en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to xenophon
Re: Yeah, sure..it'll fail....
I think where it needs to be 'ranked' higher is by the business world - i.e. those that use datacards.
Nobody denies Sprint's EVDO, Verizon's EVDO or AT&T's UMTS/HSDPA being good.
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RadioDoc
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Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to xenophon
That is in their core wireless phone business though. I am referring to their other ventures like ION, Sprint Broadband Direct, etc.
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17
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said by RadioDoc  :" Sadly, Sprint's track record in every broadband initiative it has ever embarked upon shows this is highly unlikely. WiMax is not the problem. Sprint is. Sprint has done a great job with EVDO. It's faster and mo betta than Verizon EVDO. Sprint's EVDO is ranked higher on this site as well as on evdoforums.com. |
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RadioDoc
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Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to KoolMoe
That's the sad part...they usually have a very good product from a technical standpoint but manage to screw it up via mismanagement or being under-funded, or both.
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KoolMoe
Aw Man
Premium
join:2001-02-14
Annapolis, MD
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ION was a great product, IMO, it was just either (or both) ahead of its time or just did not have the proper marketing and customer interest. Technically, though, it was pretty sweet (IMO).
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RadioDoc
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Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
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"Yeah, Sprint has a bad track record...but it's not like they can't turn it around or come out with a good product"
Sadly, Sprint's track record in every broadband initiative it has ever embarked upon shows this is highly unlikely.
WiMax is not the problem. Sprint is.
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rawgerz
In Debt we trust
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join:2004-10-03
Grove City, PA
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I'm not sure but I think I remember wimax uses the same modulation as wifi, OFDM. While Rev A uses 16-QAM. Which in my experience has proven to be more reliable.
I don't expect wimax to be great because of this. Plus who knows if it's going to have QoS implemented or not.
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Fox McCloud
Crazy like a fox.
join:2006-07-23
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| yeah, 1 gigabit per second, fixed, is so uncompetitive and terrible *rolls eyes* »weblog.infoworld.com/realitychec···ops.html
how they came to their conclusions, I have no idea.
Yeah, Sprint has a bad track record...but it's not like they can't turn it around or come out with a good product.
and if WiMAX is so terrible, why is India deploying it? »www.wimax.com/commentary/blog/bl···-mandate
This blind desire to have "everything the same" of "WiMAX is dead; Verizon and AT&T are using LTE" is ridiculous.
I hope Sprint dominates and blows this "study" out of the water.
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