xenophon
join:2007-09-17
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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Re: Still impressive
I have 40 SSIDs that I can see from my condo building. I can only solidly connect to one or two if I'm lucky and half the time the connection dies. I need solid connection for work and am willing to pay $60/month for EVDO for significantly more reliability than WiFi and more flexibility/mobility than cable/dsl.
There are millions already paying $60/month for EVDO/HSDPA laptop cards. WiMAX will start at $50/month with no contracts and go down with mass adoption. As I said in another thread, many will be willing to pay for mobility just like we pay more for cellphones that have less reliability/quality than landline phones.
I've dumped cable modem for EVDO just as I've dumped landline phone for cellphone only. Many more will do the same with WiMAX as it's better than EVDO and will be more reliably available than WiFi.
Eventually you'll be buying laptops and consumer devices that have WiMAX and you won't even know it. I'd bet that you would at least try it, especially since there is no annual contract involved.
In 2-3 years time, you probably will not be able to buy a laptop w/out WiMAX/WiFi combo in the same way as you can't find a laptop today w/out WiFi. |
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jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to S_engineer
A deep burning desire for secured data transmission?
Or maybe the knowledge that you can hook up even if you can't find a parking spot at Panera? |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
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It wouldn't be a bad engineering feat, but the pricing sucks. In Chicago you can get either 1.5mb dsl for $20 or 6mb Comcrap or WOW for roughly $50. If you want to roam freely, theres enough coffee houses where in alot of neighborhoods you don't have to pay a dime (not to mention the 50,000 unsecured "Linksys" SSIDs)!
Whats the incentive to switch besides hatred of ATT or Comcrap?
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qqqq
@QWEST.NET
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I would definately dump my qworst dsl if it ever becomes available but I am a bit cynical about the availability/price. Like it happens with all innovations greed will takeover engineering feats  |
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MysticGogeta
The Robot Devil
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join:2005-03-14
League City, TX
clubs: | I think thats great this could be an alternative to cable/dsl. |
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