n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
 ·Optimum Online
| So Says...
So says the company that stands to lose since Sprint is the only customer. AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon are all going with LTE. Of course I cannot see any reason why they need to merge LTE into WiMax other than to have to pay royalties to Intel for their part of the technology. If the GSM Association ignores WiMax, only Sprint and their customers would appear to suffer. The rest of the world as well as the above named U.S. carriers would be fine.
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DarnellP
join:2004-10-12
Las Vegas, NV
1 edit | said by n2jtx  :So says the company that stands to lose since Sprint is the only customer. AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon are all going with LTE. While it seems likely that they would go the LTE route, T-Mobile USA has not made any 4G announcement AFAIK. Hell they barely have their 3G network going.
If the GSM Association ignores WiMax, only Sprint and their customers would appear to suffer. The rest of the world as well as the above named U.S. carriers would be fine.
There are several areas in the where wimax has been deployed: »www.dailywireless.org/2008/02/28···nt-maps/ |
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a333
A hot cup of integrals please
join:2007-06-12
Rego Park, NY
 ·Cingular Wireless
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to n2jtx
How many LTE deployments have their been around the world so far? Zilch, nada. WiMax? It's already available in parts of the US, and many countries abroad. LTE is and will continue to lag behind WiMax in terms of deployment and subscriber figures. Also, WiMax aims at an entirely different goal than LTE. LTE wants customer control (the old game of locked in handsets, different frequencies, etc.), while WiMax will be more like WiFi, (if Intel succeeds in its plan; heck, Centrino laptops might come built in with WiMax chipsets, just like they come with WiFi today.) Bottom line, WiMax is an IEEE standard, not a proprietary licensed technology, so it has a much greater chance of proliferating faster. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
| There's more to it than that.
Sure, WiMAX has many countries deployed, but how big of a footprint are those WiMAX deployments ? Until WiMAX has a footprint that covers that of cellular (even the prepaid MetroPCS), it will be more of a niche, or used in other devices (more likely). I don't disagree on the locked handset piece, however, handset locking is more of a North America item.
I can purchase unlocked directly from the manufacturers, and even carrier locked from the manufacturers at a better rate than carriers 'list' them for (eg. AT&T V3xx 'lists' as $349, and becomes discounted with service, Motorola 'lists' is at $229 w/o service, and $50 with).
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comcast_customer
@accelnet.net
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Verizon Wireless declared their intention of providing an 'any apps/any device' network last October. They do intend on continuing with the 'walled garden' model (e.g. lock-in, as you suggested) for customers who could care less about having the ultimate choice in what rests on their device, but you will also be able to buy devices that work on CDMA2000 EVDO as well as LTE in the future, that aren't sold (or supported) by Verizon Wireless.
Now, if you have a problem trusting Verizon Wireless' word - that's something you have to resolve for yourself and get to the root of where that "healthy" skepticism is emanating from (e.g. most likely, your past experiences). |
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