Re: just cells? in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19147201 en Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:57:35 EDT Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:57:35 EDT Re: just cells? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19154032 aeblank :
said by sirwoogie See Profile :

I think Cadillac and the western part of the state will start to get better, most especially if the 700Mhz auction goes to who we hope it goes to. :)
Actually we have EVDO in Caddy now. I want to do some speed tests closer to town (with more signal). But the "EV" icon is lit on my brother's phone. This just happened within the last month or so. My family plan is full, but I'm contemplating a very custom router that can load balance and only connect at certain times (non-peak). Someday........]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19154032 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:26:18 EDT Re: just cells? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19150504 sirwoogie : You can thank the affiliate iPCS for your woes. Coverage for Sprint in norther lower Michigan is atrocious. Up near Rogers City and Ocqueoc/Millersburg area Sprint put native towers. I had full Rev. A coverage and pretty good speed (1.5/400). Those are some pretty rural areas. Your other problem is that Altel hasn't deployed EVDO in your area either (but they do have 1xRTT).

I can appreciate your problems though. I'm 2000ft short of the CO limitation, and cable stopped at the other side of a railroad track about 750ft. from my house. It's so close i can smell it. But I have absolutely no hope of getting "wired" in this decade (not enough houses to justify cable deployment or an RT). EVDO here is great. WiMax will be fantastic in mid 08. I think Cadillac and the western part of the state will start to get better, most especially if the 700Mhz auction goes to who we hope it goes to. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19150504 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:19:40 EDT Re: just cells? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19149157 xenophon :
said by StuckWithSat :

Rural areas will continue to be totally ignored.
Clearwire will be rolling out to many rural areas, which will be marketed under Sprint's XOHM brand. But it will take forever to get to the whole country where there isn't any kind of density. States will probably have to subsidize Sprint/Clearwire for significant state-wide coverage as they would lose money to supply a connection to a few users..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19149157 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:23:21 EDT Re: just cells? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19148388 anon : I totally agree - I will be *amazed* if this Xohm service is made available anywhere where there isn't already cable and DSL and T1 etc etc. Rural areas will continue to be totally ignored.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19148388 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:13:36 EDT Re: just cells? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19147995 aeblank : As usual, it'll be brought online in cities, where customers have 1, 2, or 3 other options for broadband.

Then there are people like me who are 2 miles out of cable range and 4 out of dsl range. Neither network will be upgraded to include me in anything less than 10 years. I pay $54/mo for ISDN and have tried (more than once) to justify a $200/mo. T1. I'd pay $75+ per month for the kind of service they're talking about.

But again, it'll never happen. They want the population base of cities. Same old story, same old game. I know I pay a price for living where I can pee off my back porch without anyone knowing, but dang is it frustrating.

Don't even get me started about people whining because they have 6M cable and want 8M cable. Crikey, I wish.....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19147995 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:07:36 EDT Re: just cells? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19147661 en102 : Yeah - CDMA/GSM are currently limited because they've been based on providing voice service as their base, Internet as a secondary service.
WiFi/WiMAX are data based services only.
Lets hope WiMAX does the right thing and start using SIM cards.
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You won't see that with 3G, LTE or cell-based systems. It's just too limiting. WiMAX is more open like WiFi.

To start with, laptops will be the primary use of WiMAX with a few phones maybe. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19147444 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:58:10 EDT Re: just cells? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19147216 TKJunkMail :
said by ztmike See Profile :

This is just for cell phones and not your home desktop...correct?
NO.

Here is what they plan for fixed locations:
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Motorola-branded WiMAX Wireless Broadband Gateways. They function in the same way as a typical home router, acting as a gateway to a 2.3, 2.5, or 3.5GHz WiMAX network while providing Ethernet jacks and 802.11b/g/n connectivity for devices in the home. A Motorola employee explained that the devices on display were currently in production, with sales to WiMAX providers to begin soon. At some point, he said, consumers would be able to buy the gateways at their local big-box retailers.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19147216 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:28:27 EDT Re: just cells? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19147201 BodyBumper : No, Xohm/WiMAX is not exclusively for cellphones.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19147201 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:27:06 EDT just cells? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19147161 ztmike : This is just for cell phones and not your home desktop...correct?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19147161 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:22:36 EDT