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Time4aNAPPremium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL | reply to ropeguru
Re: Maybe... said by ropeguru:They should have kept trials going with the technology Nextel had started using. What technology? That's news to me!
Seems to me it had excellent speeds and, most importantly, low latencies. Hold on, you just said that that it was only in the testing stage. How would you know how well it would work? In contrast, Sprint's EV-DO is here, now, in production. And it works very well. WTF???
But, no, they had to nix it immediately because it was Nextel's project and what Sprint already had in the works was apparently sooooo much better.  | |
 ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Mechanicsville, VA | Here is a link to what Nextel was testing so you know what I am talking about:
»www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/19···oadband/
And here is an article from the time here on DSLR explaining speeds and the lower latency:
»3G Killer?
While I was referring to Sprint's plans to offer WiMax, of which Sprint's current EV-DO has NOTHING to do with, you had to bring up something irrelavent. Additionally you are mixing the three technologies (OFDM, EV-DO, and WiMax) into this post. While I agree that EV-DO should stay as it is tested and proven, by now, OFDM would have been tested and ether proven or rejected even though WiMax hasn't hardly been looked at.
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Time4aNAPPremium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL
2 edits | said by ropeguru:Here is a link to what Nextel was testing so you know what I am talking about...And here is an article from the time here on DSLR explaining speeds and the lower latency... Is this the full extent of your knowledge of the subject? You are aware that we're talking about Sprint, not Verizon, right?
All I see is a single number claim for latency in one (very) limited deployment situation. What I don't see are numbers for Sprint's EV-DO latency. How can you claim "lower latency" without making any comparison?
While I was referring to Sprint's plans to offer WiMax, of which Sprint's current EV-DO has NOTHING to do with, you had to bring up something irrelavent. Let's see...EV-DO is a wireless mobile data service, and WiMAX is a standard for a wireless mobile data service. Yup, like night and day, they are.
Additionally you are mixing the three technologies (OFDM, EV-DO, and WiMax) into this post. You're accusing me of making you write what you did in your post? That's the lamest ad hominem attack that I've ever read!
While I agree that EV-DO should stay as it is tested and proven, by now, OFDM would have been tested and ether proven or rejected even though WiMax hasn't hardly been looked at. I don't understand your obsession with OFDM. Sure, it works. It's the modulation scheme of choice for 802.11g and many DSL systems. But what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
So Nextel set up a "WISP the hard way" test in one small market three years ago. Big deal. Is this a good reason to abandon a perfectly good network? Hardly. Is it a good business move? Well, they had to give away the service in NC...
The question is why Sprint should resurrect this project? Its data rates are no better than those of EV-DO Rev. A. And unless you consider the big, heavy Nextel handsets an "advantage", there's really nothing compelling about Nextel's old test mule. Sprint already has EV-DO for now, and, if nobody spoils it first, will have WiMAX for the future. | |
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