Qualcomm Acquires Mobile WiMAX Technology
CDMA and GSM are screwed
and with qualcomm buying out the wimax developers, you will see verizon migrating over to wimax technology as well. it will just be a matter of time (probably 2010)
as i said, they are launching wimax in the MD/DC area early 2008, and actually they are ahead of schedule.
what area are you in?
I have sprint and couldnt be happier. I have the m1.
dizilbdog said:
It's a shame our country is so crappy with technology.
Yeah, all our technology is worthless. We should probably dump our miniaturized PDA's and computers capable of wireless broadband immediately.
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Most countries have two: GSM and WCDMA.
I know it's all migrating to GSM/CDMA/WCDMA/WiMax/iDEN... in the U.S., but still a huge mix. And a lot of times it's coverage for one technology is just "overlaid" on the coverage area of a different technology, which may have a different optimized tower sequence for best coverage.
As far as Bill Gates eyeing up WiMax, that was at the Consumer Electronics Show that took place back in January out in Las Vegas. He likes the standard because it's a step towards his "internet everywhere" vision, having every appliance and electronics device hooked up to the internet communicating with one another.
(for those that do not know. digitmasher and i know each other in real life and i got him into the wireless biz)
downlink up to 768K
uplink up to 256k
this is the regular plan $29.99
downlink 1.5meg
uplink 256k
this is the premium plan $36.99
2 year agreement
This is not mobile service this is stationary so mobile would be slower.
I am not excited
For now, Clearwire focuses on what's known as fixed WiMAX, which provides high-speed Internet access in fixed locations—say, a home or an office building—rather than over a mobile phone or a device used in a train or car. Consultancy Parks Associates expects 4 million Americans to use wireless broadband technologies like WiMAX for Web access by 2010.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar20 ... »
sprint plans on deploying mobile wimax which is capable of handling comcast speeds. research it sometime. mobile wimax has better building penetration and since sprint is depoloying a larger wimax then fixed wimax on its ce...
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