http://www.dslreports.com/forum/At-this-rate-22483130 en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:52:54 EDT Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:52:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-At-this-rate-22487116 said by xenophon:

I see your point. It depends on how limited the device is but is not an inherent limitation of WiMAX itself.

It took a while for multiband cellphones to appear. No different with WiMAX devices.
It is an inherent limitation of WiMAX. The standard doesn't define any frequencies unlike GSM/LTE in which all bands that can be used are defined by a central body. Also each WiMAX provider decides to recycle some different band, its not that there are 2 competing WiMAX providers in the same band like with 800 mhz cellular and PCS and its just a software switch for which adjacent channel to log into.

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I see your point. It depends on how limited the device is but is not an inherent limitation of WiMAX itself.

It took a while for multiband cellphones to appear. No different with WiMAX devices.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-At-this-rate-22485450 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:33:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-At-this-rate-22485090 said by xenophon:

Difference is, LTE is controlled by the telcom industry (3GGP) and not as open as WiMAX. WiMAX is controlled by IEEE, which the consumer electronics industry is already tied into with WiFi.

Name me 2 countries with 2 carriers that use the same frequency band and the carriers allow you to activate each other's wimax cards. Wimax cards are locked by frequency to a particular country and a particular carrier.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-At-this-rate-22485090 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:18:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-At-this-rate-22483845 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-At-this-rate-22483845 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:46:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-At-this-rate-22483832 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-At-this-rate-22483832 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:44:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-At-this-rate-22483828
Difference is, LTE is controlled by the telcom industry (3GGP) and not as open as WiMAX. WiMAX is controlled by IEEE, which the consumer electronics industry is already tied into with WiFi.

There's a much greater chance we'll see all kinds of consumer electronics devices with WiFi/WiMAX combo chipsets than with LTE.

Clearwire also has about 100mhz spectrum in most markets, enough to supply a lot of bandwidth to many users at once. ATT/Verizon only have about 25mhz spectrum in 700mhz range for LTE if I recall.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-At-this-rate-22483828 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:44:01 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/At-this-rate-22483130 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/At-this-rate-22483130 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:59:01 EDT