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Re: Price is still an issue said by ncbill:No real technical advantage over EVDO at this point. And EVDO can be gotten cheaper (even with a voice plan), if you know what I mean, wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more. EVDO RevC is more technically like WiMAX, all based on OFDM and MIMO, but probably won't happen now. EVDO Rev0/A has more technical limitations.
Yeah, you can illegally hack EVDO phones and get it connected on a laptop at price of basic service. And you can download movies/music for 'free' too wink wink.
EVDO devices have a high royalty fee to Qualcomm - consumer electronics makers don't want to deal with it. WiMAX currently has none if ever does, will likely be very small.
But WiMAX will eventually be on pretty much any device that can benefit from being connected to the Net. EVDO/HSDPA/LTE will always be mostly limited to cellphones and laptop cards with the closed model of cell-based industry where the carriers want control of what's connected. WiMAX will be more open, like WiFi. |
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| Aren't we still talking about _licensed_ frequencies with WiMax?
If that's the case, I wouldn't expect WiMax to be any more "open" than Clearwire or EVDO.
Though the monthly price may come down sooner than I initially thought (see next thread - Intel's pressing for a $30/month WiMax price plan)
>WiMAX will be more open, like WiFi. |
