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1 edit | Clearwire needs to deploy LTE I live in Seattle and have tried Clearwire's services. Let's just say that I was not impressed. Move the modem the wrong direction and it drops connection, that's near a window. Speeds were on par with a slow DSL circuit, if the signal was 4-5 bars. I think my Verizon EVDO smartphone tethered to my computer works better and it costs about the same.
Wimax was a good idea almost half a decade ago, now it's bandwidth and distance limitations are a joke.
If Clearwire wants to survive, they need to deploy LTE. With LTE, I could see Sprint, T-Mobile, and Clearwire merging. Otherwise Verizon will acquire Sprint, AT&T will acquire T-Mobile, and Clearwire will be forgotten. |
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1 edit | said by Nite Rider:I live in Seattle and have tried Clearwire's services. Let's just say that I was not impressed. Move the modem the wrong direction and it drops connection, that's near a window. Speeds were on par with a slow DSL circuit, if the signal was 4-5 bars. I think my Verizon EVDO smartphone tethered to my computer works better and it costs about the same. Wimax was a good idea almost half a decade ago, now it's bandwidth and distance limitations are a joke. So how has LTE worked out for you? Oh that's right, no consumer has actually seen exactly how well or poorly LTE will perform. Why do people just ASSume that LTE is going to be the end-all of wireless?
said by Nite Rider:If Clearwire wants to survive, they need to deploy LTE. With LTE, I could see Sprint, T-Mobile, and Clearwire merging. Otherwise Verizon will acquire Sprint, AT&T will acquire T-Mobile, and Clearwire will be forgotten. Jeez, where do you guys come up with this stuff from... |
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1 edit | reply to Nite Rider
LTE would have the same limitations as WiMAX. They are essentially the same technology on the backend. MIMO antennas are what is really needed to get high performance indoors for any 4G technology. That will be coming in the next round of 4G.
WiMAX is needed because it is controlled by IEEE like WiFi. I'd hate to see 3GGP (owns LTE) and telcom companies totally control wireless internet access. The cable companies won't want LTE since it is controlled by the trad telcom companies. We need both, not domination of one.
Consumers should want WiMAX more than LTE. If anything, Clear should split their huge amount of spectrum to support both, but we as consumers really should be pulling for WiMAX. |
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AT&T doesn't have the money to buy TM. They would have made that move already. |
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