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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg
Well I look at it like this...
T-Mobile has several devices right now that will get 7 meg real world speeds when they turn on the new network. Sprint is advertising their 4G network as getting real world speeds that average 6 megs.
And, again, T-Mobile has a whole bunch of devices capable of this right now. You can bet there will be plenty that support the 21 meg standard going forward. No, they probably won't get real world speeds of 21 megs. But they will certainly get 10 megs or more. It's not uncommon to get 2 meg speeds right now on T-Mobile's 3.6 meg HSPA network.
Now, having said all of that, Sprint, right now, doesn't even have a single phone for it's WiMax network. And this is a network that has been in use for over a year already (first market launched September of 0  . And we're seeing prominent CEOs of device manufacturers basically saying they don't see anybody supporting that technology (see the link I posted earlier). So if you want to make a case that Sprint will have device support, I will need something to back that up. So far all signs point to WiMax being a bust. I hope oit does prove successful, but with everyon else (even Verizon) going LTE, I don;t see how WiMax is going to have any support by device manufacturers. |
Are you kiding me? The same thing happend with EVDO rev A. It was on data cards only when first released. It took quite some time before the Mogul (first revA device) was released, and even then it still took several months before the RevA ability was unlocked. As far as a case for device support. Sprint is expected to make an announcement in one week. Check back then.
As for the prominent CEO. That's a CEO for a company that doesn't make devices for Sprint (the only telco supporting wimax currently). Hardly an unbiased opinion.