Clearwire Announces 10 Markets for Sept. 1 Launch
Much, much better than Spint
I've always said that Sprint hasn't been ambitous with WiMax. And now Clear is taking things into the own hands and actually delivering WiMax to more cities than the one measly city that Sprint brought WiMax to, Baltimore.
Good job Clear!
Good job Clear!
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Hmm, I don't know. If that were the case then why would they have different names? Sprint calls they're one-city WiMax service Xohm.
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clearwire is basically sprints wimax network. Sprint ownes 51 percent stock. so when you hear clearwire emerging or expanding, thats the sprint 4g network. alot of people are confused because wimax isnt like lte, its used for more than just cell phones.
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So if Clear is Sprint's WiMax service then what happened to Xohm? Xohm only exists in Baltimore?
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Baltimore was launched before they decided to change the name to Clear, Baltimore will be re branded to Clear before the end of the year.
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I though Sprint had half an investment in the WiMax development/ rollout too. So whoever/ however, just get the coverage out to give LTE(VZ, ATT, T-Mobile) some competition whenever it comes out.
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Cleawire/Sprint are a union in allocating WiMAX Jay. So Sprint holding 51 percent of the shares, indeed makes them the deliverer of Clear. So Sprint is definitely showing some ambition here. They incidently, are moving quite rapidly considering the financial downfall they recently experienced. Sprint is recovering and this is testimony to their dedication for progress. I wish them well.
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So Sprint has 2 WiMax services? Xohm which is in 1 city, and Clear, by years end more than a dozen cities.
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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.
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the area where sprint doesn't have 3G yet and will be launching 4G is the texas panhandle where amarillo and lubbock are located. I am not sure yet but i believe it is going to also bring 3G to my area as well... crossing my fingers lol
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I got decent 3G in Dallas area, I know for sure theyre in Amarillo, been there many times... El paso was covered as well as surrounding... Really i didnt find Sprint's 3G lacking at all in Texas. New Mexico, now thats another story, but improving still
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hunh I stand corrected. I just looked it up and sure enough no 3g. Sucks to live in west Texas.
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I'm located in Lubbock, Texas. I received the new WiMax modem by UPS yesterday (08/07/09). The speed is awesome for Internet access. I use a connection speed monitoring program called "Dumeter". Excellent program!
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The cities listed for a September First CLEAR launch already had Clearwire.
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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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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