iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| reply to ravensfan55
Re: Sprint's pricing plans don't matter. I totally agree that EvDO Rev. A is a dead end at this point. However it's a much more reliable/speedy dead end than the "evolving" HSPA 3.6 or 7.2. Which is the only thing AT&T is rolling out right now. T-Mobile is doing 21 Mbps HSPA+, true, but that's T-Mobile's take on 4G at this point. Compared with the competition, that's how the tech fits in.
About LTE, I'll pass judgment when a network gets on the ground. WiMAX is here, provides up to 15/5 speeds and works well in both fixed and mobile situations. It will also be built into more CE stuff than LTE because its an IEEE standard rather than a 3GPP one. There are more WiFi-equipped device models than CDMA and GSM ones, combined.
One other thing about WiMAX int he US: there's TONS of spectrum to play around with. Contrast this with LTE, which has a limited frequency range. This makes WiMAX good for terrestrial broadband/WiFi (2.4 GHz) alternatives, and LTE good for "data card" use cases, where a rovider offers a service that doesn't require a large antenna for rural reception but can't be used more than a few GB per month.
All that said, the real question for 4G techs is how you're going to bring bandwidth to the towers. a 100 Mbps connectio to the tower does me very little good if it's 2 Mbps to the internet. Sure, LAN parties would be sweet but that's about it.
I'd love to be proved wrong with WiFiOS from Verizon, but I doubt that'll happen. |
