Sprint. My phone shall arrive next week.
The reason of doing so is that it's an EV-DO phone not Rev A, but still EV-DO and to someone who has been using the iDEN packet data service this is a god send. The phone operates as a modem through it's built in Bluetooth as well.
If and when Clearwire does arrive to my home here in Miami and they upgrade there speeds to at least 3.0Mbps I would defenitely consider moving over. As I plan to eliminate my POTS line. If it where from Sprint even better as I won't need two companies providing me service and I can get it from just one. |
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bozobatiste
join:2006-08-02
Port Angeles, WA | fixed Wifi is just fine
It will continue to be a real competitor.
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Michieru2
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Miami, FL | How will that cover a certain area though? Wouldn't these need to seemlessly be able to hop between towers? Or we are not talking cellphone here and simply fixed point to point applications? |
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jdir
join:2001-05-04
Santa Clara, CA | all the WiMAX hype
and so far no hardware to play with.
Does this sound like ISDN in disguise? |
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LilYoda
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Re: fixed Wifi is just fine
There's systems to do this... the user can hop from an AP to the next, and the IP flow is following him. I am not aware if any large deployments have been done, but I've read some docs on those systems.
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