Matt
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This is a great move for Comcast (and Time Warner who will likely follow suit soon) ... now they have a wireless option to offer. They can do voice and/or data wirelessly without having to invest billions building out a national network like Verizon and AT&T ... or implementing a hackneyed WiFi solution like Cablevision.
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openbox9
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Alexandria, VA | I don't get it. How can Comcast deploy a mobile wireless solution without significant investment? Placing micro-POPs in customers' homes doesn't make a wireless network, especially if they're relying on residential capped service as the backhaul. |
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Matt
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| said by openbox9  :I don't get it. How can Comcast deploy a mobile wireless solution without significant investment? Placing micro-POPs in customers' homes doesn't make a wireless network, especially if they're relying on residential capped service as the backhaul. They invested heavily in Clearwire, this is just the first fruits of that investment to come out of the planning stages. They will resell Clearwire/Xohm service, which is mobile WiMAX ....
Imagine grabbing your WiMAX laptop or phone handset and seamlessly going from home to the store, the mall, etc. While you can do that now with HSDPA/EVDO, the speeds and latency are terrible. WiMAX would allow any handset manufacturer to include a VoIP app for instance ...
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openbox9
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| said by Matt :Imagine grabbing your WiMAX laptop or phone handset and seamlessly going from home to the store, the mall, etc. While you can do that now with HSDPA/EVDO, the speeds and latency are terrible. WiMAX would allow any handset manufacturer to include a VoIP app for instance ... If I'm driving to the store or mall, I won't be seamlessly using a laptop. As for my phone handset, I can already do that with my cellphone. Just as I don't see the huge draw of cellular femtocells in residences, I don't see WiMax femtocells being a huge necessity. Maybe I'll be wrong, or maybe I'm misunderstanding how Comcast (and other providers) are planning to employ femtocell technology. |
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jt4
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comcast put over a billion dollars for clearwire |
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1 edit | said by jt4 :
comcast put over a billion dollars for clearwire
Less than two weeks of revenue, less than one percent of total assets.
Of course, Comcast likes to degrade and block anything less than 1 percent. (snark, snark)     
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Tigerpaw509
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Huntley, IL | reply to Matt
You hit the nail on the head,they are just resellers.Why buy from a reseller when you can get it without them stuck in the middle |
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