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SD6
join:2005-03-26
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Re: The Perfect Storm
said by kapil  :There is no "modem" per se...just an adapter, like a bluetooth or 802.11 adapter. Sprint has already committed to making the network "portable" and "open"...and I believe them....they're not as maniacal about control as, say, Verizon. Look at the Blackberry 8830 offered by Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless.... VZW locks down the GSM portion, Sprint leaves it unlocked...different corporate philosophies. FWIW, DSL and Cable "modems" could also be made smaller and portable, but why bother since the service, naturally, is tied to a wire. Well, of course, there is a modem per se (as in MODulate and DEModulate), I am speaking technically as an engineer. I am not referring to the physical implementation.
Now there are PCMCIA WiMax cards for laptops. But what about the home desktop? - I have only seen a large discrete modem. And I have not seen any solutions for PDAs except to have integrated WiMax. So you are having to buy some pieces of HW to do what you suggest. And AFAIK, you are not going to be able to carry around a single small adapter that will work on all three devices.
And what I was most wondering about - how will one seamlessly go from PDA, to laptop, to desktop and be quickly authenticated on the ZOHM network? All of the use scenarios that I have seen have suggested that a user can have a single laptop or a single PDA like device.
Yes Sprint is more "open", but exactly how are they going to let users go from device to device to device as you suggested? There is no equivalent to a GSM SIM card AFAIK. | |
kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL
| reply to SD6
There is no "modem" per se...just an adapter, like a bluetooth or 802.11 adapter.
Sprint has already committed to making the network "portable" and "open"...and I believe them....they're not as maniacal about control as, say, Verizon. Look at the Blackberry 8830 offered by Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless.... VZW locks down the GSM portion, Sprint leaves it unlocked...different corporate philosophies.
FWIW, DSL and Cable "modems" could also be made smaller and portable, but why bother since the service, naturally, is tied to a wire. | |
SD6
join:2005-03-26
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said by kapil :$50 for Internet EVERYWHERE that I could use at home, on my laptop, on my PDA for the same one subscription....that's a very fair price...especially for the American market. I'm not sure ZOHM will be as easy as that. First, you have to get a WiMax modem for each of those devices, or buy a new device that has integrated WiMax. Less unlikely, but still possible, is that you will not be able to move your subscription around as easily as that. I have heard nothing of a SIM card equivalent in ZOHM. It's possible, although before your post I haven't thought or asked anyone about it. | |
kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL
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Regardless of what you read on this site, 2-4 Mbps is very fast and more than adequate for the majority of population. And WiMax is still a new technology.
$50 for Internet EVERYWHERE that I could use at home, on my laptop, on my PDA for the same one subscription....that's a very fair price...especially for the American market.
Price will eventually drop and speeds will eventually increase.
The reason it is better than Cable or DSL is because it will reach everyone, everywhere...rural or Urban...and the cost of deploying to less dense areas is not a barrier as you don't need to pull an individual strand of wire to each subscriber.
Seeing as how Sprint is involved, I'm sure it won't ever reach its true potential, but if done right, it would kill ILECs and MSOs. ...and that's why I understand your pessimism...it spells doom for big monopolies and a win for consumers, and we can't have that, now can we. | |
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