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Originally Posted by mbaseball3
And I understand that. But by requiring all evo users to pay the add on, you are contributing to the r&d of the 4G towers and network to your area. Here's my example; I live in orange county which is 10ish minutes from la county line. La is slated to get 4G this summer but I feel, even though oc is huge, we will not get the 4G. But I'm ok with that. Honestly I'm happy with the 3G. And even though I know I'm paying for the 4G I feel that its gonna help expand and eventually bring it to my area. It may take time. But as I stated before I'm seeing it in a business way. Gotta be able to fund this expandsion somehow. Sprint ain't no att or Verizon with huge stock piles of green backs. The more that's bought into sprints wimax the faster it'll grow. Gotta have a drive to expand. If the evo falls flat on its face, say goodbye to wimax. There's no point in switching if ppl don't want it.
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except that conventional business would be get a loan or issue stock to raise funds, you don't start charging people for a service that doesnt exist yet. and yeah the money would go into development of the network, companies don't typically sit on money, they issue dividends or reinvest it in the company; however, like someone said earlier in the thread yeah the extra money would help develop the network but what happens when i pay my $10/month for two years and there's still no 4G on the horizon as i'm sure that may be the case for some people.
and the roaming into a 4G network isn't fair because yeah, you're 10 mins away so you would be able to use it on occasion but I like a lot of people are 5-6 hrs away from the closest 4G service area