en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | This would be good if....
They could failover to a CDMA 1x/EVDO and WiFi service on datacards and handsets/devices (when they become available).
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Canada = Hollywood North |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ |  Xohm link corrected
Sprint won't "officially" launch their Xohm wireless broadband service until next year
»www.xohm.com/ |
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elister
join:2006-07-17
Seattle, WA
| Does the modem need to be stationary?
I heard that *clearwire* modems had to be stationary to get a signal, that if your roaming in the back seat of a car, you wont get service. Same thing apply to Sprints?
PS
I had actual sprint reps at my work (I work for a small cable company that does VOIP), none of them knew about this service, had no idea what I was talking about. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Comcast
2 edits | said by elister  :I heard that *clearwire* modems had to be stationary to get a signal, that if your roaming in the back seat of a car, you wont get service. Same thing apply to Sprints? From what I read, initial beta testing by Sprint/Xohm will support 802.16 stationary Wimax. But will migrate quickly to 802.16e mobile Wimax throughout 2008 and in to 2009.
»blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?cat=881 |
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dellsweig
Extreme Aerobatics
Premium,MVM
join:2003-12-10
Campbell Hall, NY
 ·Time Warner VOIP
·Vonage
·RoadRunner Cable
| Sprint Connect - no issues upgrade to XOHM
I signed up for a sprint connect plan a couple months ago. I did the 2 year contract but had them add language to the contract allowing me to switch to XOHM when it becomes available at no penalty - even if the plan costs less.
I had to go through many layers at Sprint until I found someone who even knew what WiMax/XOHM was but once I did - there was no problem getting the language I wanted |
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
2 edits | reply to en102
Re: This would be good if....
Samsung will be releasing an EVDO/WiMAX combo card. But don't know if it will be available for the 'soft' launch. Maybe not until the rollout.
Just a guess but I'd think it would be $40-$50/month for WiMAX only cards and $60/month for EVDO/WiMAX combo cards. But if Sprint were smart, they do the combo for under $50/month too to draw users to WiMAX with EVDO as a fallback. |
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
2 edits | reply to elister
Re: Does the modem need to be stationary?
Sprint is rolling out true mobile WiMAX. Clearwire will upgrade to mobile, probably next year.
Sprint demonstrated the mobile handoff between sites on a Chicago River boat ride demo during WiMAX World in Oct.
It will be truly mobile (802.16e) but I think it has issues handing off over 60mph. That may not be fixed until 802.16m. |
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