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Yippy Las Vegas is on the list!!!

Jayshmay

Mar 6, 2009, 10:27 AM
I hope it'll be better than the 2-4mbps that's in Baltimore. I want REAL broadband!!! And the speeds better be consistent too!!! I don't want it to drop down to loser EDGEspeeds, it's almost 2010 damn it, deliver REAL wireless broadband!!!
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VDubb

Mar 6, 2009, 11:19 AM
Last I checked, EDGE speeds were around 100-300Kbps...

- VDubb
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nextel18

Mar 6, 2009, 11:54 AM
It probably will but they need to make sure that what they are doing will be helpful when it comes to resources. The more resources the more money it costs and this time in this awful economy, it is tough to forecast those trends. Of course, I guess many people would rather have a cell phone instead of their homes.
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Jayshmay

Mar 6, 2009, 12:00 PM
If the speed is good enough I'll pay. Cause current speeds aren't worth the $60 the big 4 charge for what the call "broadband". I definetly have an appetite for mobile broadband, but I'm a consumer, not a business person. I think consumers care more about speed than business users.
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nextel18

Mar 6, 2009, 12:11 PM
Oh definitely not. $60 per month is definitely not worth getting for ok data speeds.

Sometimes you can get better results on your phone than on pc-card connections. Obviously they charge that premium for the mobility factor.

“I think consumers care more about speed than business users.”

Not exactly. I would say that business users care more about speeds than a regular consumer because business users need to access and download emails very quick and then respond. Sometimes they need to do trading or whatever it is they are doing in an instant. So data speed is more important to them. I am not quite sure why consumers want higher data speeds than there are now, unless they are replacing their entire home network with all ...
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Jayshmay

Mar 6, 2009, 12:28 PM
About speed - I don't have cable, just OTA dtv, and a very large movie collection, so there are a whole lot of video clips I'd like to watch on the internet. Video clips require a nice steady data speed.

What you say about business users, how large of a file is this that is an attachment in these emails of business users?

Before the end of 2010 we'll definetly know how much demand there is for mobile broadband. With Verizon launching LTE & Clearwire launching WiMax.
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nextel18

Mar 6, 2009, 2:11 PM
Well I have a Sprint blackberry with TV service on it, so I mean those little things are always useful if you want to work out you can watch TV on the device and/or listen to some music.

Average file? Well it depends on a lot of things. For me avg download could be just an email to a few mb/s based on presentations and other tools. Also, if you are doing a VPN you should have a better connection/ faster data speeds to do what you want. I can say if I want to trade I want the fastest so I can get the best price for the client.

I personally love broadband for wireless and wire line but it comes to the point to say ok enough is enough and just maintain these networks and somehow increase them. Carriers have to focus more on coverage and...
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Slammer

Mar 6, 2009, 7:30 PM
nextel18 said:
Well I have a Sprint blackberry with TV service on it, so I mean those little things are always useful if you want to work out you can watch TV on the device and/or listen to some music.

Average file? Well it depends on a lot of things. For me avg download could be just an email to a few mb/s based on presentations and other tools. Also, if you are doing a VPN you should have a better connection/ faster data speeds to do what you want. I can say if I want to trade I want the fastest so I can get the best price for the client.

I personally love broadband for wireless and wire line but it comes to the point to say ok enough is enough and just maintain these networks and somehow increase them. Carriers
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nextel18

Mar 6, 2009, 10:04 PM
“As far dropped calls: Radio signals are prone to interference so I would not expect much of an improvement with the exception of filling in the spots where signal has been sketchy.”


Yes but my point was instead of focusing 100% on these 4g+ technologies, try to improve drop calls and increase capacity and coverage. I know it probably wont happen but people can dream.

For me I don’t care because I have great reception.. repeaters help.
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Azeron

Mar 7, 2009, 7:53 AM
Exactly and we need as many options as possible to keep the price down. Who knows how much those SOBs would try to charge if they charge us $60 monthly for the current offerings. Everyone is down on Wi-Max. I say we NEED Wi-Max and as many offerings as we can get. If it is just Verizon and AT&T offering LTE can you see $150 plans?
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murmermer

Mar 7, 2009, 1:32 PM
so your telling me that downloading an e-mail consisting of 300 characters at 1 Mbps is any different than downloading the same e-mail over a connection as fast as 10 Mbps?

now instead of that small e-mail try downloading a 5MB song- hmmm I wonder who would benefit from from faster speeds more.

NokiaGoth 😈
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Slammer

Mar 6, 2009, 1:11 PM
Jayshmay said:
If the speed is good enough I'll pay. Cause current speeds aren't worth the $60 the big 4 charge for what the call "broadband". I definetly have an appetite for mobile broadband, but I'm a consumer, not a business person. I think consumers care more about speed than business users.


We business users do indeed care about speed but we also care about ROI(Return On Investment). We want speed but don't want to mortgage our homes to get it. There is much to be said about this rollout but LTE is not too far off and time will tell what comparitive lucrative value this will have for us. We have currently chosen to go with WiMax as our wireless broadband service as we already use Sprint for our cell ...
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stoopered

Mar 9, 2009, 11:19 AM
I think LTE is far off. Just because Verizon claims a release for a tiny market next year, doesn't mean it will roll off the whole network within another year. I don't see LTE coming until the end of 2011. WiMax is not a new technology and has been used around the world since its creation in 2004. LTE is a new technology and new technology always has its problems.
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