cpayne5
join:2004-01-06
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Re: Sprint targeting Wimax to cities; where it is least needed
They will have nearly all of their rural areas covered by RevA by the time they start deploying WiMax. At that time, the rural customers will be able to buy a RevA/WiMax card and subscribe to the cheaper service. I'm not too worried about rural areas being covered. (I live in a very rural area that has had RevA for ~4 months now.)
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tc1uscg
join:2005-03-09
Saint Clair Shores, MI
| lest not forget that Sprint also has roaming agreements with ALTEL to roam w/Data. Maybe, just maybe, WIMAX will be a metro fad while rev A and B? could find it's way out in the boonies? Lets not also forget that a few years ago, sprint tried to deploy what was called Wireless broadband by using line of sight antennas in the Detroit metro area. It didn't go over very well at the time due to those big green leafy things we call trees..  It was a crash and burn for that service. Too bad. Those poor sprint techs spent a hour on my roof trying to get a good signal. |
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RailRoadDude
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join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
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Most rural areas out here don't even have Sprint, let alone EVDO, we don't have service from Sprint up here, and we're still waiting on 3G from the local carriers (Verizon, US Cellular and Edge Wireless (Cingular Affiliate).
I don't think wireless does good in areas like this either, Mendocino County (NW CA) is very mountainous, and heavily forested (and some of those are Redwoods, which can reach 300 feet or more!), we can't see the local wireless outfit's site due to hills. Thankfully, Comcast (formerly Adelphia) has HSI out here, and we have it. |
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