Clearwire Announces 10 Markets for Sept. 1 Launch
Much, much better than Spint
Good job Clear!
Jayshmay said:
So Sprint has 2 WiMax services? Xohm which is in 1 city, and Clear, by years end more than a dozen cities.
xohm was sprints wimax network before the clearwire merger. so now its just one. clearwire wimax network. which sprint owns 51 percent of and that its running its 4g network on.
What is the difference? Clearwire used WiMax build 802.16e which topped off at about 3Mbps Down and 768Kbps up. Clear uses WiMax build 802.16m Which topps off at about 10Mbps down and 1.5Mbps up.
The 802.16m is not so much a new service as it is adding fiber lines to the pop and upgrading software versions.
CLEAR is owned by several companies as outlined here: Sprint $6.3 billion, Original Clearwire Shareholders $3.2 Billion Cable Companies $1.7 Billion, Intel $1 Billion, and Google $500 Million.
Sprint is the largest investor in Clear.
Clear (not Clearwire) is Sprint's 4G network.
I am in one of those markets listed for the September first launc...
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