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Originally Posted by russianmafioso
Right now Verizon is running test trials in certain markets... and ATT is building their network as we speak. The real problem is, you can all talk about how WiMax has launched as a 4G technology, but its not being pushed at 4G speeds and its only available in Balitmore...  Which is not even in the top 10 biggest cities in the nation(its actually #20)  .
Not to mention that it will only be used by ONE carried, Sprint and its being sold under the name Xohm?? Not to mention the fact that We all know WiMax is clearly slower than real 4G(LTE), which everyone else will be using.
Well, the thing is... right now WiMax doesnt go that fast. Its fast, but its nothing close to what LTE is going to be pushing. To give you an idea, ATT will be pushing LTE through their set top boxes for homes. So people can get Uverse-like quality through LTE. LTE's speeds have been proven to be ridiculously fast but the real question will remain what speed will carriers put on it? |
But think about why Sprint's EVDO Rev A is so much faster than AT&Ts 3G, or at least it is where I live. It's because Sprint has a much smaller user base than AT&T and Verizon. So even though your so called "real" 4G (LTE) will be potentially faster, the actually speeds will be slower with more users sucking up the bandwidth.