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Originally Posted by JimSmith94
I don't understand why the article says VOIP calls will be allowed while using data. I thought VOIP was like Skype, not cell phone calls. 
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Because *eventually* (key word here), all calls will be VOIP on 4G networks, it's cheaper for the carriers, and eventually the consumers. However, the Wimax network is nowhere NEAR up to that task, and neither it nor LTE will be ready for exclusively VOIP calls until probably 2012 at the earliest.