Sprint Could Fire Up Nationwide LTE by 2013
Only a matter of time...
It's not if but when. Sprint knows they have go to LTE. Anyone who has ever taken an econ or marketing class would see it by now. Being the only US carrier supporting it, the infrastructure costs will be much higher than LTE, and good luck convincing HTC or Moto or etc to build a WiMax device when everyone else is using LTE. You really think you'll ever see a WiMax iPhone? It's probably a matter of planning a smooth transition before their heads are really buried in the sand. Probably also why they've been so slow to roll out new phones, especially compared to VZ and ATT.
Sprint took a gamble on WiMax and lost. It doesn't make them idiots, or me a hater, it's just what happened. Some people picked HDDVD too, and we saw how that ended. Be...
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Sprint took a gamble on WiMax and lost. It doesn't make them idiots, or me a hater, it's just what happened. Some people picked HDDVD too, and we saw how that ended. Be...
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zepfloyd said:---"Sprint took a gamble on WiMax and lost. It doesn't make them idiots, or me a hater, it's just what happened. Some people picked HDDVD too, and we saw how that ended. Better to admit it now and plan forward before you're really left behind."---
I agree with most of your post except for the above.
I don't believe Sprint took a gamble. If I'm not mistaken, Sprint didn't have a choice. They were given a time frame to make use of their 2.5Ghz spectrum holdings. I don't think LTE was ready to meet this required time frame. What Sprint did, was the only thing that they could've and should've done.
John B.
I agree with most of your post except for the above.
I don't believe Sprint took a gamble. If I'm not mistaken, Sprint didn't have a choice. They were given a time frame to make use of their 2.5Ghz spectrum holdings. I don't think LTE was ready to meet this required time frame. What Sprint did, was the only thing that they could've and should've done.
John B.
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""and good luck convincing HTC or Moto or etc to build a WiMax device when everyone else is using LTE. You really think you'll ever see a WiMax iPhone?""
What?!? - Ask HTC if they liked selling 3 million EVO's! Anxious for CTIA to see what else is coming.
What?!? - Ask HTC if they liked selling 3 million EVO's! Anxious for CTIA to see what else is coming.
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