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Originally Posted by gTen
I would like to add that walmart buys life insurance on its workers and when they die even after they quit, walmart gets money..or so I heard..cause I've never even seen a walmart in my life except for pictures (no walmarts in NY due to employment policy laws)
On the topic of 4G, sprint is backed by Google and Intel and a lot of cable companies for wimax..so they are not alone. And wimax is superior to HSPA+ in many ways, not just speed. Also, LTE and Wimax are very close to each other in specifications and from what I read, in future revisions, it is possible for cross-compatibility. Not to mention chip has already been developed that does wimax/lte on 1 chip.
As for 6.5...sprint is lacking as hell, I don't care much for the rom, but I WANT A NEW RADIO!
Edit: Also, I forgot to add that from what sprint said, even off network wimax devices should work on their network(don't know about now but it is in their plan). So we may be able to get unlocked devices running.
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No one said hspa+ is better technology, but when wimax drops and hspa+ drops hspa+ will be faster. Check sprints website, wimax currently max is 10mbps with average of 3-6mpbs, hspa+ whill have way faster speeds. By the time wimax upgrades again, lte will be out.
We know wimax has major backing from the cable companies thats been stated in this forum already (actually by me because i work for comcast, the number 1 cable company in america) and we already sell 4g cards but that has nothing to do with the fact that lte is going to be better then wimax. you are only worried about the american investors which honestly are even investing that much, Sprint still owns over 50% of wimax so I can guess where thats headed. The future of cell phones is what the overseas companies are doing which is lte and once we have the coverage voice over data is going to be what we speak on. lte has backing by companies that have way more $ then the investors that own less then 50% of wimax.
the chipset you speak of is coming from clearwire and they are stating they are the only company who can go from wimax to lte without a hitch, so even they know they will eventually be off of wimax. Clearwire made statements so that they could calm investors because EVERYONE is wondering why they chose wimax.