  The LimitPremium
join:2007-09-25
Greensboro, NC
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| Makes no financial sense... ...for Sprint to spend advertising money pushing WiMax through the proverbial nose, advertising "unlimited" bandwidth, and then decide that it's time to cut the rope.
It's almost like, why did they even spend the money on WiMax in the first place? I mean, maybe there's some technical detail I'm missing here, but I feel like Sprint really wasted a ton of money in claiming the whole "FIRST 4G CARRIER" status, when in the end they were just going to migrate to LTE anyway.
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 |  Romney2012Defeat Obama 2012-Chg we can believe inPremium
join:2002-03-03
USA
kudos:4 | Re: Makes no financial sense... said by The Limit: I feel like Sprint really wasted a ton of money in claiming the whole "FIRST 4G CARRIER" status, when in the end they were just going to migrate to LTE anyway.
You are assuming they knew back when they committed to Wimax that they were going to dump it and go LTE. When they made that Wimax decision, I don't think they knew they would eventually go all in for LTE.
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| | | Back when Sprint selected WiMAX they didn't have a choice. LTE wasn't ready yet and the Feds said they must use the spectrum or lose it.
Also, Sprint will still sell existing WiMAX phones, just not bring out new models. It seems a little premature given they plan to support WiMAX through 2015. The good news is that they appear fully committed to getting LTE rolled out as fast as they can. | |
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| | Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | Re: Makes no financial sense... said by xenophon:It seems a little premature given they plan to support WiMAX through 2015. The good news is that they appear fully committed to getting LTE rolled out as fast as they can.
Maybe they're hoping TD-LTE Advanced and WiMAX 2 will merge into a single standard ASAP. | |
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| | | said by The Limit:...for Sprint to spend advertising money pushing WiMax through the proverbial nose, advertising "unlimited" bandwidth, and then decide that it's time to cut the rope.
It's almost like, why did they even spend the money on WiMax in the first place? I mean, maybe there's some technical detail I'm missing here, but I feel like Sprint really wasted a ton of money in claiming the whole "FIRST 4G CARRIER" status, when in the end they were just going to migrate to LTE anyway.
Whats sad is the amount of time it took to build the WiMax network out to just 130 million people, was surpassed by Verizon's LTE in only 4 months. | |
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| |  jmn1207Premium
join:2000-07-19
Ashburn, VA | Re: Makes no financial sense... That had more to do with Sprint's financial situation, and the now obvious notion that Wimax was going to be abandoned for LTE. Sprint knew they were going to LTE long before it was officially announced, and we were all just speculating on the reason for the sluggish deployment. | |
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|  CabalPremium
join:2007-01-21
Austin, TX | WiMAX is still twice as fast as 3G, and was available 2 years ago. Carriers are only now starting to roll out LTE.
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| | | | Re: Makes no financial sense... said by Cabal:WiMAX is still twice as fast as 3G, and was available 2 years ago. Carriers are only now starting to roll out LTE.
I often get 10-12Mbps on WiMAX (Epic Touch), though it's usually 5-7Mbps. | |
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| patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | Re: WiMax was not that bad... You do realize Kansas City is Sprint's corporate headquarters? Heads will roll if an exec finds less than full bars anywhere. | |
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| | | | Re: WiMax was not that bad... There are plenty of holes in KC on the CDMA network. I can imagine it was significantly harder to get WiMax at 2500 usable. | |
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| | dammit! And I was hoping for a photon 2(Intel Medfield with NFC) as an update to the best current WiMax device. | |
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jfmezeiPremium
join:2007-01-03
Pointe-Claire, QC
kudos:22 Reviews:
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| VHS vs Betamax WiMax and LTE were like VHS vs Betamax. LTE has won for mobile phone, but Wimax remains for fixed wireless in rural areas.
Sprint allied itself with Intel to showcase Wimax in the hopes that it would gain momentum, but at the end, it didn't.
What may have sealed the deal was that Vodaphone, which partly owns Verizon got verizon to announce that it would be going LTE to be compatible with the rest of the world. (So that Vodaphone customers could roam on Verizon instead of AT&T or T-Mobile when they travel to USA). | |
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| patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | Re: VHS vs Betamax Fixed Wimax and Mobile Wimax are different incompatible protocols. | |
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| | No new WiMax only devices? I wonder if this mean no new WiMax only devices. Maybe they will come out with new LTE/WiMax combo devices. | |
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| | | Re: No new WiMax only devices? Only mobile broadband hotspots, never smartphones.
They debuted the Sierra Wireless tri-network (EVDO, WiMAX, LTE) hotspot at CES a little while back. | |
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pkorx8
join:2003-06-19
San Francisco, CA | sprint's backhaul Correct me if I'm wrong, but if sprint's wimax is working great, and they will be adding lte antennas to the same towers, does that mean sprints backhaul is already in good shape for lte? | |
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| | | Re: sprint's backhaul Backhaul upgrades are apparently part of the multi-protocol rollout. Someone in Houston posted Sprint LTE results and claimed that 3G performance also improved due to the backhaul upgrade. | |
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join:2002-12-30
Laurel, MD | Don't forget iDEN ...the leftover from Nextel. They're phasing it out, but for now, they're still operating it.
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| | | Re: Don't forget iDEN Given the massive number of subscribers fleeing the iDEN network each and every quarter I'd say it's pretty much forgotten already. | |
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| | Okay for me! Being a CLEAR Home user ... I am totally okay with this ... less load on "my" towers.
For downloads about 6 months back, I was averaging 6 Mbit down. CLEAR claims 3 to 6. Now I typically average around 8 Mbit down.
With no more "new" devices being added, that will hopefully mean not as many devices being added as there is no incentive for folks to upgrade and new folks will hopefully want to wait for the latest greatest LTE; so, more bandwidth for me  | |
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join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
kudos:1 | imagine sprint being only LTE Can anyone imagine Sprint being one standard ? | |
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 DavidNow accepting new patientsPremium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
kudos:70 | I wonder if clear will survive with no more devices on the WiMax network, that means Sprint will be ready for a divorce and not care what happens to clear. | |
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