huntml
join:2002-01-23
Mullica Hill, NJ
 ·Comcast
| reply to tmc8080
Re: Something like this?
Maybe. But the fact is that Sprint/Clearwire are building out 3.5 G networks, and 2 of the 4 national carriers haven't even come close to building out their 3G networks, with one (ATTM) just starting, really, and one (T-mo) still waiting for spectrum to clear and probably not starting in earnest 'til 2010 at the earliest.
Only one (VZW) has announced anything in the way of 4G plans (LTE), and they probably can't even start 'til 2010 *at the earliest*, due to spectrum issues and the fact that the standards haven't been finalized so the equipment is still on the drawing board (with the exception of a few prototypes here and there).
You may think that WiMax was the wrong choice, but *if* Sprint/Clearwire roll it out successfully and it gets taken up, they could be on the way to a revision to even higher data rates by the time anyone else in the country has their first generation 4G network built. |
