TKJunkMail
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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|  Sprint should concentrate on coverage
All the open access features and low cost are nice marketing techniques. But unless Xohm can provide good wireless coverage at the speeds stated, it will never go anywhere. Wireless broadband has under delivered with WiFi over and over. If Wimax is to gain any traction, it must start delivering on its promises with the very 1st rollouts.
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| Looks like April is when the first 3 markets will be available to consumers - Chicago, DC and Baltimore. I've also heard Dallas is about ready to launch, but may not be reliable info.
Sprint needs investment from the outside to rollout WiMAX nationwide. They need to split the Xohm group off as separate company (mostly owned by Sprint), and allow others to invest in just WiMAX, like Intel and maybe Google and other players in the WiMAX industry. |
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factchecker
@cox.net
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said by TKJunkMail  :All the open access features and low cost are nice marketing techniques. But unless Xohm can provide good wireless coverage at the speeds stated, it will never go anywhere. Wireless broadband has under delivered with WiFi over and over. If Wimax is to gain any traction, it must start delivering on its promises with the very 1st rollouts. Hammer, meet the head of the nail... This appears to be why Sprint is just offering a straight IP pipe. Instead of focusing on services they could offer and might make money on, they are focusing on the one service they know they can make money from - access. By not diverting capital from the network buildout for other adventures, they can focus on doing EXACTLY what you have stated - high speed, high quality bandwidth with good coverage. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| said by factchecker :
they can focus on doing EXACTLY what you have stated - high speed, high quality bandwidth with good coverage.
I guarantee you Xohm Wimax's coverage will never exceed Sprint's EVDO coverage. |
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factchecker
@cox.net
| said by patcat88 :said by factchecker :
they can focus on doing EXACTLY what you have stated - high speed, high quality bandwidth with good coverage.
I guarantee you Xohm Wimax's coverage will never exceed Sprint's EVDO coverage. There are good reasons for that... EVDO covers areas like interstates in the middle of nowhere. No reason to put WiMAX in those areas.
But, yes, I would agree. Some places don't have the demand for WiMAX and there is no reason to deploy there. |
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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said by patcat88 :said by factchecker :
they can focus on doing EXACTLY what you have stated - high speed, high quality bandwidth with good coverage.
I guarantee you Xohm Wimax's coverage will never exceed Sprint's EVDO coverage. Sprint may not have nationwide WiMAX coverage long term but WiMAX coverage can be possible nearly nationwide by the combination of many providers. When you buy a WiMAX device, you aren't buying a Sprint device. It will work (ideally) on any WiMAX provider anywhere in the world, as long as the device covers all possible spectrums.
When you buy a WiFi device, you aren't tied to one WiFi provider. Ditto with WiMAX. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | reply to factchecker
said by factchecker :
But, yes, I would agree. Some places don't have the demand for WiMAX and there is no reason to deploy there.
Wimax fanboys loose. Wimax != universal coverage. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| reply to xenophon
said by xenophon :Sprint may not have nationwide WiMAX coverage long term but WiMAX coverage can be possible nearly nationwide by the combination of many providers. When you buy a WiMAX device, you aren't buying a Sprint device. It will work (ideally) on any WiMAX provider anywhere in the world, as long as the device covers all possible spectrums. When you buy a WiFi device, you aren't tied to one WiFi provider. Ditto with WiMAX. Will there be any other WiMAX providers in the USA? And will "typical" WiMAX devices have access to all spectrums? Or will Wall Street figure out it can "lock" and subsidize devices by locking them to only a certain spectrum. If that spectrum only has 1 carrier, tough luck, go complain to your govt. |
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