a333
A hot cup of integrals please
join:2007-06-12
Rego Park, NY
 ·Cingular Wireless
 ·Verizon Online DSL
1 edit | Sweet
sweeeeeeeeet......
finally, Sprint is set to iPawn apple and AT&T's failed 3G strategy. Why do I say so? Just look at AT&T's existing HSDPA network! people barely are pushing the 1 Mbit barrier, and coverage is spotty at best. On the Sprint EVDO side of things, people are ALREADY seeing 1.5Mbit+ speeds, sometimes even pushing the 2 Mbit mark, with coverage pretty reaching into the remotest boondocks. Unless AT&T somehow gets their act together, people WILL vote with their wallets, and favor an open network.
I understand that a lot of ppl will argue that GSM is a worldwide standard, but it doesn't make a difference, if the biggest GSM provider in the US has a crapass network that can barely deliver 1 Mbit speeds.
Way to go Sprint!!
a333 |
|
xenophon
join:2007-09-17
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| The GSM/LTE path will mostly be focused on carrier based services. WiMAX will attract any kind of consumer electronics device since it doesn't require carrier involvement, just IEEE standards. In most cases, electronics makers just need to drop in a WiMAX chip just as they drop in a WiFi chip today. Not that simple with LTE.
I could see PSP and Nintendo DS with WiMAX down the road, not LTE. |
|
a333
A hot cup of integrals please
join:2007-06-12
Rego Park, NY | exactly, integrating LTE/EVDO requires a relationship with the carrier, while WiMax doesnt. |
|
en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
| Yup:
EVDO, UMTS/HSDPA will typically be more expensive, feature filled / contract fixed services, with limitations
WiMAX is more like the next generation of WiFi, and will be more 'available' from small indie carriers, but will be restricted to the footprint that WiMAX delivers. Hopefully, in the end, this won't be another 'iDEN', restricted by 1 carrier, 1 manufacturer and their specific buildout plans.
--
Canada = Hollywood North |
|
Cjaiceman
Premium,MVM
join:2004-10-12
Parker, CO
·Comcast Workplace
·Comcast
| reply to a333
said by a333  :sweeeeeeeeet...... Just look at AT&T's existing HSDPA network! people barely are pushing the 1 Mbit barrier, and coverage is spotty at best. Obviously you haven't tried their connection lately, or you live in LA.... Here in Denver I've been getting 1.75+Mbps since the roll out of HSDPA. Most times I get around 2Mbps, but I have seen as high as 2.25, for someone checking their e-mail on the go, this is plenty, I save the BT for home... 
With that said, I would love the idea of getting 2-4Mbps without an external device (read: internal WiMAX) anywhere within the metro area. And at the cost of $40/month, that would be worth every penny, thats what I am paying AT&T now for their laptop connect package on my HTC Kaiser (NOT AT&T tilt).
--
HOT JAMZ 94FM
Listen Live at »sc7.shoutcaststreaming.us:8206/listen.pls |
|
